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VIVA NASHVEGAS!
Brash, glittery Nashville is proud to have earned the nickname NashVegas. So put
on your rhinestone cowboy boots and explore its weird and wild side.
'Outlaw Country' star Willie Nelson sold all his worldly goods to pay off $16.7 mil-
lion in unpaid taxes in the early 1990s. You can see them at the
Willie Nelson Mu-
8th Ave S)
is a cult-hit parody of a washed-up country-music duo.
nycashmuseum
;
119 3rd Ave; 11am-7pm)
is less a museum and more a gift shop where
fans of the Man In Black descend for all things Cash, from leather to books to CDs
to vintage vinyl.
In the quirky 12th Ave S neighborhood, a former stylist to New York City's drag
queens stocks bouffant wigs, vintage cowboy boots and handmade bolo ties at
Eating
The classic Nashville meal is the 'meat-and-three' - a heaping portion of meat, served
with your choice of three home-style sides. Gentrifying Germantown offers a handful of
cafes and restaurants, including two standouts. Five Points is worth exploring, and do not
miss the best fried chicken of your life!
Five Points
Prince's Hot Chicken
FRIED CHICKEN$
(123 Ewing Dr; quarter/half/whole chicken $5/9/18; noon-10pm Tue-Thu, to 4am Fri, 2pm-4am
Sat; )
Cayenne-rubbed 'hot chicken,' fried to succulent perfection and served on a
piece of white bread with a side of pickles, is Nashville's unique contribution to the
culinary universe.
Tiny, faded, family-owned Prince's, set in a gritty, northside strip mall, is a local le-
gend that's gotten shout-outs everywhere from the
New York Times
to
Bon Appétit
and
attracts everyone from hipsters to frat boys to entire immigrant families to local heads to
hillbillies. Fried up mild (a total lie), medium (what a joke), hot (verging on insanity) and
extra hot (extreme masochism), its chicken will burn a hole in your stomach, and take
root in your soul. You may wait an hour for yours - time well spent. It's cash only.
