3.5
This shop…read morelocation is no longer part of this world and that's a shame. Long before bachelorettes woo-hooed their way into our ears (and nightmares) and short-term rentals displaced residents, there was a Nashville that made sense. You knew where to go for what. In Belle Meade, if you needed a card, cardigan or cart full of chocolates, Katy's Hallmark in Belle Meade was where you headed.
Be it Mother's Day, Christmas, Easter, or some other mom/grandma-approved holiday, you would be sure to find me here picking up a Hallmark* card along with stocking stuffers, fancy card stock and pens, chocolates, truffles, confections, perfumes, scarves, and more. This was more than a card shop: it was a one-stop shop for every mom, aunt, grandma, teacher, in your life. If you couldn't find it here, you couldn't find it. And you could find it for a reasonable price. Despite the location, you wouldn't be beset by Belle Meade prices.
I found the service ranged from extremely helpful to polite but never did i feel unwelcome. Most all the employees were nice.** This is the genteel legacy of what Nashville used to be. Parking was spacious and easy to come by and if you still had a shopping itch after you came here, you could walk the rest of the strip mall (or grab a bite to eat). I'm not much of a shopper so I was more of an 'in and out' kinda guy but I never left without gifts and usually the exact gift I came in for (if not a very close variant).
Luckily, Katy's is still here -- just moved. 4500 has been lost to 'progress' and more out of town development but if you need to get your fill of goodies for the ladies in your life, hop on down to 6033 Hwy 100 and check them out there. Thanks for the memories, Katy -- and all the holiday saves.
*Yes, they would check the back of the card just like the old commercials.
**The patrons, however, could be another story. For example, first Christmas 'post-pandemic' (lol), no one was masked.