2. Utopia Hotel / Saloon
206 4th Avenue North
The Utopia Hotel opened in 1891 at 206 Cherry Street (4th Avenue North). The “six story building contained sixty rooms and was decorated in the best fashion of the day.” It contained a restaurant that served a popular lunch to businessmen in the city. Eating at downtown restaurants for lunch was fairly new during the period.
Source
Thomason, David. “The Men’s Quarter of Downtown Nashville,” Tennessee Historical Quarterly 41 (1982): 48-66.
Source
Thomason, David. “The Men’s Quarter of Downtown Nashville,” Tennessee Historical Quarterly 41 (1982): 48-66.