Neighborhood 48H guide
The Gulch: Where to Stay & What to Do in 48 Hours
Bluegrass at the Station Inn, Biscuit Love and the wings mural.
The Gulch is a former rail yard just southwest of downtown, now dense with apartments, restaurants and boutiques. The Station Inn, a bluegrass club since the 1970s, still holds its corner.
Photo gallery
Photo: Nick Shields · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Why stay here
Walkable to downtown and Midtown, with good restaurants underfoot.
Who it's for: Couples, foodies and Instagrammers.
Pros
- Walk to Broadway in about 15 minutes
- Restaurants and boutiques
- Feels newer and calmer than Broadway
Cons
- Pricey
- Weekend lines at brunch spots
- Lots of construction
48H in the Gulch
Biscuits, the mural, bluegrass.
09:00 – Biscuit Love
Go early; the line builds fast.
10:30 – What Lifts You wings mural
Expect a short line for photos on weekends.
12:30 – Arnold’s Country Kitchen
Weekday meat-and-three, a few blocks east.
20:00 – Station Inn
Bluegrass and roots music most nights.
Named recommendations
Real places with links to their official site or a Maps place page. We do not invent hours, prices, or ratings.
Eat
Eat
Biscuit Love
316 11th Ave S
Southern brunch built around biscuits, including the fried-chicken East Nasty.
Official site / map →Eat
Peg Leg Porker
903 Gleaves St
Pitmaster Carey Bringle’s dry-rub ribs and pulled pork.
Official site / map →Eat
Arnold’s Country Kitchen
605 8th Ave S
Cafeteria-line meat-and-three, lunch only and closed Sundays.
Official site / map →
Drink
Drink
Station Inn
402 12th Ave S
Nashville’s bluegrass institution, with live shows nearly every night.
Photo: Nick Shields · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Official site / map →
See / do
See / do
What Lifts You wings mural
12th Ave S, The Gulch
Kelsey Montague’s angel-wings mural, Nashville’s most photographed wall.
Official site / map →
Where to stay
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Hotel · Expedia
Caption by Hyatt Downtown Nashville
Downtown / The Gulch
Casual, social Hyatt brand on the Gulch side of downtown.
Check rates on Expedia →
Vacation rentals
Prefer an apartment or whole home in this neighborhood? Browse Vrbo listings for The Gulch.
Nashville requires a short-term rental permit, and whole-home rentals are limited in many residential areas. Look for the permit number on the listing before you book.
Browse vacation rentals in The Gulch on Vrbo →Other ways to spend 48 hours in Nashville
- Downtown & Lower Broadway — The Ryman, Broadway’s honky-tonks and the Johnny Cash Museum.
- SoBro — The Country Music Hall of Fame, the Symphony and whole-hog barbecue.
- Midtown & Vanderbilt — The Parthenon in Centennial Park, Hattie B’s hot chicken and Vanderbilt’s campus.
- Music Row & Hillsboro Village — Elvis’s RCA Studio B, songwriters at Analog and pancakes in Hillsboro Village.
- Germantown — The Farmers’ Market, Bicentennial Mall and Rolf and Daughters.
- East Nashville — Five Points, the Pharmacy’s beer garden and Shelby Bottoms along the river.
- Music Valley & the Opry — The Grand Ole Opry, Opryland’s indoor gardens and a riverboat cruise.
- Franklin — Main Street’s storefronts, Civil War history at Carnton and Puckett’s.