5 Best Bars in Wedgewood-Houston, Nashville

The 8,000-square-foot facility includes a tasting room and patio. The menu includes cider cocktails and food, such as wings, crab cakes, grilled cheese, and more. Live music, art crawl after-parties, and other special events are held here.

Drawing inspiration from Miami clubs of the 1950s and ‘60s, this new space has a large open area and minimalist seating. They host theme parties, live music, workshops for makers and creatives, and other special events.

This second location, referred to as “The Ranch,” opened in fall 2018. There are 16 beers on tap; the menu is limited, but you can bring your own food and food trucks are on-site on Saturday. Tours of the brewing facility are available (and are open to children); there’s shuffleboard on the patio.

It's five o'clock somewhere, and it's certainly always Christmas at Santa’s Pub, a double-wide trailer festooned with holiday decorations inside and out. Open until the wee hours with cheap beer (no liquor is served), nightly karaoke, and a house band performing on Sunday night, this kitschy pub is located between Wedgewood-Houston and the Melrose neighborhoods.

This small venue seating 100 people is one of two venues under the "Basement" umbrella (their other venue is the Basement East in East Nashville close to Little Five Points). Indie acts like Lucy Dacus and Dilly Dally are some of the artists you'll see perform at this intimate spot, in addition to storytelling and holiday events. Tickets are generally affordable, ranging from free to $15.