Elite Traveler Fall 2019

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SUITE STAYS

PENTHOUSE Noelle Nashville

PRESIDENTIAL SUITE The Hermitage Hotel

Originally built in 1930 as the first luxury hotel in the city, the renovated and rebranded Noelle Nashville celebrates 1930s Art Deco style. The original bones of the hotel remain; in the lobby and library, terrazzo flooring, brass handrails and marble-and-travertine walls were kept from the original structure. A new building, added during the renovation, is where you will find the hotel’s Penthouse. The two-bedroom suite has vast city views from its perch on the 11th floor, a spacious living area and a dining table for six. Pour yourself a whiskey (or order the hotel’s custom locally brewed ale) and listen to vinyl records from the suite’s vintage record player. From $1,500 per night. Contact TracyWray, director of sales and marketing, twray@noelle-nashville.com, +1 615 610 7801, noelle-nashville.com

Nashville’s first five-star hotel, the historic Hermitage, opened in 1910. Since then it's welcomed some of the US’s most prestigious families, heads of state and country stars. It’s renowned for its Southern hospitality and service, and opulent Beaux-Arts architecture, including the lobby’s stained-glass ceiling, Italian marble flooring and columns, and ornamental plasterwork. The crown jewel, the Presidential Suite, is a residential-style, one-bedroom suite with traditional wood furniture, pastel-yellow walls, printed silk curtains and sumptuous fabrics. After a long day exploring, your personal bath concierge can draw you a bath and pour you a glass of wine. From$3,000 per night. Contact Tiffini Johnson, reservations manager, tjohnson@thehermitagehotel. com, +1 615 649 3929, thehermitagehotel.com

NASHVILLE NOSH

1. Husk At first glance, Husk looks like a colonial Southern home with a red-brick facade and a breezy front porch. Inside, the homey feel continues, as if you’re at a large dinner party. The quaint space is elegant yet comfortable, and its menu celebrates Southern ingredients in their true form. For your appetizer, you can’t skip crispy chicken skins with Tennessee wildflower honey and hot sauce, or the peach- ginger-glazed pork lettuce wraps. For ‘supper,’ as Husk calls it, choose the North Carolina catfish and a savory side of hearth cornbread. huskrestaurant.com 2. Henrietta Red Undoubtedly the best seafood restaurant in all of Nashville, Henrietta Red is perfect for brunch or dinner. The chic space in the historic Germantown neighborhood has a contemporary feel with whitewashed walls and a wraparound patio, but it’s the marble-topped oyster bar that steals the show. It offers 15 types of oysters on the half shell (we love the Mon Louis from Portersville Bay, Alabama) as well as wood-roasted oysters and clams. There are also delectable cooked seafood dishes such as red snapper, grouper, littleneck clams or perfectly seared sea scallops. henriettared.com 3. The Catbird Seat The Catbird Seat is an intimate chef’s table experience that seats only 22 guests around a U-shaped counter. Watch chef Will Aghajanian (who trained at Per Se in New York) cook your meal right in front of you using locally sourced ingredients. Inventive dishes, such as frozen artichoke with salted bergamot and artemisia, are inspired by chef Aghajanian's global travels. Book well in advance; reservations are released just once a month at midnight. thecatbirdseatrestaurant.com

PRESIDENTIAL SUITE JWMarriott Nashville One of the city’s newest hotels, JWMarriott Nashville is also one of its biggest. At 33 stories, it’s now an iconic part of the city skyline, which also guarantees you’ll have great views across the city all the way to the Great Smoky Mountains on the horizon. Its contemporary design is accentuated with cozy elements like velvet couches, warm lighting and light woods — there’s even an electric fireplace, always ablaze, in the lobby. The Presidential Suite, which has floor-to-ceiling windows on each side, follows the same design principles. It has a living and dining area, office with a fully stocked library, massive bedroom and a spacious bathroom. From $3,500 per night. Contact Nate Denton, revenue manager, bnajwreservations@marriott.com, +1 629 208 8380, jwnashvillehotel.com

UNION STATION SUITE Union Station Hotel Nashville

The Union Station Hotel, Autograph Collection, is housed in a former train station near Honky Tonk Central, Lower Broadway. You can’t miss the hotel’s striking Richardsonian Romanesque exterior. Inside, the lobby has a 65-ft, barrel-vaulted ceiling with century- old prism stained glass, limestone fireplaces and marble flooring. The pinnacle of the hotel’s rooms is the Union Station Suite. In contrast to its grand lobby, the suite is quite modern with contemporary artwork; a neutral color palette with pops of color; cow-print headboards; and nearly floor-to-ceiling arched windows with beautiful city views. From $500 per night. Contact Rhonda Hill, executive assistant, rhonda.hill@unionstationhotelnashville.com, +1 615 726 1001, unionstationhotelnashville.com

Photos Andrea Behrends, Andrew Thomas Lee, Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp