Rare Bird ★ 4.3
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$16 cocktails, smart casualDowntown And SobroMon-Thu 14:00-22:00, Fri-Sat 12:00-00:00, Sun 12:00-22:00.
Rare Bird on the 13th floor of the Noelle hotel in downtown Nashville pours craft cocktails on a wraparound deck above the Cumberland River and State Capitol.
TipWeekend hours run to midnight, weekdays close at 22:00. Cabana seating books out by 19:00; the bar rail walks in easy.
Acme Feed & Seed ★ 4.0
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$12 cocktails, casual dress, no coverDowntown And SobroMon-Fri 12:00-20:00, Sat 11:00-22:00, Sun 12:00-20:00.
Acme Feed & Seed on Broadway in Nashville is the 1890 feed-store turned four-floor music hall, with a top-floor rooftop framing the Cumberland and Nissan Stadium.
TipRooftop runs 12:00-20:00 Sunday to Friday, 11:00-22:00 Saturday. No cover; arrive before sunset to catch the skyline turn.
White Limozeen ★ 4.3
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$16 cocktails, smart casual, no athletic wearHillsboro Village And BelmontMon-Wed 16:00-00:00, Thu 16:00-01:00, Fri-Sat 12:00-01:00, Sun 12:00-00:00.
White Limozeen on the Graduate by Hilton rooftop in midtown Nashville is the pink Dolly Parton bar with a nine-foot Dolly bust, a pool deck and rhinestone booths.
TipReserve via the hotel for the cabana pool deck. Cocktails like the Queen of the Rodeo run $16; the kitchen serves until 22:00.
The Nash Rooftop Lounge ★ 4.2
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$15 cocktails, casual chic dressDowntown And SobroMon-Thu 10:00-22:00, Fri-Sat 10:00-00:00, Sun 10:00-22:00.
The Nash Rooftop Lounge above Printers Alley in downtown Nashville is the ten-story backyard with a retrofitted 1956 Scenicruiser bus, cabanas and a bag-toss lawn.
TipOpen to the public except the pool. Live music on the backyard stage runs most weekend afternoons; Friday closes at midnight.
The Patterson House ★ 4.6
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Wedgewood HoustonDaily 16:00-01:00.
The Patterson House moved from 12 South to a fifth-floor room atop the Voorhees Building in SoBro Nashville. Bartenders build classics behind a velvet curtain.
TipEntry through Paseo Place behind the building. Open 16:00-01:00 daily; no standing room, parties of six maximum.
Attaboy Nashville ★ 4.6
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East NashvilleMon-Thu 17:00-02:00, Fri-Sat 16:00-02:00, Sun 17:00-02:00.
Attaboy Nashville in a concrete shed on McFerrin Avenue is the East Nashville sister of the Eldridge Street original, no menu, dealer's-choice cocktails only.
TipKnock to enter, no reservations, parties of six maximum. Open Sunday to Thursday 17:00-02:00, Friday and Saturday 16:00.