Alice in Chains Concert and Suzy Wong's House of Yum- Monday, March 1

This was a double date with a couple friend of ours to a double feature:
an early dinner at Suzy Wong's House of Yum at 1517A Church Street, Nashville.
then the "BuzzFest" Concert featuring Alice in Chains.

She Said:
We started the night off right after work to make the most of the weeknight.

Suzy Wong's is a hip, tiny place with a friendly but too-cool-for-you-vibe. The drinks were good, the waitstaff was curteous and helpful with menu selection, and the decor was modern with a tasteful nightclub feel.

We had a starter and shared one of the dinner portions, and our friends also ordered some starters and their very unusual nachos.

Our timing was perfect- we arrived at the concert just as Alice in Chains took the stage. The new lead singer, William DuVall, reminded me of a skinny pants Lenny Kravitz, with way more hard rock edge and charisma. The smoky audience left us holding our breath, with tears in our eyes, but was worth enduring to hear our favorites and plenty of new material. They played all out for 2+ hours, and only left us wanting for "Down in a Hole".

Verdict: worth the dark eye circles on Tuesday morning to relive some old school grunge rock


He Said:
The food at Suzy Wongs's is a great place for some nuevo Japanese-Chinese fusion cuisine. The menu selection is a little small but everything I tasted was delicious. The cocktail menu also features some very interesting and unique concoctions that you should check out if you visit. It is a small place so show up early, with food like that I'm sure it fills up fast. They were just setting up the Karaoke when we left, got out just in time!

We arrived at the concert right when Alice in Chains started playing. Sadly there were no assigned seats so we ended up with a pretty bad view of the stage. They started strong but I found as the night wore on I lost interest. I didn't like the sound mix and the vocals were far to indistinct. Maybe it was where we were sitting. If I was a bigger AiC fan I think I would have enjoyed it more. That being said some of their new stuff was pretty good.

Verdict: Worth it if you are a fan.