Nashville
You're flying out of Nashville Airport, you have 90 minutes to kill, and you'd like to do better than a Pret. Good news: airport drinking has improved more in the last five years than the previous fifty. Pre-flight drinks at Nashville Airport range from chain reliability to surprisingly polished hotel-style bars in the airport hotels. This is barsforKings's editor-curated guide to drinking better at Nashville's airports.
Downtown · $$
Acme Feed & Seed draws a steady local crowd in Downtown. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening.
City centre · $$$
Attaboy is the Nashville sister to the celebrated New York speakeasy — same no-menu, no-photos format, hidden behind an unmarked door, with a dealer's-choice co
12 South · $$
Bar Otaku draws a steady local crowd in 12 South. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening.
Wedgewood-Houston · $$$
Bastion draws a steady local crowd in Wedgewood-Houston. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening.
Want a real drink before flying? The fastest play is to get to airport hotels next door — most run polished bars that beat anything post-security. We list them at the bottom. If you've got 60 spare minutes pre-airport, see our shortlist of bars in Nashville proper at the end.
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