The Drinking Issue 2019


New Bar Alert: Chopper

East Nashville’s brand-new tiki bar offers us a boozy getaway

By D. Patrick Rodgers


New Bar Alert: Never Never

A former welding shop becomes a neighborhood bar in Wedgewood-Houston

By D. Patrick Rodgers


Sip and Stream

Five TV shows to binge this summer, and what to drink while doing it

By Ashley Brantley


Off the Sauce

Sampling delicious nonalcoholic beverages at five local spots

By Erica Ciccarone


Tying One on at Shoney’s

A trip down Memory Lane — and to the bar at a longtime Nashville-based restaurant chain 

By J.R. Lind


Drink Like the Ancients

Nashville’s Third Stage Absinthe and Honeytree Meadery have a reverence for yesteryear

By Chris Chamberlain


Thirsty Nashville: A look at the steadily growing number of Nashville breweries

By Amanda Haggard

Twenty-five years ago, Nashville was thirsty for local beer options. Between 1994 and 2009, just a handful of brewing companies had applied for wholesale brewing permits through the Metro Beer Board. Between 2012 and 2015, the board saw an explosion, with 42 businesses applying for permits. Applications since have leveled out a bit, with applications in 2018 dropping to just five. 

The Drinking Issue 2019