French wine barEast Nashville
The Authentique
A French-owned wine bar in a Gallatin Avenue strip mall, with flights, crêpes and weekend jazz. Readers voted its list the city's best in 2025.
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What to get
- A flight (Bourgogne pinot noir or picpoul blanc are approachable starts)
- A splurge glass of Châteauneuf-du-Pape
- Savory raclette crêpe
When to go
Tue–Thu 5–6:30 pm for $5 house wines; Friday or Saturday for live jazz from 6:30 to 9:30 pm.
Insider tip
French-owned (Alexandre Meunier and Philippine Maillard). Tuesday-night tastings must be reserved, and select Sundays host an eight-course temaki omakase with wine pairings. It's in a blink-and-miss strip mall.
Heads up
The tiny bar gets packed shoulder to shoulder on date nights.
Happy hour
Live music
- Fri & Sat 6:30 PM–9:30 PMLive jazz weekends source
Find it
- Phone
- (615) 948-8654
- Website
- the-authentique.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 Something out of date?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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