Restaurants
Hattie B’s Hot Chicken
Nashville hot chicken with a heat scale from mild to “shut the cluck up.” The Midtown original is the one most visitors mean.
Neighborhood
Midtown
What to do in this part of town.
Things to do
Belmont Mansion
Antebellum house tour on the Belmont University campus — Gilded Age Nashville, not Music Row.
Live music
Songwriter rooms
The Local
A Midtown bar with regular writer nights and a neighborhood feel Broadway does not have.
Live music
Songwriter rooms
Analog at Hutton Hotel
A hotel listening room that books serious writers and small touring acts. Nice room, real songs.
Live music
Exit/In
Elliston Place rock club that has been here forever. Sweaty, loud, necessary.
Bars & nightlife
Live music
Losers
Elliston Place bar with bands, sports, and a late crowd. Not pretty. Fine.
Bars & nightlife
Live music
Odie’s
Midtown sports bar that also books music. Martin’s pick for a game in this part of town.
Bars & nightlife
The Patterson House
Speakeasy-style cocktails, no standing at the bar, hush when it is busy. A palate cleanser after Broadway.
Restaurants
Swett’s Restaurant
Cafeteria-style meat-and-three that has been feeding Nashville since 1954.
Bars & nightlife
Sports
Topgolf Nashville
Climate-controlled hitting bays, drinks, and a group that does not want another bar.