{"id":8115,"date":"2010-11-02T22:45:12","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T03:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=8115"},"modified":"2010-11-02T22:45:12","modified_gmt":"2010-11-03T03:45:12","slug":"5-spot-a-hidden-gem-of-downtowndate-night-recommendation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/02\/5-spot-a-hidden-gem-of-downtowndate-night-recommendation\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Spot: A hidden gem of Downtown\/date night recommendation"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re not familiar with the 5 Spot<\/strong> on G.E. Patterson, you should be. You’d never expect the room behind dive bar Earnestine & Hazel’s to be a place to get a fine dinner, but that’s exactly what it is.<\/p>\n

It’s open Friday and Saturday nights. The menu changes every night; the chef buys whatever he feels like cooking, and when he runs out, he’s out. For this reason it’s advisable not to go there for a late 9 PM dinner. Here’s a recent menu that was posted on the window.<\/p>\n

Click the menu to see it at a larger size.<\/p>\n

I’ve never heard of any of my friends having a bad meal there. It’s a great spot to take a date for dinner.<\/p>\n

Hmmm… how about this for a Downtown date itinerary: Dinner at 8 at 5 Spot, then a trip to E&H to see the upstairs and to have a drink at Nate’s bar. Then a trolley ride north for a drink at the Silly Goose or Automatic Slim’s or the Peabody lobby, then dancing at Paula & Raiford’s or Rehab Disco, then a late-night breakfast at Cockadoos. That offers several options and is bound to impress, and never once do you have set foot on Beale Street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"