Bars & nightlife

The Patterson House

Speakeasy-style cocktails, no standing at the bar, hush when it is busy. A palate cleanser after Broadway.

Nearby

Nashville hot chicken with a heat scale from mild to “shut the cluck up.” The Midtown original is the one most visitors mean.

Midtown · First-timers and groups $$

Things to do

Antebellum house tour on the Belmont University campus — Gilded Age Nashville, not Music Row.

Midtown · First-timers $

Live music Songwriter rooms

A Midtown bar with regular writer nights and a neighborhood feel Broadway does not have.

Midtown · First-timers $