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The Patterson House
The bar widely credited with starting Nashville's craft cocktail scene in 2009, now on the fifth floor of a new building on 8th Avenue South.
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What to get
- Anything from the Manhattan section
- Or let a bartender build you something off-menu
- Thick-cut bone-in pork chop, then potato chip ice cream
When to go
Easiest to get in: Mon 5 pm–7 pm. Liveliest: Sat around 8 pm. From Google's popular times.
After dark, when the purple curtains open onto the city lights (Infatuation); doors at 4 pm daily.
Insider tip
It shares the 5th floor with The Catbird Seat; enter at the rear of the Voorhees Building. Paid valet runs Wed–Sat 4–11 pm at 718 Division St. It takes limited reservations but encourages walk-ins.
Find it
- Phone
- (615) 810-8200
- Website
- thepattersonnashville.com
- Reservations
- recommended
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 Something out of date?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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