Foodie Friday: Johnny Cash's Bar & BBQ - Nashville, Tennessee
YEE HAW! This Foodie Friday is taking y'all to the country music capital of the
world, Nashville, Tennessee. I spent a weekend in this bustling city and was
set on trying out some Nashville BBQ while here so my friends and I ended
up at Johnny Cash's Bar & BBQ. Scroll on down to read about our experience!
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Location: 121 3rd Ave S, Nashville, TN 37201
Hours:
Monday-Wednesday: 11am-2am
Thursday-Sunday: 9am-2am
Accepts cash/card
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We walked in through the door and was immediately greeted with a guitar player on
a live music stage to our left and a counter bar on the right. Unsure of where to go
we walked on through the crowd of people toward the back of the restaurant
where a hostess stand appeared to be. However, this turned out to just simply be
a register to purchase merch at and as we stood in the doorway looking for where
we were actually supposed to go we got yelled at by the man working the merch
register to not block the door. (Like bro...you could have asked if you could help us
or tell us where we actually needed to go. We obviously had never been there before. *sigh* Freakin' rude.) After our scolding we headed back toward the front of the restaurant and finally
asked a couple of people where we were supposed to go to be seated and were
finally pointed to a line that had formed by the "I Walk the Line" staircase.
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We waited in this line for probably about 30 minutes staring at the people seated
at the tables eating waiting for them to finish and clear out. Finally we were seated
at a table not made for 5, but one we were making work and our waitress
brought out the menu for us to peruse.
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When it came time to place our orders Easton ordered the southern fried
chicken with sides of mashed potatoes and gravy and mac and cheese.
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Tyler ordered the BBQ sampler plate complete with ribs, pulled beef, and
pulled chicken, and sides of hush puppies and mac and cheese.
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Brittany also ordered the southern fried chicken with sides of mashed
potatoes and gravy and mac and cheese.
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I ordered the ribs with sides of mashed potatoes and gravy and mac and cheese.
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And finally Rhett ordered the BBQ sampler plate as well with sides of coleslaw and mac and cheese.
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Crew Reviews:
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Brittany 6/10
"Fried chicken was actually really good. Good crusted tasting chicken and I liked the potatoes and sweet tea."
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Rhett 5/10
"It was a really cool atmosphere, but food wasn't as good. Meat was dry
and mac and cheese wasn't as good. Only a 5 because theme was
awesome and sweet tea was really good."
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Tyler 4/10
"Meat tasted waaay too smokey. BBQ sauce wasn't that good."
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Easton 0/10
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Johnny Cash's Bar & BBQ Final Stats:
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Service: 3/5
Food: 2/5
Cleanliness/Décor: 3/5
Price: $$
Overall Rating: 2.7/5
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Walking in to this place I was pretty excited for the BBQ. However, that excitement didn't
last long. From the moment of our scolding to the end of the meal I really kind of
wished we had gone, well, anywhere else. Putting aside my current strong dislike
for country music I did, for the most part, enjoy the atmosphere of the place.
I thought the staircase with the lyrics to "I Walk the Line" was pretty neat and the live
music was good. I just wish they would have made it more clear on where to go if you
were actually there to eat and not belly up to the bar. While our waitress did well for
our table the service rating had to come down because of the rudeness we experienced
from other employees and the long wait time to get our food after placing our orders.
It took waay longer to get our food then it did for us to eat it. And finally, the food. The
biggest disappointment of them all. As was a common theme around the table my ribs
I ordered were also very very dry (adding BBQ sauce was a MUST) and, sadly, they weren't
even close to being fall off the bone. In fact, they were actually pretty difficult to pull apart.
Definitely NOT how I want my ribs to be. The mac and cheese was also not that good
unlike what our waitress attested to (Kraft mac and cheese is better), but hey on a
positive note, the mashed potatoes were good. Definitely not a place I am going to be returning to.
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