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Copyrighted Material INDEX See also Accommodations and Restaurant indexes, below. GENERAL INDEX sights and attractions, Area codes 218–219 Memphis, 259 Slavehaven Under- Nashville, 255 AA (American Automobile A ground Railroad Art Deco architecture, Association), 26, 255 Museum/Burkle best, 3 Memphis, 165 Estate (Memphis), Art galleries Nashville, 48 216 Memphis, 233 48, 5 in Nashville Nashville, 113, 116 Access Ride, 32 art gallery, 116 Oxford (Mississippi), 229 Accommodations. See also sights and attractions, Art Museum of the University Accommodations Index 101 of Memphis, 212 Clarksdale, 227–228 special events, 19–21 Art museums Memphis, 166–181 tours, 110 Memphis airport and Graceland African Street Festival Art Museum of the areas, 179–181 (Nashville), 19 University of best, 2, 167 Airports, getting into town Memphis, 212 downtown, 168–174 from, 24–25 Belz Museum of Asian East Memphis, Airport Welcome Center & Judaic Art, 213 175–179 (Nashville), 45 Dixon Gallery & family-friendly, 176 Air travel, 23–25 Gardens, 213 Midtown, 174–175 AITO (Association of Indepen- Memphis Brooks price categories, 167 dent Tour Operators), 34 Museum of Art, Nashville, 49–64 Alamo Rent-A-Car, 213–214 best, 2, 50 Nashville, 27 National Ornamental downtown area, Music Alex Haley House Museum Metal Museum Row & The West End, (Memphis), 219 (Memphis), 215 50–59 Alex’s Tavern (Memphis), 250 Nashville family-friendly, 56 Alfred’s (Memphis), 245 Cheekwood Botanical Music Valley and the American Airlines, 23, 24 Garden & Museum airport area, 59–64 American Artisan Festival of Art, 99, 100, 137 Oxford (Mississippi), 230 (Nashville), 18 Frist Center for the A Country Christmas American Automobile Asso- Visual Arts, 99, 108, (Nashville), 20 ciation (AAA), 26, 255 136–137 A Cowboy Town (Whites Memphis, 165 The Arts Company Creek), 111 Nashville, 48 (Nashville), 113 Addresses, finding American Dream Safari A. Schwab Dry Goods Store Memphis, 164–165 (Memphis), 211, 224 (Memphis), 222, 239 Nashville,COPYRIGHTED 46 MATERIAL Amro Music Stores Association of Independent Adventure Science Center (Memphis), 242 Tour Operators (AITO), 34 (Nashville), 99 Amtrak, 27 A Thousand Faces (Nashville), Africa in April Cultural Antiques 118 Awareness Festival Memphis, 232–233 ATMs (automated-teller (Memphis), 20 Nashville, 113 machines), 31 African-Americans, 10–11 The Apple Barn Cider Mill & Attractions. See Sights and in Memphis General Store (Nashville), attractions history of, 149–151 119 Audubon Park (Memphis), National Civil Rights Architecture, Nashville, 224 Museum, 214–215 12–13 225_591529-bindex.indd5_591529-bindex.indd 263263 33/25/10/25/10 11:32:32 PMPM 264 Australia Belle Meade Plantation Fall Briley Parkway (Nashville), 46 customs regulations, 23 Fest (Nashville), 19 Budget Rent-A-Car embassy, 255 Belle Meade Plantation Memphis, 29 passports, 257 (Nashville), 96 Nashville, 27 visas, 259 Belmont Grill (Memphis), 251 Buffalo Billiards (Nashville), Authentic Tours of Historic Belmont Mansion (Nashville), 133 Black Nashville and 96–97 Burke’s Book Store Beyond, 33 Belmont University (Memphis), 236 Automatic Slim’s Tonga Club (Nashville), 33 Burkle Estate (Memphis), 216 (Memphis), 249 Belz Museum of Asian & Bury Your Blues Blowout on Auto racing, Nashville, 112 Judaic Art (Memphis), 213 Beale (Memphis), 22 AutoZone Bowl Classic Berry Hill (Nashville), 39 Business hours (Memphis), 225 Betty Boots (Nashville), 122 Memphis, 259 AutoZone Liberty Bowl Foot- Bicentennial Capitol Mall Nashville, 255 ball Classic (Memphis), 22 State Park (Nashville), 101 Bus travel, 26 The Avenue Carriage Cross- Bicycle store, Memphis, 233 Memphis, 29–30 ing (Memphis), 240 Big River Grille & Brewing Nashville, 28 Avis Rent-A-Car Works (Nashville), 134 Memphis, 29 Black Business Nashville, 27 Association, 33 Cafes Blackstone Restaurant & Memphis, 203 Brewery (Nashville), 134 Nashville, 86–87 Backbeat Tours (Memphis), The Blind Side (movie), 230 Calendar of events, 16–22 223–224 The Bluebird Cafe (Nashville), Canada Backstreet Memphis, 252 130 customs regulations, 23 Bakeries Bluegrass Nights at the embassy, 256 Memphis, 203 Ryman (Nashville), 18 passports, 257 Nashville, 86–87 Blues City Cafe (Memphis), Cannon Center for the Per- Ballet Memphis, 253 245 forming Arts (Memphis), Barbecue Blues City Tours of 252 Memphis, 153–154 Memphis, 224 Carbonfund, 34 restaurants, 202 Blues on the Bluff Carbon Neutral, 34 Nashville restaurants, (Memphis), 21 Carl Van Vechten Gallery 85–86 Boat rentals, Nashville, 111 (Nashville), 101 Bars Boat tours Carnival Memphis, 20–21 Memphis, 249–252 Memphis, 223 Carnton Plantation & Battle- Nashville, 133–134 Nashville, 111 field (Franklin), 139 Baseball Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festi- Car rentals Memphis, 225 val (Manchester), 142 Memphis, 29 Nashville, 112 BookMan/BookWoman Nashville, 27 The Basement (Nashville), (Nashville), 116 Carriage Tours of Memphis, 130 Books, Memphis in, 153 223 Basketball, Memphis, 225 Bookstar (Memphis), 233 The Carter House (Franklin), B. B. King’s Blues Club (Mem- Bookstores 140 phis), 151, 222, 245 Memphis, 233, 236 Car travel B. B. King’s Blues Club Nashville, 116 Clarksdale, 226 (Nashville), 106, 131 Oxford, 228–229 Memphis, 29 Beale Street Labor Day Music Boone, Daniel, 8 Nashville, 27 Festival (Memphis), 21 Boot Country (Nashville), 122 to Nashville and Memphis, Beale Street (Memphis), 151, Borders (Nashville), 116 25–26 155, 218, 222 Boscos (Nashville), 134 Casino Factory Shoppes nightlife, 244–248 Boscos Squared (Memphis), (Memphis), 236 sights and attractions, 251 Casinos, on the Mississippi, 204–212 Bourbon Street Blues and 254 Beale Street Zydeco Music Boogie Bar (Nashville), 132 Cathead Delta Blues & Folk Festival (Memphis), 20 Breezenet.com, 26 Art (Clarksdale), 227 Beer Sellar (Nashville), 133 Brewpubs Cellular South Cup Belcourt Theatre (Nashville), Memphis, 251 (Memphis), 225 137 Nashville, 134 Centennial Park (Nashville), Belle Meade (Nashville), 39 BR549, 125 102 225_591529-bindex.indd5_591529-bindex.indd 264264 33/25/10/25/10 11:32:32 PMPM Center for Southern Folklore Civil War Davis-Kidd Booksellers 265 (Memphis), 203, 211, Memphis, 149 (Memphis), 236 233, 245 Nashville, 9–10 Davis-Kidd Booksellers Central Avenue (Memphis), Clarksdale, 226–228 (Nashville), 88, 116 164 Clarksdale/Coahoma County Davy Crockett Park Munici- Central Station (Nashville), 27 Chamber of Commerce, pal Golf Course (Memphis), Chaffin’s Barn Dinner Theatre 226 224 (Nashville), 137 Club 152 (Memphis), Delis Chamber of Commerce/Nash- 251–252 Memphis, 203 ville Convention & Visitors CMA (Country Music Associa- Nashville, 86 Bureau, 45 tion) Music Festival, 18 Delphinium (Memphis), 238 Champion’s Pharmacy and CMT Music Awards Delta Airlines, 23, 24 Herb Store (Memphis), 239 (Nashville), 16 Delta Blues Museum Checker Cab (Nashville), 28 Coal Miner’s Daughter (Clarksdale), 226 Checker/Yellow Cab (movie), 13 Dentists, 31 (Memphis), 30 The Cocoa Tree (Nashville), Department stores Cheekwood Botanical Gar- 119 Memphis, 236 den & Museum of Art Columbia, 140–141 Nashville, 117 (Nashville), 99, 100, 137 The Commercial Appeal Dillard’s Chickasaw Oaks Village (Memphis), 15, 244 Memphis, 236 (Memphis), 240 Consulates, 255–256 Nashville, 117 Children, families with Continental Airlines, 23 Dining, 14. See also Memphis Cool Springs Galleria Restaurants Index accommodations, 176 (Nashville), 117, 120 Memphis, 182–203 restaurants, 188 Cooper-Young Festival barbecue, 202 shopping, 238 (Memphis), 21 best, 145, 182–183 sights and attractions, Cooper-Young neighborhood by cuisine, 183–185 219–220 (Memphis), 155 delis, cafes and Nashville Cooter’s Place (Nashville), 88 bakeries, 203 accommodations, 56 Cotten Music Center downtown, 185–192 sights and attractions, (Nashville), 121 East Memphis, 104–105 The Cotton Mill (Nashville), 196–200 Children’s Museum of 118 family-friendly, 188 Memphis, 220 The Cotton Museum at the price categories, 182 Chocolate Soup (Memphis), Memphis Cotton Exchange, South Memphis & 238 213, 223 Graceland area, Christ Episcopal Church Cotton Row (Memphis), 223 201–202 (Nashville), 108 Country music, 5–7 Nashville, 65–87 Christmas at Belmont Nashville nightlife, 125–130 barbecue and hot (Nashville), 19–20 Country Music Hall of Fame chicken, 85–86 Christmas lights, 4 and Museum (Nashville), best, 3, 65–66, 87 Chucalissa Archaeological 88–89, 121 cafes, delis, bakeries Museum (Memphis), 216 Court Square (Memphis), 217 and pastry shops, Churches, Nashville, 98 Crafts, Nashville, 117 86–87 Church of the Assumption of The Crossroads (Clarksdale), chain restaurants, 65 the Blessed Virgin Mary 226 by cuisine, 66–68 (Nashville), 46 Cumberland Art Gallery downtown, The Gulch Church Park (Memphis), (Nashville), 113 & 12th Avenue 218–219, 222 Curious Heart Emporium South, 68–74 Circle Players (Nashville), 136 (Nashville), 113 family-friendly, 72 Circuit Playhouse (Memphis), Customs regulations, 23 Germantown & Jeffer- 253 son Street, 74–75 City Wide Cab Company Music Row, The West (Clarksdale), 25 Dance clubs End & areas south- City Wide Cab Company Memphis, 251–252 west, 75–82 (Memphis), 30 Nashville, 134–135 Music Valley & East Civil rights movement, Dan McGuinness Irish Pub Nashville, 82–85 Memphis, 149 (Nashville), 132 price categories, 65 David Lusk Gallery Tennessee-based (Memphis), 233 eateries, 87 225_591529-bindex.indd5_591529-bindex.indd 265265 33/25/10/25/10 11:32:32 PMPM 266 Dinstuhl’s Fine Candies Edmonson, William, 11 Finer Things Gallery (Memphis), 238–239 Edwin Warner Park (Nashville), 116 Disabilities, travelers with, 32 (Nashville), 102 Fire Finch (Nashville),
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