Food, Bars & Things To Do

Broadway

The home of Honky Tonk! This is the main drag of bars and live music in town. Some good restaurants too. It can get very packed at times — but there are so many cool bars and places worth checking out that it's not hard to find a spot you like, with somewhere to sit, drink and listen to great music. You can also find cowboys hats and boot stores. Our favorite spots on Broadway: - Nudie's - Tootsie's - Acme Feed & Seed - The Valentine - Honky Tonk Central - Jelly Roll's Goodnight Nashville

Printers Alley

Old school, really cool famous alley in downtown Nashville. The oldest nightlife district in Nashville. Some great restaurants and bars. At minimum worth walking through. Alley Taps is a great spot that usually has live music.

Hattie B's Hot Chicken

Nashville is known for its Hot Chicken — basically spicy fried chicken — and this is our favorite spot. There are a handful of locations around town, some with longer lines than others. Pretty much anything you order here is delicious (including the sides and desserts) though you might need a nap after. Some other popular Hot Chicken spots include Prince's and Bolton's.

Our favorite food spots

- Butcher and Bee: Changing menu, cool restaurant with a mediterranean twist on its food. - Biscuit Love: Popular breakfast spot, great hangover food. - Luogo: Italian dinner spot with a great meatball (really, it's just a large meatball to share) and Zack loved the pappardelle with duck ragu. - Sixty Vines: Cool spot on its own floor in Assembly Hall with a huge assortment of wine options. - Adele's: "Farm-to-fork restaurant with a cool vibe offering New American dishes, cocktails, and patio seating." - Peg Leg Porker: Zack's favorite BBQ spot in town. - Yolan: Good Italian food, not far from Broadway - Pancake Pantry: Popular breakfast spot, can be hard to get into but there's multiple locations. - Federales: Fun, popular mexican spot Some other spots that come highly recommended: Husk, Locust, Loveless Cafe, Lyra, City House, Big Al's Deli, Folk, Shotgun Willie's BBQ, Redheaded Stranger, Arnold's Country Kitchen, Bourbon Steak, Henrietta Red, Thistle & Rye, Pelican & Pig.

Assembly Food Hall

Food hall at the beginning of Broadway with a large variety of great food options and some bars. You also walk through an area with a bunch of shops and clothing stores on the way. It has a bunch of Nashville's most famous food spots in here and pretty much any kind of food you could want.

Coffee Shops

- Frothy Monkey - Fido - Poindexter (located in The Graduate Hotel) - Parlor Doughnuts - Eighth and Roast - Crema - Just Love Coffee - Prickly Pear Coffee Co. - Surefire Coffee Co

Breweries and Distilleries

Some Notable Breweries - Bearded Iris - Fat Bottom Brewing (our wedding venue!) - Tennessee Brew works - Yee-Haw Brewing Co - Jackalope Brewing Co - Diskin Cider - TailGate Brewery - Big Machine - Yazoo - Blackstone Brewing (Nashville's oldest brewery) Some Notable Distilleries - Green Brier - Corsair - Ole Smokey Distillery - Nashville Barrel Company Distillery and Whiskey Bar - Leiper's Fork Distillery

Bars and Cocktail Bars

- Patterson House: Popular speakeasy. - Twelve Thirty Club: Bar on Broadway. Great espresso martinis. - Attaboy: Same as one in NYC. They curate cocktails based on what you like. - Bar Sovereign: Artsy gastropub. - Cherries: Has a full outdoor bar with fire pits. - Tiger Bar: Circus-themed bar with fun drinks. - Barrel Proof: Bar from New Orleans. - LA Jackson: Rooftop bar - Pinewood Social: Indoor and outdoor bars, also has a bowling alley - Listening Room Cafe: Live music venue. - Alley Taps: On Printers Alley. - Coral Club: Cocktail bar with great vibes in East Nashville.

Hikes, Parks and other Outdoor activities

- Centennial Park: Nice park, has a full-size replica of The Parthenon. - Radnor Lake State Park: a few miles from downtown Nashville. Peaceful, great lake views, some hikes to choose from. - Pedestrian Bridge: Walking bridge with incredible views of the river, Titans stadium and downtown skyline. - Cumberland Park: Great walk along the water with river views by downtown.

Grand Ole Opry

One of the biggest attractions in Nashville, an iconic music venue. Has live concerts and standup shows just about every night of the week, including from famous performers. The Ryman Auditorium downtown is also a famous venue worth checking out if there are any concerts happening.

Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

On Music Row in Downtown Nashville. They have an entire Taylor Swift wing. Separate from this, there's also a Johnny Cash Museum in town.

The Bluebird Cafe

Iconic, intimate music venue. It's hard to get tickets — you have to buy them immediately when they come available like a week before the date you want to go — but it's worth it if you can. Taylor Swift was discovered here — and famous musicians pop in sometimes.

The Gulch

Newer, up-and-coming area in Nashville with some great food spots, bars, hotels and boutique stores. There's also a Patagonia store, which is important to Zack.

Hillsboro Village

Cool neighborhood with cafes, hip eateries, cocktail bars and shops.

Jack Daniel's Distillery Visitor Center

Opry Mills

Mall with 200+ stores.