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Style Blueprint
12-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Style Blueprint
The 7 Best Nashville Restaurants with Vegan Options
Share with your friends! Pinterest LinkedIn Email Flipboard Reddit You don't have to dine at a vegan restaurant to find incredible plant-based meals in Nashville. From upscale hotel bars to acclaimed chef-driven kitchens, these restaurants are proof that veggies are having a serious moment — no modifications required. Drusie & Darr at The Hermitage Hotel Location: Downtown More Info: At this iconic hotel restaurant led by Jean-Georges Vongerichten, the vegetable-forward dishes are as refined as the setting. Start with the sunflower seed dip served with colorful crudités and fresh basil, then order the roasted cauliflower entrée with turmeric tahini, herbs, and goji berries. SB Tip: Don't skip the market carrots with roasted garlic and paprika. Pin L27 at The Westin Nashville Neighborhood: Downtown More Info: Executive Chef Mark Vuckovich is passionate about seasonal produce, and it shows. Whether you're attending a rooftop wine dinner or trying a pop-up like The Emo Cowgirl (running now through August 31), expect innovative plant-based dishes like herbed carrot salad with grilled peaches, charred eggplant risotto, and wild mushroom toast. On the pop-up menu: summer succotash served over grilled tofu and a sweet potato tartine. Pin Pin Bad Idea Neighborhood: East Nashville More Info: Known for funky wines and Lao-influenced small plates, East Nashville's Bad Idea always has something unexpected on the menu. Try the laab tao hu — crispy tofu with lemongrass and lime — or mok seitan with banana flour seitan, golden beet, and peach. Pin Lyra Neighborhood: East Nashville More Info: This beloved modern Middle Eastern restaurant delivers major flavor with plant-based options like hummus topped with chili turnips and candied onions, grilled broccolini with black tahina and harissa dust, crispy potatoes with Aleppo, and beet salad with sumac. Pin Audrey Neighborhood: East Nashville More Info: Audrey's Appalachian-inspired menu includes Anson Mills rice peas with spring vegetables and preserved tomato, plus some of the city's most elegant veggie-forward starters, including simple dishes like heirloom tomatoes with basil. Pin Noko Neighborhood: East Nashville More Info: This sleek wood-fired Japanese restaurant offers a range of craveable veggie starters like crispy Brussels in sesame dressing, wok-charred Szechuan green beans, and broccolini in lemongrass garlic chili. Or, order the veggie plate for a seasonal sampler. Pin Chauhan Ale & Masala House Neighborhood: The Gulch More Info: At this vibrant Indian eatery from Maneet Chauhan, don't miss the kale pakora chaat with mango-mint chutney, rich vegetable korma in a saffron-cashew sauce, and crispy Brussels sprouts. Pair it all with warm, fluffy naan. Pin Nashville's not-so-secret secret? Fine dining and plant-based plates go hand in hand. ********** Still hungry for more? Sign up for our daily emails to stay in the know. About the Author Kate Feinberg Kate Feinberg is StyleBlueprint's Associate Editor & Sponsored Content Specialist, based in Nashville. Kate is a plant-based foodie, avid runner, and fantasy reader.
GMA Network
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- GMA Network
Astro's Sanha is coming to Manila this August!
Attention to all Arohas! Astro member Sanha is coming back to Manila this August! L-Squared Productions Philippine announced that the K-pop star will be bringing his 'Prism: From Y to A' fan concert to the SM North EDSA Skydome on August 24. Ticket prices have yet to be announced but they will be made available on July 12 via the SM Tickets online and outlets nationwide with a pre-sale happening on July 11. Sanha debuted in Astro in 2016 alongside Cha Eun Woo, Jinjin, MJ, former member Rocky, and the late Moonbin who passed away in April 2023. Sanha and Moonbin had made their debut as ASTRO's first sub-unit in September 2020, releasing their first album 'Bad Idea.' The pair then went to the Philippines in March 2023 for the 'Diffusion in Manila' fan meet in the New Frontier Theatre. —Jade Veronique Yap/CDC, GMA Integrated News
Yahoo
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Olivia Rodrigo Sends Fans Into ‘Fever Dream' Twinning With ‘80s Icon, 73, Onstage: ‘Such an Unexpected Duo'
Olivia Rodrigo Sends Fans Into 'Fever Dream' Twinning With '80s Icon, 73, Onstage: 'Such an Unexpected Duo' originally appeared on Parade. Pop star Olivia Rodrigo, 22, has excellent taste in music. The Bad Idea singer, a former Disney Channel star and current Taylor Swift bestie, recently bridged the generational gap between modern pop and '80s legends by bringing Talking Heads frontman David Byrne on stage. The duo not only danced in sync—they twinned in matching red outfits, sending the audience into what fans called a 'fever dream.' Fans couldn't get enough of the 'unexpected duo,' with Byrne fans giving respect to the young Driver's License singer for sharing the stage with the iconic was headlining Saturday's Governors Ball Music Festival when she surprised the crowd by bringing Byrne onstage. Much to the audience's delight, the 73-year-old music legend arrived wearing bright red overalls that matched Rodrigo's all-red bra and shorts set. The energetic pair danced (and ran) in unison while belting out Burning Down the House. Fans loved seeing two generations of music stars unite onstage. In a video shared on social media, one fan wrote, 'I love how she gives props to all my music idols!! David Byrne is the coolest,' while another added, 'I love it,' in reaction to the unexpected Down the House was originally released in 1983 and peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Olivia Rodrigo was born in 2003. 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬 Olivia Rodrigo Sends Fans Into 'Fever Dream' Twinning With '80s Icon, 73, Onstage: 'Such an Unexpected Duo' first appeared on Parade on Jun 8, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jun 8, 2025, where it first appeared.
Extra.ie
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Extra.ie
Olivia Rodrigo Marlay Park Preview: ‘Who among her peers shares Rodrigo's love of 1990s indie rock – a passion forged listening to her parents' Smashing Pumpkins and Hole records?'
When Olivia Rodrigo began her European tour in Dublin in April 2024, it was a performance resplendent with pop energy and punk-rock fervour. Opening with the Pixies-go-bubblegum 'Bad Idea, Right?' and then swerving into Gen Z emo bangers 'Vampire' and 'Drivers License', she showcased a pedal-to-the-floor stage presence and an irrepressible sense of fun. The atmosphere was somewhere between a mosh pit and the school disco. It was a potent mix – one that continues to set her apart from other pop stars of her generation. Who among her peers shares Rodrigo's love of 1990s indie rock – a passion forged listening to her parents' Smashing Pumpkins and Hole records? Now Rodrigo (22) is doing it all over again. She's back for a victory lap with a new tour that opens at Marlay Park in Dublin before moving on to Glastonbury and Hyde Park in the UK. Fans will be busting a gut to make it to South Dublin. These gigs will be a celebration of Guts – her 2023 second album and a record which emerged from a period of flux and uncertainty in her life. Rodrigo has been upfront about being caught unawares by the success of the aforementioned 'Drivers License', her 2021 single rumoured to have been inspired by her break-up from fellow High School Musical actor Joshua Bassett. At that point, Rodrigo was a vaguely well-known teen pop figure – but hardly a superstar. 'Drivers License' – soon followed by chart-topping debut LP Sour – changed everything, whilst also sparking a blitz of speculation regarding her split from Bassett and the 'other woman' alluded to in the lyrics – 'That blonde girl… she's so much older than me'. The record shows that, after moving on from Rodrigo, Bassett dated future 'Espresso' mega-star Sabrina Carpenter. Was she the villain of the piece? Carpenter did not think so and got her defence in with the 2022 single 'Because I Like A Boy' ('Just two kids going though it… now I'm a home-wrecker, I'm a slut… I got death threats filling up semi-trucks'). Bassett had something to say about the situation, too – seemingly pushing back with the song 'Lie, Lie, Lie'. As the tune alludes, the notoriety made him a figure of opprobrium on social media. 'I would see TikToks with like 50 million views and 10 million likes saying, 'If I ever see that kid on the street, I'm going to fucking kill him,'' he told GQ. 'It's hard to see that and then be living in New York and walking down the street.' This was a big drama then, and it's understandable that Rodrigo would want to move on – as she explained to Rolling Stone in 2023, she was determined her second album be anything other than a break-up LP. She'd been there and done that – and the internet had filled in the blanks. Thus was born Guts – a mane-shaking updating of the zinging punk of Sour. Working once again with producer and co-writer Dan Nigro (a forty-something veteran of the LA punk scene and also a collaborator with Chappell Roan), she put a confident new gloss on her shiny guitar sound – albeit after a period of soul searching. 'The beginning was really hard,' she told Rolling Stone. 'I felt like I couldn't write a song without thinking about what other people were going to think of it. There were definitely days where I found myself sitting at the piano, excited to write a song, and then cried.' The problem, she revealed to The New Yorker, is that she had never dreamed of overnight success. To be catapulted from the streaming C-list of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series to the top of the charts and prime billing at the Grammys was a lot for a 19-year-old from a non-show business family (her mother is a teacher, her father a therapist). 'It took maybe a year or a year-and-a-half of truly working on it. And I had a lot of reservations when starting out the album-making process,' she elaborated. 'Coming off of the very unexpected, very appreciated success that Sour had, there was so much pressure on what would come next. I had all these voices in my head – what I thought people would like, not wanting to let people down. And so it took me a while to get to a place where I finally felt like I could be creative and just start writing songs that I wanted to hear on the radio, which should always be your paramount focus when you're making anything.' But get there she did, and her new Guts World Tour: Spilled will be a well-deserved victory lap for a pop star with a punk soul. And it all starts in Dublin – a very good idea… right!
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Trump's Proposed 200% Tariffs on European Wine Could Be Disastrous for Restaurants
On Wednesday, Bobby Stuckey got a message that was jarring and succinct. The acclaimed restaurateur and Master Sommelier had an email from the U.S. Wine Trade Alliance with a subject that read: HALT ALL E.U. WINE SHIPMENTS. The organization was telling its members that the risk of President Trump imposing 200 percent tariffs on alcohol from Europe was too high right now for business to operate as usual. Importing wine from overseas this close to the proposed April 2 implementation date could hit with a levy so punitive that they'd be stuck with inventory they couldn't sell. It was an ominous sign for businesses, such as Stuckey's, where European wine is a major revenue driver. If the tariffs went through, it could upend many a restaurant. 'They're taking away a right of mine to run a business the way I want to be able to run the business,' Stuckey says. 'President Trump and his advisors are making a lot of stress for business owners. That's not meant to be political, that's just a fact.' More from Robb Report Suspect Arrested in $1.5 Million Theft of Cadillac Escalades Bugatti Just Made the New Tourbillon Hypercar Even Better This $10 Million Brooklyn Townhouse Blends Historic Charm with Bleeding-Edge Sustainability Trump first threatened the 200 percent tariff on all wine and spirits from the E.U. a week ago, when Europe declared it would enact a 50 percent levy on American whiskey starting April 1 (the E.U. announced Thursday it would push that back to mid-April, thus delaying America's potential response), which was a retaliation against Trump tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum. Regardless of its origins, this international trade standoff has left American restaurants in the crosshairs. In this industry where profit margins are so slim, wine helps keep many places solvent. 'This is a stat from before the pandemic, but the average profitability of an American restaurant is around 6 percent,' Stuckey says. 'It's not uncommon for restaurants in our company to have 30, 35, maybe even 40 percent of its top-line revenue come from spirits and wine.' Like with Stuckey's hospitality company, at many restaurants around the country, wine—especially selections from abroad—is intrinsic to the experience. 'Bad Idea serves Lao-inspired cuisine and primarily European wine, and those are two elements that set us apart from the restaurant scene in Nashville,' says Bad Idea's owner and wine director Alex Burch. 'Thirty to 40 percent of our ingredients and a much higher percentage of our wine come from outside of the United States. These potential tariffs are horrendous.' For Chase Sinzer, co-owner of the hit restaurants Claud and Penny on New York's Lower East Side, echoes Burch's sentiments. 'It would impact us greatly because revenue wise, our business is based on wine sales,' Sinzer says. 'We've been lucky enough to amass a network of people who trust us in the wine department, and that's what enables us to be in business.' Sinzer's bistro Claud has amassed a comprehensive wine list with nearly 2,000 selections, and his newer spot—the seafood bar Penny that's directly upstairs from Claud—offers a similarly large list with upwards of 2,000 wines. 'We're buying wine in very complex ways, from a variety of sources—private collections, wholesale distributors, auction houses—we run the gamut of everything available to us because we're looking to offer the best of the guests and tariffs effect every single part of that ecosystem,' Sinzer says. 'What is so integral to these restaurants is a big wine list, and it will be damaged by tariffs because it will damage every part of how we buy wine.' When first floating the 200 percent tariff, Trump argued it would be a boon for American wine, as drinkers would turn to stateside producers instead of European vintners. But at restaurants like Stuckey's Tavernetta in Denver, only Italian wine and Champagne is served, so just stocking American wine doesn't really fit with the ethos of the place. And besides that, Sinzer doubts that people who prefer wine from abroad will just adjust their preferences accordingly. 'When you want orange juice in the morning, and someone runs out of orange juice because it's more expensive, you don't just consume the same amount of apple juice,' Sinzer says. 'There is no pivot for guests who enjoy wine from Burgundy, the Rhône, or Champagne to switch to domestic sparkling wine or California Cabernet. The idea this is going to incentivize domestic production is a falsehood.' Great wine is finite. The best bottles that arrive on American shores are the result of importers, sommeliers, wine shop owners, and restaurateurs building relationships with winemakers abroad in order to receive an allocation of a winemaker's yield. With a 200 percent markup on bottles, it would be incredibly difficult to sell those wines in America, so those European vintners will just build relationships with other markets. So even if the tariff turns out to only be temporary, there's no guarantee wine producers will begin shipping to America again. 'Our country will be the biggest loser from this,' Burch says. 'Don't get me wrong, America produces some amazing, world-class wine, but part of the joy of wine is that you can't just recreate the place or history of other regions around the world. The U.S. produces roughly 10 percent of the world's wine. Do we really want to turn the lights off on 90 percent of what the world has to offer?' Many restaurateurs have told us that they are taking a 'wait and see' approach with these tariffs, hoping its merely saber rattling. Sinzer has been proactive just in case the worst happens. 'We've been buying wine at an increased clip since election day because of the threat of tariffs; we've been filling every nook and cranny we have with wine coming to the States pre-tariff,' he says. 'The people this will hurt most are the ones without the liquidity or storage space to stock up.' But even with the buffer, extended time with a 200 percent wine tariff would be detrimental to Sinzer's businesses and restaurants across America. And worries abound about the potential economic impact. 'Restaurants are the biggest private sector job creator in our country—12 times the size of the airline industry,' Stuckey says. 'Our industry is already so fragile and all of a sudden you add something else that could kill a lot of restaurants? It's just bad math. You're not hurting the Europeans. You're hurting taxpayers and small businesses in United States.' Best of Robb Report Why a Heritage Turkey Is the Best Thanksgiving Bird—and How to Get One 9 Stellar West Coast Pinot Noirs to Drink Right Now The 10 Best Wines to Pair With Steak, From Cabernet to Malbec Click here to read the full article.
