Nashville, the city of hot chicken and country music, is teeming with a plethora of craft breweries, each with their own unique styles and flavors. To help you choose among Music City’s dozens of breweries and taprooms, we brewed up a list of our Nashville favorites. Each of these breweries was chosen based on their wonderful atmosphere, interesting venue design and, of course, the quality of their beer.

Everyone knows Nashville for country music and Broadway Street. But, locals and enlightened visitors are privy to a secret: Nashville is a haven for cocktail connoisseurs with marvelous speakeasies and craft cocktails bars speckled throughout the city’s most popular neighborhoods. Also, if you’re a speakeasy nerd, look no further because Nashville has no shortage (it’s sort of a thing here). Without further ado here is our locally curated list of the best cocktail bars and speakeasies in Nashville.

The Best Cocktail Bars in Nashville:

1. ATTABOY (8 Mcferrin Ave, Nashville)

2. SKULL’S RAINBOW ROOM (222 Printers Alley, Nashville)

3. THE PATTERSON HOUSE (1711 Division St, Nashville)

4. OTTO’S BAR (4210 Charlotte Ave, Nashville)

5. MOTHER’S RUIN (1239 6th Ave N, Nashville)

6. BLACK RABBIT (218 3rd Ave N, Nashville)

7. LOU/NA (1000 Broadway, Nashville)

8. ELLINGTON’S (401 Union St, Nashville)