Nashville drinking starts with Eleven11, Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar (Top 10 Nominee) at the Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards 2026, and the bench behind it runs deep: we list 10 active bars across the city. The 5 below are our pick of them. 4 of them hold verified international recognition, from the 50 Best lists to the Spirited Awards. Every listing below is verified by BarMagazine, with addresses, opening hours and the signature drinks worth ordering.
Eleven11 describes itself as a cocktail bar, discotheque and restaurant under one roof on Dickerson Pike in Nashville. The bar runs later than the kitchen, reservations are handled online, and parking is validated inside.
White Limozeen is the rooftop bar and restaurant on the twelfth floor of the Graduate hotel in Midtown Nashville, with views over the city and a menu that gives Southern comfort food a French turn. It is home to the Governor's Pool, with poolside cocktails and cabana reservations in season, and is twenty-one and over after nine.
The Fox Bar & Cocktail Club sits on Gallatin Pike in East Nashville, a few doors from Tiger Bar on the same stretch, and serves its full menu across every hour it is open.
Tiger Bar describes itself as a 1930s sideshow inspired gin joint, on the East Nashville stretch of Gallatin Pike. It opens three nights a week and is strictly over 21.
Attaboy Nashville is the Nashville outpost of the New York original on Eldridge Street, and runs on the same terms: no reservations, first come and first served, and parties of six and under only. It opens seven nights a week, from 5pm Sunday through Thursday and from 4pm on Friday and Saturday.
These 5 are the starting point. The full BarMagazine directory covers every listed bar in Nashville, with a map, filters by bar type, and new openings as we verify them.
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