One of the great things about calling the Waterford Crossings luxury apartment community your home is all the tried and true places that make Nashville, Tennessee’s Antioch neighborhood such a wonderful place to live—and the many new shops, restaurants, and venues that always seem to be opening across the metro area!
Just 12 miles southeast from the city’s center, this culturally diverse hub—with its vibrant Plaza Mariachi and global eateries—is full of family-owned businesses for those seeking off-the-beaten-path experiences, and Tanger Outlets, with open-air shopping and dining.
The Tried
We asked * The Idea Specialists™ * to give area fave Slim & Husky’s Pizza Beeria (on Hickory Hollow Parkway) a try and report back in. They said it’s no wonder this community-focused restaurant has been so successful since its founding a decade ago—the pies are worth every penny and then some! (At least we think that’s what they said…..they were talking with their mouths full, LOL.) They make fresh dough and sauce daily, including five house-made pizza sauces, seven finishing drizzles, and a variety of cream cheese flavors for their tasty cinnamon rolls. A must if you’re in the mood for kid-friendly casual dining.
The True
For almost 30 years, family-owned JVI Secret Gardens (up Donelson Pike) has been working with customers to make spaces big and small come alive. It’s easy to see why they bill themselves as “Not Your Average Place to Buy Plants.” With amazing bursts of color and Zen-inducing water features all about the property, they really do have some of the healthiest and most beautiful plants around. And no worries if you’re a newbie to the plant world—the friendly helpful staff can answer all your questions as they guide you step-by-step through the garden center to help you find exactly the right plants for your space. It’s true that we are indeed suckers for their sunny displays of annual flowers and hanging baskets, which are perfect for the large private patios and balconies of Waterford Crossings.
The New
The Idea Specialists™ are huge fans of StyleBlueprint Nashville, and are in complete agreement with their take on Music City: “It sometimes feels like the only constant in Nashville is change.”
They did a great roundup of exciting additions that will be coming to the metro area, including a new dining, shopping, and entertainment district will bring a taste of East Asia to Antioch/South Nashville. Tennessee Nashville Chinatown will combine traditional and modern Chinese architecture and offer a gigantic Asian supermarket, restaurants, office space, and an events center. Different places will open at different times, with project completion expected in 2027.
In the meantime, if you haven’t checked out the Wedgewood-Houston neighborhood lately, it’s worth a trip up. Some of Nashville’s most artistic endeavors call WeHo’s converted warehouses and factories home, and the dining and cocktail scene is ever-changing. We’re going to check out the newest addition to the bar world, Good Times Full Service. The retro decor, tiki-inspired cocktails, and “decent eats” are calling our names!
There’s No Shame In Our Dinner Game!
We decided it just wouldn’t be a good blog post if we didn’t say something about food to eat in your cozy (and pet-friendly!) Waterford Crossings home, so we asked the Idea Specialists™ to suggest something fast and simple to get on the table now that school is back in serious swing. They immediately suggested taking advantage of the variety of “ready to cook” meal options offered by the Publix at Mt. View Marketplace. Enjoy!
One More Thing
Are your kids as obsessed as ours with MrBeast? If so, then you probably already know that the dude (aka Jimmy Donaldson) has 423 million subscribers on YouTube and a wildly popular unscripted show on Prime Video (Beast Games).
But did you (and they) know that he and popular science YouTuber Mark Rober are now co-leading the new initiative #TeamWater, a crowdfunding campaign to change millions of lives around the world through access to clean water? Powered by the biggest team of content creators on the internet, the campaign has a goal of raising $40 million to provide 2 million people with life-changing access to clean water for decades.
Something to talk about at supper for sure!
* The Idea Specialists™ *
The Idea Specialists™ is a group of design and inspiration professionals with a focus on communications for the luxury apartment home industry, as well as custom lifestyle planning and more. They do not receive any sort of product or financial incentives for their recommendations in posts such as these.
