MURFREESBORO Murfreesboro’s downtown area is vibrant and hip, with an ever-growing assortment of restaurants, retail stores, nightlife and boutiques. New additions include Pa Bunk’s Natural Market & Café, PJ’s Pizza and the nightclub Social. Downtown favorites include restaurants like Marina’s on the Square and Maple Street Grill, and specialty shops such as Bella’s Boutique, Sugaree’s, Trendy Pieces, Funtiques, the Write Impression, Holden Hardware and the Country Gourmet. The downtown square is home to the historic Rutherford County Courthouse, and plays host to many events throughout the year including the popular JazzFest, Friday Night Live concerts and the weekly Main Street Saturday Market. (www. readysetrutherford.com)
WINCHESTER Old Town Winchester, a vital marketplace for more than 250 years in the heart of the oldest city west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, features a full-service historic hotel and a quaint pedestrian mall bustling with outdoor cafés and specialty shops. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary as a site that successfully combines history, century-old buildings and museums with the vitality of an ideal downtown – creating a charming and sophisticated mainstreet atmosphere. Nowhere else can you stroll the streets that George Washington, Stonewall Jackson, Admiral Richard Byrd and Patsy Cline all graced with their presence. (www.winchester-tn.com)
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