East Nashville

East Nashville

East Nashville is a great location that has history as well as some new modern stops. The Five Points area has bars along with restaurants like Five Points Pizza.

This area has some cool vintage shops along with small boutiques that offer new clothing as well.

The Hip Zipper

The Hip Zipper is a store that is totally vintage and offers clothes, accessories, and jewelry. The store offers men's and women's clothing.

 

The Idea Hatchery

The Idea Hatchery or The Shops at 1108 Woodland is a small group of businesses all together in East Nashville.

This group of businesses includes clothing boutiques, a book store, a gallery, and many more. Definitely worth a stop to see all of the interesting stores grouped together.

Fanny's is a really cool music store with instruments and lessons available and they also have vintage clothing.

I Dream of Weenie is a food truck located right off the corner of Woodland featuring hot dogs! The setup is really cool and they stayed busy all day.

West End

West End

The West End area of Nashville has boutiques like Boutique Bella and POSH, but the real gem of this area is UAL.

UAL is a store in West End that has designer pieces marked down up to 90% off. The garments are all brand new, they are just considered overstocks or excess which is why they are able to offer them at such a great price to their customers. They started in Mississippi and now have 5 locations and have just launched an online store.

Hillsboro Village

Hillsboro Village

Hillsboro Village is located on 21st Ave S here in Nashville and the streets are lined with shops, restaurants, coffee shops, and more.

This area is full of lots of different shops sure to capture the interest of everyone. If you have a few hours to kill this is the place to come and walk through everything.

Pangea

Pangea is a store that sells just about anything you can think of. The feeling when you walk in is very distinct; earthy and eclectic.

They have a women's clothes section towards the back of the store, tons of jewelry displays through out the store, and home decor.
















Other stores include Posh, Festivity, BookMan/BookWoman, and Retropolitan.

The Pancake Pantry



The Pancake Pantry is a wildly popular restaurant in Hillsboro Village known for its pancakes and on Saturday mornings people literally wait in lines on the street just to get inside and eat the legendary pancakes.

Opry Mills Mall

Opry Mills Mall

Opry Mills Mall is the biggest mall in Nashville offering more than 200 stores along with several restaurants and a movie theater.

Along with the food court, you can stop and eat at Chili's, TGIFriday's, Chuy's, Dave and Buster's and many more.

The mall is one big loop and has a high end area with Michael Kors, Saks Fifth Avenue OFF FIFTH, Coach, and more.

The mall also offers specialty stores like Victoria's Secret, Under Armour, and Aldo.

Trendy stores for young adults and fashion enthusiasts like Forever 21 and H&M are also there along with others such as Rue 21 and Tilly's.

 

The mall's website has a full list of every store and restaurant in the mall.

Right next door to the mall is The Gaylord Opryland Hotel which you can appreciate whether you are a country music fan or not.

The Gulch

The Gulch

The Gulch is located minutes away from downtown Nashville and has lots of great shopping, entertainment, and living opportunities. The Gulch is an up and coming area of Nashville has a lot of promise of things to come. The price points are higher but the quality of the area, products, and food are well worth it.

Urban Outfitters

Urban Outfitters is a great spot to shop for trendy, fashion loving people. The store offers men's and women's clothing and accessories as well as an apartment section with lots of artwork, rugs, bedding, and more.

Watermark

Watermark is one of the biggest restaurants in The Gulch area and features classic southern food with their own creative and unique spin on the dishes. 

The restaurant is available for private events and also has wine tastings.

Local Honey

Local Honey

Local Honey is a one of a kind boutique located in Nashville near Belmont University. This store takes old and vintage clothes and "refurbishes" them by adding their own creative designs to the garments and selling them as new. 

The store features men's and women's clothes along with accessories. Some of the jewelry is even handcrafted by local artists here in Nashville.

What is so fascinating about this store is they take something old and turn it into something new and unique. One of the perks is that shopping here you are practically guaranteed to have a fantastic new garment that nobody else will have. 

The merchandise all varies with different styles that can suit anybody: pure vintage, grunge, punk, preppy, or any other kind of label you can think of.

This boutique is growing in popularity every day and it's no wonder why.

They also recently added a hair salon upstairs to gain new customers and offer something new to returning customers.

Green Hills Mall

Green Hills Mall

The Green Hills Mall has several stores to shop along with restaurants to dine in, including The Cheesecake Factory.

BCBG MAXAZRIA

BCBG MAXAZRIA is a designer brand for the modern woman who wants to be trendy and stylish while still being classy and sophisticated. This brand is well known through out the world and extremely popular.

Free People



Free People is a store for anybody who loves vintage, eclectic, boho, and the festival looks. This store features many different collections combining all of these things into fabulous clothes that stand for freedom, beauty, and love. Free People was originally a brand with Urban Outfitters and eventually the two separated into their own unique brands.

Other stores in the Green Hills Mall include Michael Kors, Jimmy Choo, Tory Burch, Absolution, and Coach.

The Hills Center

The Hills Center

Welcome to the Hills Center!

The Hills Center is located in Green Hills and has lots of shopping opportunity.

One of the most popular spots in the Hills Center is Whole Foods Market

Whole Foods Market is a grocery store that specializes in organic and natural goods. If eating healthy and organic is a priority for you then Whole Foods is your one stop shop, they have just about anything you could need or want.

Right next door to Whole Body, opened by Whole Food Market.

If you want to watch what you put into your body then you probably want to watch what you put on it as well. Whole Body is a beauty and health store with the same concept. The products are all organic and natural and there are several different options. They also have a small clothing section that is all organic cotton, and the proceeds go to a charity, which is always a plus.

One of the many boutiques located in the Hills Center is Posh.

Posh is a local boutique here in Nashville and has three locations. The shop offers men's and women's high end brands. 

The store has a very clean and polished look and feel and offer the latest in trends and fashions. They have a large selection of merchandise for a boutique along with the front counter full of jewelry.

Some of the other boutiques in Hills Center are Anthropolgie, Francesca's Collections, and Hemline.

There is also a Sweet Cece's frozen yogurt on the corner.

Downtown Franklin

Downtown Franklin

Downtown Franklin is one of the best spots in the Nashville area.

There are tons of shops, restaurants, and events located here.

Mellow Mushroom

The Mellow Mushroom is a pizza restaurant and definitely warrants a trip if you've never been. They have a lot of great pizzas and other tasty Italian choices on the menu. The interior has a bar with TVs and lots of cool artwork and posters on the wall. The food is delicious without being overpriced and has such a chill vibe you could hang out for hours with friends.

Puckett's

Puckett's is a really unique restaurant. It started as a grocery store and then turned into a restaurant with music nights and more. You can still get your "groceries" here but you can also sit down to a fantastic meal and watch some live music. This is definitely one of the coolest restaurants I have ever seen and has such a great history.

The Iron Gate

The Iron Gate is probably one of my all time favorite stores now. Walking in took my breath away; this store has combined vintage, elegance, and industrial in such a way that is outstanding to look at. The store focuses on home goods and includes bedding, furniture, and accents. There are also candles and soaps available in the front of the store.

You can tell from the merchandising of the store that this place really cares and is passionate about their products. Anything from this store will definitely be unique to your home and will wow your guests. This store alone is worth a trip to the Downtown Franklin area.

Emmaline

Emmaline is a boutique located on the corner of Main Street and has some great pieces for any woman that loves fashion.

They have designer brands that are well known and some of the newer ones to ensure you get a great mix for whatever occasion you are looking for. 

There is also jewelry available made by some locals which is great for Nashville.

Philanthropy

Fashion + Compassion

Not only does this boutique have great fashion but also a great message. They donate 10% of their total sales to different charities and also help out the local community along with areas in Africa like Uganda. This store is definitely one of a kind here in Franklin. You can tell that they really care about what they are doing as each section tells you about the different charities they help and what the proceeds are used for.

Another really neat aspect of their store is their Prayer Wall.

Customers can come in and write prayer requests for anything and hang them up on the Prayer Wall to share with everyone. This store is dedicated to helping others along with providing great clothes and accessories and it is so great to see a store take such a huge positive stand for something and inspiring. It's such a good feeling to buy new clothes, but to be able to buy fabulous new outfits and help people in need is even better.

Some other great restaurants in the area are 55 South, Red Pony Restaurant, and McCreary's Irish Pub and Eatery. There are also coffee shops, juice and wine bars.

Other great boutiques and shops to stop by are Anthropologie, Haven, Johnnie Q, JONDIE boutique, and ReDo.

There are also many events through out the year including art shows every first Friday of the month, Main Street Festival, wine events, and many many more.