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East Nashville date night, without the scramble
An East Nashville date night works when you stay in one pocket and go early. Eastland Avenue has the ramen and the ice cream next door. Gallatin Avenue has trivia. Five Points has Motown Monday, and that one runs late.
Care.com's average starting rate for a Nashville babysitter is $20.68 an hour as of October 2026. Four hours is $82.72. Three hours is $62.04. Your sitter may charge more on a Saturday. These totals use the average starting rate so you can compare nights, not so you can skip asking your sitter what they charge.
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The free guide is five Nashville dates under $150, sitter included. The trial is two local plans a month, picked around your kids and your sitter.
East Nashville
Happy-hour ramen
$142.40 for two, sitter included
Go early and let happy hour buy the beer. Two Ten Jack, then Jeni's next door. The restaurant's site still lists happy hour Monday through Friday, 4 to 6. The food prices are from the October 22, 2026 menu check: a 2-for-1 draft Sapporo was $6 for two. Specials rotate, so read the board.
When: Monday through Friday. Happy hour is 4 to 6. The dining room is closed Sunday.
What the total includes| Sitter, 4 hours | $82.72 |
| Tonkotsu ramen | $15.00 |
| Tori Paitan ramen | $14.00 |
| Happy hour, 2-for-1 draft Sapporo | $6.00 |
| Sales tax, 9.75% | $3.41 |
| Tip, 20% | $7.00 |
| Two scoops next door, plus tax | $14.27 |
| Total for two | $142.40 |
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Order the beer when you sit down. Happy hour ends at 6. Reservations are on Resy, and they keep room for walk-ins. No table? Edley's Five Points is at 1004 Woodland St.
East Nashville
Dinner at Butcher and Bee
$186.52 to $264.37 for two, sitter included
A sit-down dinner on Main Street when you want something other than ramen. Hours were on the restaurant's site October 23, 2026. The check uses the $40 to $70 a person range from October 21, before tax and tip.
When: Dinner Monday through Thursday and Sunday 5 to 9:30, Friday and Saturday 5 to 10. Brunch Saturday and Sunday from 10.
Low and high, from the prices we could verify| Line | Low | High |
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| Food and drink, before tax | $80.00 | $140.00 |
| Sales tax, 9.75% | $7.80 | $13.65 |
| Tip, 20% | $16.00 | $28.00 |
| Sitter, 4 hours at $20.68 | $82.72 | $82.72 |
| Total for two | $186.52 | $264.37 |
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East Nashville
Thursday trivia at Pearl Diver
$113.86 to $124.24 for two, sitter included
Pearl Diver's own site lists trivia every Thursday from 7 to 9, and a happy hour with $3 drafts and food specials from $6 to $10. This total is one special and two drafts each, then home when trivia ends. Half-price cocktails are on that same happy hour if you want them. They are not in this number.
When: Trivia is every Thursday, 7 to 9. Happy hour is 4 to 6. Kitchen runs until 10.
Low and high, from the prices we could verify| Line | Low | High |
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| Food and drink, before tax | $24.00 | $32.00 |
| Sales tax, 9.75% | $2.34 | $3.12 |
| Tip, 20% | $4.80 | $6.40 |
| Sitter, 4 hours at $20.68 | $82.72 | $82.72 |
| Total for two | $113.86 | $124.24 |
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Happy hour ends at 6, and trivia starts at 7. Order the food specials before 6 if you want those prices. The room is at 1008 Gallatin Avenue.
East Nashville
Motown Monday, if the sitter can stay late
$144.42 for two, sitter included
This is the late one. Swing starts at 9 and the party keeps going. Most school nights, do the ramen plan instead. If your sitter can stay until 11:30, here is the bill before dinner. The club sells its own tickets. They were $5 when we checked in October 2026. Confirm the price on their calendar.
When: Mondays at 9 pm at The 5 Spot. The calendar still lists it (October 26, November 2, November 9, 2026).
- The 5 Spot · 1006 Forrest Ave, Nashville, TN 37206
What the total includes| Sitter, 6.5 hours (5:00 to 11:30) | $134.42 |
| Two tickets, if they are still $5 | $10.00 |
| Total for two | $144.42 |
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Dinner is not in this total. Eat first on Eastland, or accept that you will be hungry. Do not book the sitter until you have seen this week's ticket price.
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Checked October 21 to 23, 2026. Hours, covers, and menus change. Look at the menu before you leave the house.