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Deep bins, genuine opinions. A good browse here can eat a loose afternoon.

Open until 8 PM · Check shop hours before heading over.

A record shop and bar on Gallatin. Browse, have a beer, stay for a show or walk across to Schulman's.

Candy shop at 310 Broadway known for pralines and fudge. Open 9:30 AM to 10 PM every day, later than most of the shops on the strip.

Open 9:30 AM to 10 PM daily

Clothing for men and women on the corner of 21st and Belcourt, open on this block for more than 25 years. Stocks a mix of national labels and smaller lines. Open until seven most days.

Mon to Sat 10am to 7pm, Sun noon to 5pm

An independent bookstore in the Old Factory Store, a Greek Revival building from the 1820s that is the oldest commercial building still standing in downtown Franklin. More than 35,000 new, used and rare titles, including over 2,000 signed first editions.

Daily 9am to 7pm

A guitar store in the old Antiques building on 8th, with more than two thousand instruments on the floor. Vintage acoustics and electrics hang alongside new builds, and staff will hand you one to play. Players passing through town treat it as a stop in itself.

Mon to Fri 10am to 6pm, Sat and Sun 10am to 4pm

A grocery with a hot bar, a made-to-order sandwich counter, and a small seating area at the front. You can put together a meal in ten minutes or shop for the week. It is the only full grocery in walking distance of the 12th Ave blocks.

Mon to Sat 7am to 9pm, Sun 8am to 8pm

The shop for the Goo Goo Cluster, first made in Nashville in 1912. Candy counter, dessert bar and hands-on classes at 116 3rd Avenue South.

Open 10 AM to 6 PM daily

Jack White's label storefront at 623 7th Avenue South, open since 2009. Vinyl, a novelties counter, and a restored Voice-O-Graph booth where you can cut your own record.

Open 11 AM to 6 PM daily

A multi-dealer antique mall off 8th at Powell Place, with dozens of booths under one roof. A second building, GasLamp Too, sits a few doors down at 128 Powell Place. Furniture, jewelry, and small collectibles make up most of it.

Mon to Sat 10am to 6pm, Sun 12pm to 6pm

George Gruhn founded this guitar store in 1970 and it has been a reference point for vintage instruments ever since. Three floors of acoustics, electrics, mandolins, and banjos, with an appraisal and repair operation in back. You can ask to play almost anything on the wall.

Mon to Sat 10am to 6pm, Sun 12pm to 5pm

Architectural salvage on 8th: doors, hardware, mantels, and chandeliers pulled from buildings dating between the 1850s and the 1940s. Stock is arranged by type across a warehouse floor. Closed Sunday and Monday.

Tue to Sat 9am to 5pm

A vintage and boutique guitar dealer that started in 1993 and moved to Nashville in 2016. The inventory leans toward rare electrics and small-batch builders. It is a quiet store with a handful of instruments out at a time.

Tue to Sat 10am to 5pm

A vintage store on 8th with clothing, furniture, records, and oddities spread across a deep floor plan. Prices are marked and the stock turns over weekly. Easy to lose half an hour in.

Mon to Sat 10am to 6pm, Sun 11am to 6pm

The Opry Mills anchor store, with a large indoor aquarium, boat displays and a full floor of outdoor gear. Free to walk through and free to park. The fish tank is the reason to bring kids.

Mon to Sat 9am to 9pm, Sun 10am to 7pm

Vintage furniture, antiques and a flower counter in a Music Valley Drive strip center. Closed Monday and Tuesday, and the doors shut at 4 PM, so it only pairs with a daytime start.

Wed to Sun, 10 AM to 4 PM

Summer and Jake opened Dead End Records for metal and punk vinyl: doom, death metal, hardcore, everything that makes parents nervous, hand-selected. Cassettes, CDs, art, monthly markets. Open Wed to Mon, 11 to 6.

Daytime through evening

A family-owned international grocery open since 1995, under a mile down the pike. The aisles run Latin American, South Asian, Middle Eastern, and East Asian, and there is a fresh seafood counter. Open 8:30 AM to 8 PM every day.

Daily 8:30am to 8pm