ResoSummit offers on-site meals at Scarritt-Bennett's beautiful Susie Gray Dining Hall, as a convenient option for ResoSummit participants. There are also many restaurants within walking distance (see our restaurant list and map here).

Meals must be ordered in advance. We send participants a meals sign-up survey in September or October.

NOTE: This page contains information from 2011, and will be updated as the 2012 event gets closer. However, prices will be unchanged from 2011.)

Ratings & comments about on-site meals from our survey:

In our 2010 evaluation survey, on-site meals were rated as follows (with 1=very poor, 2=poor, 3=fair, 4-good, 5-excellent):
Breakfast - 3.8
Lunch - 3.5
Dinner - 3.7
Typical comments:
"The food is average to good, and worth the convenience. I ate lunch on site every day, and am glad I did."
"It was very handy to have meals available on campus although you pay for the convenience."
"The food was better this year."
The food unfortunately took a turn for the worse this year."
"I had only the 'get acquainted' dinner. I would say 'good enough for rock 'n roll.'"

Since there is a new caterer this year, comments about previous years' meals may not be directly applicable, but regardless of caterer, we typically get similar meal evaluations each year.

Scarritt-Bennett has provided us with this lunch description, with a specific menu for one day in early October:  

Our typical lunch menu would consist of a soup, a hot main entrée, a few side items, a salad and a dessert. For beverages we have sodas, tea and water. For example today we had: Blackeyed Pea Soup-Vegetarian, Willie’s Famous Fried Chicken, New Potato Salad, Baked Beans, Fruit Salad, Marinated Garden Salad, Cookies,  Zombie Brownies (Chocolate Marbled with Raspberry Buttercream).   

Restaurants

The Scarritt-Bennett (S-B) neighborhood offers many options for meals, snacks, and coffee & tea.

S-B is located between 19th and 18th Ave. South, with Edgehill on the south edge and Grand on the north edge. A short street, Scarritt Place, connects S-B on the western side (19th Ave. S.) to 21st Ave. South, where there are many restaurants. See our Restaurant List at right for information on nearby options.

You can also click here for our Metromix "playlist" of restaurants near ResoSummit, with restaurant descriptions and an interactive map. Not on the Metromix map, but on 21st Ave. South near Grand, are a Starbucks and a Subway.

The "Nashville Originals" website features restaurants "dedicated to the challenge of sustaining the independent restaurant as a feature and a fixture of local culture and community." We haven't tried them all, but we like the ones we've tried. A PDF map of Nashville Originals restaurants is available here. (Bound'ry, #4 on the Nashville Originals map, is the closest to S-B.)

Many of the restaurants listed at right have vegetarian & vegan options; Betty is your go-to person for advice on veggie food options. The Turnip Truck, Nashville's local natural foods market, has a new location across the street from The Station Inn, offering lots of prepared food choices, including a hot food buffet table, as well as groceries — highly recommended for omnivores and vegetarians alike!!

Diversions

Here are some events and diversions you or your accompanying famiy members may enjoy while you are in Nashville. As ResoSummit gets closer, we'll add to this page, and we welcome your suggestions for places or events to add.

Prices

Breakfast: $10
(available Fri. through Sun.)
Lunch: $12
(available Fri. through Sun.)
Dinner: $16.50
(available Thursday through Sat.)

Rates include all taxes (currently 9.25% for meals).

Restaurants very close to Scarritt-Bennett

(listed in order of proximity, west and then north of S-B along 21st Ave. S.)
See the Metromix Playlist for restaurant descriptions and details; click on the map at left for the Metromix interactive map.

Bruegger's Bagel Bakery (1-2 on map)
422 21st Ave. S.
bagels, sandwiches, salads ($)

Ben & Jerry's (1-2 on map)
416 21st Ave. S.
ice cream, sorbets

San Antonio Taco Company (3-8 on map)
416 21st Ave. S.
tacos, burritos, beer ($)

Panera Bread (3-8 on map)
406 21st Ave. S.
sandwiches, salads, soups, breakfast ($)

Starbucks - opens 5:30 am, 6am on Sun. (3-8 on map)
402 21st Avenue S

Subway (3-8 on map)
400 21st Ave S
sandwiches, salads, soups ($)

Mediterranean Cuisine (3-8 on map)
Update: this restaurant has moved downtown, and is no longer in walking distance.

Cheeseburger Charley's
400 21st Ave. S.
burgers, including veggie options ($)

Mellow Mushroom (9 on map)
212 21st Ave. S.
pizza, salads, hoagies, calzones; incl. vegetarian options (tofu, tempeh) ($-$$)

Bound'ry (east of 9 on map)
911 20th St. S.
global cuisine (a Nashville Originals member) ($$$)

Nearby, north of S-B:

Noshville (10 on map)
1918 Broadway
NY-style deli ($-$$)

Blackstone Restaurant & Brewery (11 on map)
1918 West End Ave.
upscale pub food, microbrew ($$)

Goten Japanese Steak & Sushi Bar
1719 West End Ave. (corner of 18th)
615-321-4537
Lunch M-F only, 11:30-2:30. Dinner nightly.

Nearby, south of S-B:

Cuisine of India (12 on map)
1602 21st Ave. S.
Indian food; lunch buffet ($$)

Provence Breads and Cafe (13 on map)
1705 21st Ave. S.
quiche, sandwiches, pastries ($)

Pancake Pantry (14 on map)
1796 21st Ave. S.
pancakes, breakfast ($$)