I grew up in a different Nashville when Printer's Alley was known for Skull Schulman's Rainbow Room. The only true strip bar in Nashville. With the Las Vegas star attraction Heaven Lee! It was also home to Boots Randolph's, Nashville's most famous saxophonist, fine dining and music restaurant. It definitely was not a tourist destination spot. But a great place to be 18 in 1968! Check out Skull Schulman's Rainbow Room online before you go and take a look at one of Nashville's best kept secrets from it's history. Back then the world never dreamed how cool 😎 Nashville really was!

We stumbled upon Printers Alley after exploring Broadway. Area is clean with a few food options as well as a few establishments you can sit in and listen to great music. A treasure of a find after the hustle of Broadway.

Printers Alley is smaller and quieter than Broadway - which is a huge plus from my perspective. This means fewer crowds and vehicles. But not too many selections and the music was ok - lots of covers. If you want a little quieter then head here.

Nashville has grown up quite a bit since I was there. Too much in my opinion. The Grand Ole Opry is still a must, but it's in a mall parking lot across from Dave and Busters. The Ryman Auditorium and the Johnny Cash museum are cool but everything is very very expensive. Broadway Street is becoming quite corporate like Gatlinburg where every other bar is named after a country singer but most are owned by a corporation that paid the singer to use their name. Drinks and food are overpriced. BUT if you want to start drinking at 10am and stop at 3am and party til you puke. Well, go to Nashville.

The sheer madness of Broadway in Honky Tonk Row on a Saturday night got us exploring elsewhere. So we ventured a couple of blocks away and ended up in Printers Alley And what a great option it turned out to be. Enough people to make the scene buzzy, but no queues to mention, no craziness and half a dozen great bars with awesome music to explore. Started at the Bourbon St Blues and Boogie bar for a few drinks then off down the lane as to Alley Taps where we walked right in and got a table at the band playing amazing tunes. Stayed waaay longer than expected but loved every minute of it. When Broadway is insane, do yourself a favour….