Become a Local Champion in Nashville

A Local Champion in Nashville has rated five different Nashville places, answered three Top 3 questions about the city and made a list with a Nashville place on it in the Mosey app. Nashville gives you plenty of material: hot chicken, barbecue, lunch plates with sides and a long international corridor on Nolensville Pike.

How do you become a Local Champion in Nashville?

Do three things in Nashville: rate five different places, answer three Top 3 questions and make a list with a Nashville place on it. A card on Home tracks the steps with counters, such as "4 of 5 rated". The title never depends on what you say, so you can rate honestly without worrying about how it reads.

Five ratings of the same place count as one, so plan a spread across neighborhoods, from East Nashville to 12 South to the Gulch.

Why does Nashville hot chicken deserve a rating?

Hot chicken is fried chicken coated in a spicy paste, and guides trace it back to a Nashville family in the 1930s. It is a local original and a natural place to start. Rate by the dish, name the heat level if you like and tag it. The dish also travels well in an argument: whether the heat should build slowly or hit at once is a debate every table has. The title only cares that you rated, so a mild opinion of a famous plate counts the same as a rave.

The same applies to everything else on your list: the app counts rows and places, not words. A thoughtful paragraph and a bare star count identically, so rate quickly and keep going.

What is a meat and three, and where does it fit?

A meat-and-three is a plate with one main meat, such as fried chicken, baked chicken, roast beef or country fried steak, plus two or three sides. It is a Nashville lunch tradition, and ratings by the dish suit it: name the meat and the side that surprised you. The rating guide for the plate is a useful companion.

Which Nashville neighborhoods and corridors can you rate in?

Nolensville Pike is the international spine, with Kurdish, Turkish, Mexican and other tables, and the Nolensville Pike guide goes deeper. East Nashville, 12 South, the Gulch and Hillsboro Village each add their own style, from brunch to fine dining. Spread your five across at least two of them, and add one stop on the Pike if the cooking there is new to you. A plate of Kurdish or Turkish food is as good a rating as any, and it widens the list your friends see.

What are the Nashville Top 3 questions about?

Top 3 is paced on purpose: a question per visit, and a gap of at least four hours between visits. The questions are about kinds of food such as barbecue, breakfast, brunch, coffee and Mexican. In Nashville the barbecue question starts arguments, and so does breakfast. You name up to three places, ranked, and you need three questions answered in Nashville for the title. The Nashville barbecue guide covers the styles.

A question you pass on does not count, so name at least one place when you answer. Plenty of Nashville arguments reach beyond chicken: whether biscuits and country ham are breakfast or lunch, or which taqueria on the Pike deserves a trip across town.

What makes a Nashville list count?

A list of your own with a Nashville place on it. "Lunch before a show", "Guests from out of town" or "Hot chicken tour" are all good. Use a list you create yourself; the built-in favorites list and the Top 3 list are left out. Add a place, attach a note and share it, and friends can add places too.

How do dishes, tags and friends help in Nashville?

Rate by the dish and tag what stood out, such as Hidden Gem, Great Value or Family Friendly. Tag who you ate with and follow friends to see what they rate on Home. None of it changes the title, since the app never reads what a rating says. The earned, not bought guide explains the reasoning.

How can a visitor earn the title in a long weekend?

Nashville fills with visitors, and a visitor can qualify, because the title is for activity in the city and not for where you live. A long weekend leaves room to rate five different places, from a hot chicken lunch to a meat-and-three to a late dinner. Because Top 3 only needs its visits to be four hours apart, three visits fit across a few days, and the questions are about the town your phone is in, so answer them while you are there. The list takes a minute at the airport.

It is a modest challenge rather than a quest, and the title stays on your profile long after the trip.

What do you get once you earn it?

A thank-you that says "You are a Local Champion of Nashville", a title on your profile and beside your name on ratings of Nashville places, and a Share my title button for a picture card with three plain numbers. There is no prize or payment. The how-to guide has every rule.

Mosey is free for a place to list, with no hidden fees and affordable tools. Supporting local in Nashville means telling the next visitor where you actually ate. The US food guides have more cities, and the New Orleans page shows how another music city does it. The Local Champion page has the screens.

Get the Mosey app, rate your next Nashville plate by the dish and start the list that makes you a Local Champion.