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HOT PROPERTY At Barlines in the Omni Nashville Hotel, bartender Thomas Whitten relishes using local spirits to create inventive cocktails. The Spirit of Southern Dining THE NEW OMNI NASHVILLE HOTEL MAKES BEAUTIFUL MUSIC WITH ITS F&B PROGRAM story by Kelly Merritt / photos by Mark Boughton T The hotel's Biscuit Bar is an "only in Dixie" touch. he new Omni Nashville Hotel's food and beverage program is causing quite the talk about town. To partake of apps or mains here is to bear witness to Southern foodies swimming in lazy circles. Overall, cuisine and cocktails with attitude define the Omni Nashville, which holds Music City's unique identity dear. Kitchen Notes is the hotel's signature restaurant and the only one of its kind in the Omni restaurant portfolio. It's unabashedly local and Tennessee driven. There are no cookie cutter recipes here—Executive Chef David Harker and Chef de Cuisine Peter McCall agonize over every little detail and each ingredient to make sure as many as possible range from traditional to january 2014 / the tasting panel / 63 TP0114_034-65.indd 63 12/19/13 9:29 PM