Bars We Love: Pinewood Social, Nashville

Drinking is easy. Finding the right bar, not so easy. We’re here to help. As a public service to all of you thirsty explorers, every week we highlight the best bars in America and tell you what makes them so damn great. This week we’ve got a bar where you can drink, eat and play, morning, noon and night. NAME: Pinewood Social LOCATION: Rolling Mill Hill, Nashville, Tennessee EST: 2013 ON THE JUKEBOX: The Milk Carton Boys, The White Stripes, Punch Brothers WHAT TO ORDER (NEWBIES): District 9 (a take on the Ward 8): rye whiskey, Maurin Quina sour cherry aperitif, absinthe, lemon and orange juices WHAT TO ORDER (REGULARS): Southern Limerick (a take on the Irish coffee): pour-over coffee, 1776 rye whiskey and Meletti amaro; heavy cream and aromatic bitters are floated on top WHY WE LOVE IT: Americans usually spend their days going from home to work to home to work to home…you get the idea. There’s not a lot of in-between. To break up that monotony, establishments are…

by Alyson Sheppard