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Come t o t he Lodge

Spor t sman's Gr il l e, mAr ch 12t h, 2023

Cl ub Dinner Has 62 in At t endance

Hosts the JD Damons know how to pick a
place to have dinner.

On what was a gray, blustery evening, after
several days of earlier spring-like weather with
temperatures that actually reached the 70s in
March, tricking middle Tennesseans into
believing that winter was over, the smell of a

roaring wood fire in the main dining room of the
Sportsman's Grille in Brentwood combined with
the ambiance of a hunting lodge in the Pacific
Northwest or a national park lodge from the
1920s, oozed welcome. The Lodge in
Brentwood was a perfect setting for NBCC's
members, many of whom arrived in sweaters,
caps, and mufflers, pressed back into duty, again.
Daylight savings time might have arrived, but
consistent spring was still on the shelf.
Charm in abundance makes guest feel as if
The generous parking lot of the Grille further
they've stepped back in time when decorating
reflected that the weather on the 16th of March
with antlers and stuffed heads was key to cozy.
was not what it had been a few days earlier. You
didn't see any LBC's with their tops down;
instead it was time for the GT MGs, the MGBs
with tops up, a Mini, Land Rovers, a classic
Rolls Royce, several Jaguar saloon cars, and an
Aston Martin coupe that told other Sunday
dinner goers that the NBCC was in the house.
(Editor's note: If I missed anyone's LBC car, it's likely
because it was hidden by the huge trucks and SUVS
that filled most of the parking lot. My apologies. )

Sixty-two of our members signed up for dinner.
This meant that the group filled the private party
room and spilled over into the side section of
the dining room.
Catfish with all the trimmings is a signature dish at
Continues page 10 Sportsman's and comes in generous portions.
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