Sinatra Bar & Lounge occupies a corner of Nashville's historic Printers Alley on 4th Avenue North, a Rat Pack-era supper club that opened in 2023 to trade in martinis, prime steaks and the cultural estate of Ol' Blue Eyes himself.
Who would love it: anyone who wants a dressed-up downtown night that trades honky-tonk volume for standards on the speakers and a proper Manhattan in hand. Who would skip it: bargain hunters and big groups after a casual round, since this is a sit-down steakhouse priced to match.
The room leans hard into mid-century glamour, the walls hung with Sinatra memorabilia and the menu built around prime steaks, traditional Italian plates and the singer's personal favorites. NASHtoday, covering the opening, framed it as a deliberate counterweight to Broadway's cover-band sprawl a few blocks south.
Order a martini with three olives or a Manhattan and you are drinking in character. The deeper pull is the whiskey: the bar pours Jack Daniel's Old No. 7 and the higher-proof Sinatra Select, and it remains the only venue ever to serve Jack Daniel's Sinatra Century, the 100-proof bottling created for the centennial of his birth, by the glass. Reviewers single out the espresso martini, while a few flag the room's noise once it fills.
Best time to go is early in the week for a quiet seat at the bar, or Sunday for the brunch service that opens at 10am. Friday and Saturday run latest, to midnight, and book up for dinner, so reserve if you want a table rather than a barstool.
It belongs in the conversation in our best cocktail bars in Nashville guide, and it answers the search for cocktail bars near me in the downtown core. For a nightcap with more cocktail-nerd credentials, pair it with The Patterson House in Nashville or the speakeasy-style Attaboy in Nashville. See the full Nashville bar guide for more.
Sources: Sinatra Bar & Lounge official site and menu (2026); NASHtoday opening coverage; Nashville Lifestyles; Yelp reviews (n=304).
