Local Guide

Welcome to town! We're excited to host you in person for BusinessAccelerator, but we also want to ensure you have a phenomenal experience outside of the event during your visit to Historic Downtown Franklin and Music City Tennessee. That's why we created this Local Guide page, so you can easily locate our favorite restaurants and activities in the Nashville area. Just don't have too much fun! We want to see you back at the event!

Our Favorite Franklin Restaurants

• Bricktop’s
• Red Pony
• 55 South
• 1799
• 1892 (Leiper’s Fork)
• Cork and Cow
• Gray’s on Main
• Burger Up
• Barbara’s Home Cookin

Our Favorite Franklin Activities

• Walk at Harlinsdale Farm
• Historic Sites
  • Carnton Plantation
• Arrington Vineyard
• Leiper’s Fork (“old town,” food, art galleries, distillery tour by appointment)
• Kimbro's
• Fox and Locke – live music, open mic night (formerly Puckett’s of Leiper's Fork)

Our Favorite Nashville Restaurants

• Lockeland Table
• Butchertown Hall
• Folk
• Butcher and Bee
• Lyra
• Chauhan Ale and Masala House
• Aubrey (If you can get reservations)
• Maiz de la Vida at Chopper Tiki (very fun when it’s nice out)
• Hattie B’s (Nashville Hot Chicken) or Bolton’s
• Arnold’s Meat and Three

Our Favorite Nashville Activities

• Live Music (especially At the Ryman and Ascend Amphitheater)
• Cheekwood Botanical Gardens
• The Grand Ole Opry
• A Tour or Show at The Ryman
• Hiking
  • Percy Warner Park
  • Edwin Warner Park
  • Radnor State Park (note that parking can be crowded at Radnor on weekends)
• McKay’s Used Book Store (**giant** and fun to wander through. They also have puzzles, games, records, legos, instruments…)
• Soccer at Geodis park
• Station Inn is usually traditional country bluegrass music in the Gulch which is fun for shopping and food.
• Robert’s and Layla’s on Broad are the last traditional country music honky tonks
• African American Music Museum
• The Frist Art Center
• Country Music Hall of Fame 

Other Places to Visit in the Greater Nashville Area

• Visit historic downtown Columbia
• Visit Lynchburg (Home of Jack Daniels Distillery)
• End Picture Farm – Duck River, TN