Drinks in Franklin

Inside The Harpeth Hotel. 240-plus whiskeys in the keep, live music four nights a week. The quietest way to land in Franklin after a show.

Until 10pm

A cocktail club behind a hidden door on Main Street, reached from the alley through the back of Mellow Mushroom. Craft cocktails and shareable plates including a charcuterie board with house-pickled vegetables. Serves to midnight midweek and two in the morning on Friday and Saturday.

Tue to Thu 5pm to midnight, Fri and Sat 4pm to 2am, closed Mon

A seaside Italian restaurant on Main Street with a third-floor rooftop bar, the only rooftop downtown. Oysters, tapas and cocktails. The rooftop takes no reservations and seats first come, first served.

Mon to Thu to 10pm, Fri and Sat to 11pm, Sun to 9pm

A wine bar on the corner of Main Street and 2nd Avenue, pouring by the glass from self-serve machines. Happy hour runs Tuesday through Friday from four to six at 25 percent off the machines. Closed Sunday and Monday.

Tue to Thu 4pm to 10pm, Fri and Sat to 11pm

A no-fuss Irish pub on Main Street. Pints, pub food. The easy pre-show drink in Franklin.

Open through late

Open since 2005 in a Hillsboro Road strip center, with a ceiling shingled in beer tap handles they claim is a world record. Three in the morning, seven nights a week. Everything else in Franklin is dark by then.

Until 3am nightly · Walk-in bar, 21 and up.