Tootsie's Orchid Lounge
Nashville, Tennessee
Music City is filled with fine Honky Tonks, but if you only have time to stop at one, make it Tootsie's Orchid Lounge. Located behind the Ryman Auditorium, this legendary watering hole has long served as a springboard for emerging artists thanks to its two stages that host live, local acts every night of the week. The beer selection isn't anything exotic and the drinks are straightforward, but while it is a bar, you come here to soak up some great music at the same joint that gave Willie Nelson his start, not to sip on hoppy, aromatic ales. And that's just fine by us.
Photos: Kathleen Conklin, Thomas Hawk
