Just outside of downtown Nashville, Blackwood is a hopping restaurant and bar offering amped-up comfort food favorites, with locally roasted Bongo Java coffee and pastries in the mornings, and local craft beer and an inspired dinner menu in the evenings, plus live music on weekends.

This is how the South does summer. Open from Memorial Day ’til the end of the season, the Pool House serves light bites and cool drinks by the pool in the Back Yard. Dive in for a swim, lounge around or get competitive with volleyball, ping pong, horseshoes and other lawn games. Plus, check out the featured Signature Events: With SaturYAY pool parties, Throwback Summer Dive-in Movie nights and more, you’re sure to experience the unexpected when you’re poolside at Hotel Preston.