Clarksville Living Magazine — May 2025

The May 2025 issue of Clarksville Living Magazine travels “Nashville's Spice Road” for authentic international food and covers a Business After Hours at Serra Chevrolet Cadillac.

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The cover feature maps what the writer calls “Nashville's Spice Road” — a treasure trove of international stores and restaurants on and just off Nolensville Pike, ten minutes from downtown Nashville with the skyline looming above. Most people know the strip only as the way to the Nashville Zoo, but the piece wanders the ethnic markets and kitchens north and south of it. It lingers on Uzbek plov cooked in a large cauldron called a kazan, homemade hummus, suzma and ikra, the lentil soup chechevitsa and the beetroot salad vinegret, plus kimchi, kebabs, grilled fish and baklava — a first installment promising more of a food scene the writer says they've barely scratched.

Closer to home, Serra Chevrolet Cadillac Clarksville hosted the March Business After Hours for the Clarksville Area Chamber of Commerce, one of the networking events that keeps the local business community connected.

The rest of the issue fills out with the season's community coverage — the spring events, the profiles of local people and businesses, and the recipes, history and photo spreads that make up each month. The international-food feature gives the issue an outward-looking, adventurous flavor while the local coverage keeps it grounded in Clarksville.

It is an issue built for the curious eater and the connected professional alike — equally at home on Nolensville Pike and in a Clarksville dealership showroom after hours.

Table of Contents

• Nashville’s Spice Road - Part 1 (p. 5)
• Business After Hours (p. 8)
• Clarksville Academy Steak Dinner (p. 10)
• New York Butcher Shoppe (p. 14)
• Chili and Dessert Competition (p. 16)
• Veteran Business of the Month (p. 18)
• Cheesy J’s (p. 21)
• Jim ‘N Nick’s Soft Opening (p. 22)
• A Riveter’s Legacy (p. 24)
• Lincoln-Reagan Dinner (p. 26)
• Education Summit for Women Veterans (p. 30)
• Michael Waltrip at Shelby’s Trio (p. 32)
• Silo Park Kicks Off 2025 (p. 36)
• Yellow Creek Easter Egg Hunt (p. 37)
• Broomball Mayor vs. General (p. 40)
• Ukraine Rally (p. 42)
• Business Speed Networking (p. 44)
• Honoring Memorial Day (p. 12)
• Easter Egg Hunt (p. 20)
• Rock & Roll High (p. 28)
• Southern Niagara (p. 34)
• Cafe 931 (p. 38)

Regular departments

• Calendar (p. 45)