Date spots
Date Spots in Nashville, TN
57 mapped venues for coffee, dinner, drinks, outdoor time, culture and entertainment, all drawn from OpenStreetMap.
Dating in Nashville
A Nashville date can start over coffee at Dose East, Prickly Pear Coffee Co., Café Yolan, Parlor Doughnuts, Dose, Another Broken Egg Café - Sylvan Park, Star Bagel Cafe, Headquarters, Ramblin' Joe's Coffee Nashville, or Crema. If the weather is kind, move to an outdoor spot like Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park, Reservoir Park, Mildred Shute Minipark, Dudley Park, Bass Park, Lock One Park, MetroCenter Levee Greenway, Fort Negley, Napier Park, or Frederick Douglass Park. For dinner, choose by cuisine: Hattie B's Hot Chicken for chicken, Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse - Nashville for steak house, Peg Leg Porker or Martin's Bar-B-Que Joint for barbecue, Mas Tacos Por Favor for Mexican, Kebab Gyros for Greek, and The Rutledge Downtown Nashville, Big Jimmy's, Bringles Smoking Oasis, or Black Tap for other dinner options. It is easy to keep the date simple.
For culture, Nashville has the Tennessee State Museum, Lane Motor Museum, The Johnny Cash Museum & Cafe, Frist Art Museum, RCA Studio B, Museum of Christian and Gospel Music, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Tennessee Central Railway Museum, BW Gallery, and George Jones Museum. Entertainment can be Nashville Repertory Theatre, Nashville Children's Theatre, Ryman Auditorium, Ascend Amphitheater, War Memorial Auditorium, Belcourt Theatre, or Dark Horse Theater. Drinks after dinner can stay casual at Robert's Western World, Redneck Riviera, Tootsies Orchid Lounge, John Daly Nashville, ML Rose Craft Beer & Burgers, Miranda Lambert's Casa Rosa, TailGate Brewery - Germantown, Southern Grist - The Nations, LUKE's 32 Bridge Food + Drink, or Tin Roof. Germantown, The Nations, and Downtown Nashville each offer a drinks or dinner stop.
By type
Browse date spots by type
Six mapped categories. Counts and example names come from the OpenStreetMap extract for this city.
Coffee & Cafes
10 mapped venues
Dose East, Prickly Pear Coffee Co., Café Yolan
Dinner
10 mapped venues
Hattie B's Hot Chicken, Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse - Nashville, Peg Leg Porker
Drinks
10 mapped venues
Robert's Western World, Redneck Riviera, Tootsies Orchid Lounge
Outdoors
10 mapped venues
Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park, Reservoir Park, Mildred Shute Minipark
Culture
10 mapped venues
Tennessee State Museum, Lane Motor Museum, The Johnny Cash Museum & Cafe
Entertainment
7 mapped venues
Nashville Repertory Theatre, Nashville Children's Theatre, Ryman Auditorium
Shortlist
A shortlist to start
A small, unranked selection of listed venues across the six types. Listing is not an endorsement, and no venue pays to appear.
Dose East
Hattie B's Hot Chicken
Robert's Western World
Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park
Tennessee State Museum
Nashville Repertory Theatre
Prickly Pear Coffee Co.
Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse - Nashville
Neighborhoods in Nashville
These areas are called out in the local notes for this city. They can help you keep a date to one part of town.
- Sylvan Park Another Broken Egg Café - Sylvan Park is a breakfast and coffee stop here.
- Germantown TailGate Brewery - Germantown gives this area a drinks option.
- The Nations Southern Grist - The Nations is a drinks spot here.
- Downtown Nashville The Rutledge Downtown Nashville is a dinner spot in this area.
- MetroCenter MetroCenter Levee Greenway is an outdoor spot here.
Answers
Frequently asked questions
What are good coffee date ideas in Nashville?
Start at Dose East, Dose, Prickly Pear Coffee Co., Café Yolan, Parlor Doughnuts, Another Broken Egg Café - Sylvan Park, Star Bagel Cafe, Headquarters, Ramblin' Joe's Coffee Nashville, or Crema. Then consider an outdoor spot like Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park, Reservoir Park, Mildred Shute Minipark, Dudley Park, Bass Park, Lock One Park, MetroCenter Levee Greenway, Fort Negley, Napier Park, or Frederick Douglass Park.
Where should we go for dinner if we want different cuisines?
For chicken, try Hattie B's Hot Chicken. For steak house, there is Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse - Nashville; for barbecue, Peg Leg Porker, Martin's Bar-B-Que Joint, or Bringles Smoking Oasis; for Mexican, Mas Tacos Por Favor; and for Greek, Kebab Gyros. Other dinner spots include Big Jimmy's, The Rutledge Downtown Nashville, and Black Tap.
What are some drink spots for a Nashville date?
You can choose Robert's Western World, Redneck Riviera, Tootsies Orchid Lounge, John Daly Nashville, ML Rose Craft Beer & Burgers, Miranda Lambert's Casa Rosa, LUKE's 32 Bridge Food + Drink, or Tin Roof. TailGate Brewery - Germantown and Southern Grist - The Nations are also listed drink options.
What culture and entertainment options work for a date?
For culture, consider the Tennessee State Museum, Lane Motor Museum, The Johnny Cash Museum & Cafe, Frist Art Museum, RCA Studio B, Museum of Christian and Gospel Music, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Tennessee Central Railway Museum, BW Gallery, or George Jones Museum. For entertainment, there is Nashville Repertory Theatre, Nashville Children's Theatre, Ryman Auditorium, Ascend Amphitheater, War Memorial Auditorium, Belcourt Theatre, or Dark Horse Theater.
Where does the Nashville venue data come from?
Venue names, addresses and map links come from OpenStreetMap and are published under the Open Database License (ODbL). Listings are independent venues. No venue pays to appear, and no ratings, reviews or prices are added.
How current is this Nashville date spot list?
The venue data for this page was retrieved on 2026-09-13. OpenStreetMap is updated by contributors, so a venue may open, close or change details after the data was retrieved. Check the venue's own website or call ahead before you travel.
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