Inside W Nashville’s Star-Studded Pre-CMAs Dinner Party

The restaurant was dark, the drinks were strong, and a hum of anticipation flicked through the air at a not-yet-open Carne Mare in Nashville two nights before the 2021 Country Music Awards. The dinner’s official invitation was functionally to celebrate the grand opening of the swanky new eatery, the latest location of the luxe Italian chophouse helmed by James Beard award-winning Chef Andrew Carmellini, celebrated protege of NYC’s Chef Daniel Boulud. But as partygoers filtered through its double doors wielding glass flutes of bubbling Prosecco — local songwriters (Sean Scolnick, Shelly Colvin), stars (John Osborne, Sam Kiszka, Kacey Musgraves with… Read Full Article