Chris Blair founded The Listening Room Cafe in 2006, making a fairly big career shift based on hopes, dreams and faith. Being able to combine his passion for live music with his love of a great meal, Blair set out to create a one-of-a-kind venue that would offer patrons a true Music City experience. The Listening Room’s been in their current SoBro (south of Broadway) location for over two years and sits in the heart of an area whose growth has certainly helped put Nashville on recent “it city” lists. “Our goal as a venue is to showcase songs in their purest form as well as offer a great dining experience,” says Blair. “We pride ourselves on having the best sounding room in Music City as well as food and drink offerings made with the freshest local ingredients.”