3rd & Lindsley

What to Expect

3rd & Lindsley started as a Mexican restaurant that Ron Brice and a friend won in a state auction on a whim in 1991, planning to flip it for a quick profit. A blues musician named Bobby Bradford had just moved to town with a popular band, and once his group became the first act to ever play the room, the plan turned into a music venue instead. The room is L-shaped, with tables and chairs filling the floor for a dinner-and-a-show feel. It's home to Lightning 100's Nashville Sunday Night, a live concert broadcast that's aired from the room for decades. Touring artists with a new record get a shot at an hour or more of radio airtime while they're passing through town. Monday nights belong to The Time Jumpers, an award-winning western swing band with two Grammy nominations. Backstage Nashville takes over Saturday afternoons, when hit songwriters play their own catalogs and tell the stories behind the songs. The kitchen runs a full menu daily, and the catfish gets singled out by regulars as the dish to order. 3rd & Lindsley is, in Brice's own words, "the last of the seated venues" in Nashville, now heading into its 35th year.