The Best Sports Bars in Nashville

Losers has been a Nashville sports bar landmark for decades, and the fact that it is still the first recommendation on any serious list tells you everything. The multiple room setup means there is always a screen available for every game in progress, the kitchen runs solid bar food until late, and the regulars are the kind of people who know the Titans depth chart. Monday Night Football here draws a crowd that starts arriving before noon.

Order: Draft Yazoo Gerst Amber, Losers wings

Tin Roof threads the needle between live music venue and legitimate sports bar better than anywhere else on Broadway. The screens are large and well-positioned, the sound system can actually carry a broadcast over the crowd noise, and the bar program is better than it needs to be for a tourist-area venue. Predators playoff runs happen here at full volume. Go early or stand at the bar — table reservations on game nights go fast.

Order: Tennessee Whiskey sour, draft beer

Hillsboro Village residents have made Jackson's their game-day default for good reason. Eighteen screens cover the main room and the covered patio, the beer selection leads with Tennessee craft options, and the kitchen produces a brunch-meets-bar-food menu that holds up well under scrutiny. Saturday afternoons during college football season, this is standing room only by kickoff. The patio is the best outdoor sports-watching spot in the neighbourhood.

Order: Blackstone Saint Jonesy's IPA, smash burger

The 5 Spot is primarily a live music venue, but on game days the stages clear and screens go up, transforming the space into one of the most atmospheric game-watching rooms in the city. The sound system is purpose-built for large rooms and handles sports broadcasts well. The bar pours local Tennessee craft beers alongside well-mixed cocktails, and the kitchen keeps a tight, rotating menu of elevated bar snacks. Predators fans have adopted this as their unofficial playoff home.

Order: Tennessee Brew Works Easy Nashville lager

A genuine neighbourhood pub in a neighbourhood that has evolved from gritty to expensive without losing its identity. Germantown Pub keeps things unpretentious: good screens, cold draft beer, and a kitchen that produces bar food well above its price point. The outdoor covered area adds capacity during good weather, which in Nashville is most of the year. Regulars here range from Germantown originals to the transplants who have figured out that this is where the real locals drink.

Order: Draft lager, Germantown Pub burger

Two Bits combines vintage arcade games with a serious sports bar setup — a combination that should not work as well as it does. The screens are large, the draft selection rotates with local and regional craft beers, and the retro game machines keep the non-sports crowd occupied without pulling energy from the main event. On Titans game days, the crowd packs in and the arcade machines go untouched for three hours. The trivia nights are worth planning around too.

Order: Rotating local craft IPA, pretzel bites

Pool tables plus twenty screens in a large Midtown space — Buffalo Billiards solves the problem of what to do between quarters. The bar program is more extensive than the game-focused concept suggests, with a solid draft lineup and a full kitchen running until late on weekends. The satellite package here covers essentially every sport being played anywhere in North America on any given night. College football Saturdays keep this place at capacity from noon onwards.

Order: Draft pale ale, loaded potato skins

Wedgewood-Houston has been colonised by galleries and design studios, but Scoreboard has kept the neighbourhood's older identity alive. The clientele is a genuine cross-section of the area — artists watching the Titans alongside contractors and Vanderbilt faculty. Twenty-four screens, good wings, and a bartender who will know your order by your third visit. This is what a sports bar looks like when it is not trying to be anything other than a sports bar.

Order: Draft Bud Light, classic wings with hot sauce

The Post East is East Nashville's outdoor sports bar answer, with a covered patio setup that runs screens and audio through a full weatherproof system. On warm-weather game days, this is one of the most enjoyable places to watch sports in the city — cold beer, good food trucks parked out front, and a crowd that has made watching sports outdoors a genuine ritual. The bar program rotates local Tennessee craft beers heavily.

Order: Tennessee craft lager, food truck fare

Two hundred beers on draft and bottle, screens throughout a large multi-room space, and a downtown location that makes it the default pre-game bar for Predators and Sounds events nearby. The Flying Saucer makes the list specifically for its beer selection — if you want to drink well while watching sports, this is Nashville's best option. The food is secondary but honest. The Predators watch party crowd here on playoff nights has a real energy to it.

Order: Rotating Tennessee craft tap, pretzels with beer cheese