Mickey's Tavern — Restaurant in Nashville-Davidson

Now, I know it's a low rating, but I actually LIKE Mickey's Tavern for what it is... It's the quintessence of the "old East Nasty" experience. Seriously, the "artists", "musicians", and "performers" who quixotically support their vanishingly small hopes of success in that those endeavors by their labors at other trades or their acceptance of modest and timely subsidies from others (parents, friends, spouses, etc) seem to congregate here with those who practice similar unskilled or semi-skilled labor that is not manual in nature. Even though I left behind a youth of manual labor a decade and half ago to pursue my true profession as an adult (lol, read it both ways), I still have the roughest hands of anyone in there. As such, one should truthfully refer to Mickey's Tavern as "The Boulevard of Broken Dreams". If you want to saturate yourself in the fermentation of desperation, delusion, and despair (and sometimes, quite frankly, you need to reach out and connect), then this is the place for you. So, anyway, if you want to catch the "old East Nasty" experience before its developed out of existence, catch an Uber all the way up Gallatin to Mickey's Tavern. Your driver will likely know it because he's...

It's okay... kind of dive-y. Ultimately, really boring. Good for a get together with friends, because it has this large back patio outdoor area with string lights. It's two levels. One is covered and the larger part is uncovered with picnic tables. I like that space. I don't ever hang out inside. It's small and just has darts and... a pool table. Truly groundbreaking. Ultimately, it's not doing anything different than any other basic dive bar, but it's not doing anything wrong. It's just uninspired. The people here are... idk how to put it. You've got some eclectic types, some frat bro rejects, and a lot of basic people and people who don't know hipsters fell out of vogue like 7 years ago. The music is bad. They don't have any bands play outside which is a total waste. It's pretty boring... Mainly white people. Like, a lot of boring white people. The bartenders are really nice and efficient. I do like that. Oh, and I forgot that the inside has like, red lights which is kind of an aesthetic. They should host live music. I've met some homophobes here and annoying druggies, so I...

Mickey’s is one of those dive bars, that looks promising on aesthetic alone, paired with the 3 ounce cowboy pours. However, it’s also one of those dive bars that is full of entitled regulars, who probably spend $18 a day on four coors lites, and that makes them believe they are ambassadors of the bar. Can you blame a bar for having insufferable patrons? Yes. You absolutely can. Speaking from a COPIUS amount of experience in dealing with entitled bar trash, it’s the bartenders responsibility to keep his or her crowd, especially the old heads who hate seeing different people, in control. He was either unwilling, or incapable, of ensuring all of his quests were having a great time, not just the three dudes who darken those bar seats on a regular basis for “the cheapest beer you have”. Has a pool table, decent sized patio, a generally cool vibes, great prices, but insufferable regulars and an incompetent...