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.
Tip: Weekend hours run to midnight, weekdays close at 22:00. Cabana seating books out by 19:00; the bar rail walks in easy.
Address: 200 4th Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37219
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.
Tip: Rooftop runs 12:00 to 20:00 Sunday to Friday, 11:00 to 22:00 Saturday. No cover; arrive before sunset to catch the skyline turn.
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.
Tip: Open to the public except the pool. Live music on the backyard stage runs most weekend afternoons; Friday closes at midnight.
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.
Tip: Entry through Paseo Place behind the building. Open 16:00 to 01:00 daily; no standing room, parties of six maximum.
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.
Tip: Rooftop runs 12:00 to 20:00 Sunday to Friday, 11:00 to 22:00 Saturday. No cover; arrive before sunset to catch the skyline turn.
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.
Tip: Reserve 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 above Printers Alley in downtown Nashville is the ten-story backyard with a retrofitted 1956 Scenicruiser bus, cabanas and a bag-toss lawn.
Tip: Open to the public except the pool. Live music on the backyard stage runs most weekend afternoons; Friday closes at midnight.
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.
Tip: Entry through Paseo Place behind the building. Open 16:00 to 01:00 daily; no standing room, parties of six maximum.
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.
Tip: Knock to enter, no reservations, parties of six maximum. Open Sunday to Thursday 17:00 to 02:00, Friday and Saturday 16:00.
Old Glory hides in a 1920s boiler room behind Taco Mamacita in Edgehill Village Nashville. The golden triangle on a black door marks the entrance off the alley.
Tip: Look for the golden triangle on Suite 103 down the alley. Open 17:00 to 01:00 daily; cash and card both accepted.