Stage space and eating at The Supper Membership
Nashville’s Twelve Thirty Membership opened this previous week and it’s simply town’s swankiest music and eating expertise—a multi-sensory venue not like something Nashville has ever seen. Situated at Fifth and Broadway, the two-story vacation spot affords up a complete night’s value of choices with 4 experiences on three ranges (all of which have their very own menus and choices): The Honky Tonk, Honorary Member, The Supper Membership and The Rooftop Bar. In case you solely have one evening in Nashville, the Supper Membership is the place that you must go. The place else are you able to order a wagyu Tomahawk ribeye, sip a glass of Veuve Clicquot, take heed to dwell music, and end the evening with contemporary air and skyline views on the rooftop patio? It’s an entire night in three acts: dinner, music and a nightcap.
The Supper Membership bar—centered in the primary eating room
The Membership is the brainchild of award-winning hospitality entrepreneur Sam Fox and his accomplice within the undertaking, singer, songwriter and actor Justin Timberlake. Collectively the 2 conceived of a vacation spot that’s each fashionable and complicated, however provides Timberlake, “it nonetheless has an unmistakable power pushed by music. We needed to set the tone for what Higher Broadway is and what it has the potential to be.”
It has power in spades. The highest ground supper membership consumes a single metropolis block and is split into three areas that stream effortlessly into one another—restaurant, lounge and rooftop. Begin within the eating room the place you’ll be hard-pressed to make choices. A platter of contemporary oysters? Or, one of many creative sushi choices? Grammy-winning musician Zac Brown, who carried out on the opening evening, proclaimed the spicy tuna and crispy rice pressed sushi roll to be “the jam.” He’s spot on with that one, ditto the pressed yellowtail and avocado roll. However, there’s extra. Important course temptations corresponding to English minimize prime rib, lobster spaghetti, and Ora king salmon include sides that veer into pure decadence—butcher minimize steak frites with herb butter, caramelized wild mushrooms or the crunchy thick hash brown with maple-glazed bacon topped with a comfortable fried egg—which is a non secular expertise.
Honorary Member lounge on the Twelve Thirty Clun
Shifting previous the meal, you may wander into the splendid lounge with its low-slung barrel formed chairs and speakeasy vibe. Fox and Timberlake had been intelligent with the seating right here—it’s a refined amphitheater with essential ground seats that transition right into a collection of tufted-leather cubicles, every row of cubicles a bit greater than the opposite, making the views all through the room roughly equal. And, when the music stops, take a break on the landscaped rooftop patio, order a craft cocktail and take in the views of decrease Broadway, Ryman Auditorium and Nation Music Corridor of Fame.
Rooftop Bar on the Twelve Thirty Membership
In case you are actually pressed for time, contemplate a meal on the essential stage restaurant and dwell music venue—one thing Fox describes as “an elevated model of a honky tonk.” With nightly dwell music and a menu that options dishes corresponding to an Anson Mills grain bowl or an all-day egg sandwich, it’s a stable choice. One ground up, on a mezzanine stage with home windows that look down into the honky tonk, is the Twelve Thirty Membership’s Honorary Member, an intimate 50-person cocktail lounge that gives gentle bites and craft cocktails.
What’s Close by:
Nation Music Corridor of Fame, The Ryman Auditorium, Bridgestone Area and all of the motion on Higher and Decrease Broadway.
The place to Keep:
Holston Home: Make issues straightforward on your self and ebook a keep at Holston Home from Hyatt’s Unbound Assortment. It’s the closest, hippest, most luxurious providing to the Twelve Thirty Membership, only a brief 3 minute stroll from the membership and the remainder of the motion on Higher and Decrease Broadway.
Stage and seating on the Honky Tonk, essential stage of the Twelve Thirty Membership
