Neighborhood cocktail barEast Nashville$$$$
Martha My Dear
A Gallatin Avenue cocktail bar that feels like a friend's parents' basement, pool table included. Tuesdays bring food trucks and 2-for-1 beer.
#10 in Cocktail bars#16 in Happy hours
What to get
- $10 house cocktail such as the Garden Hose (mezcal, Fernet-Branca, genepy, kiwi, cucumber)
- The rotating pour of the week (Infatuation)
- Any house cocktail at $10 during happy hour
- Martha's Deluxe Lager (a 3 Floyds collab)
- A Snaquiri (snack-size daiquiri)
When to go
Tuesdays, when food trucks park outside and beers are two-for-one (Infatuation).
Insider tip
Named for co-owner Alex Howard's mother and the Paul McCartney song; pool table, holiday lights and a friend's-parents'-basement vibe (Infatuation).
Happy hour
- Daily 5 PM–7 PM$10 cocktails, $2 off wine, $1 off beer (venue: 'Happy Hour Daily!'); the 5-7pm window is per Infatuation (Sept 2026) source
Find it
- Phone
- (615) 964-7277
- Website
- marthasnashville.com
- Reservations
- n/a
Recognition
Checked Oct. 1, 2026. Ratings are a snapshot from Google and Yelp; ranks are ours (how we rank). Something out of date? Tell us.
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