Hillsboro Village, Nashville

Where the locals
have gone
since 1978.

The Villager Tavern is a neighborhood dive bar at 1719 21st Avenue South in Nashville, open in the same building since 1978. Five steel-tip dartboards, po-boys and gumbo out of the kitchen, ten beers on tap, and a room that has never once been redecorated for anybody.

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Open
Mon–Fri 2pmSat & Sun from 1pm
Last call
2:30amSeven nights a week
Find us
1719 21st Ave SHillsboro Village
Darts
5 BoardsBlind draw Mondays, 7pm

The dart room

Nashville's dart headquarters

Five steel-tip Winmau Blade 6 Dual Core boards in a dedicated room, a blind draw every Monday and a house league on Tuesday. Bring your own flights or borrow a set from behind the bar.

Mondays · Sign-up 7pm

Blind Draw Tournament

Names in a hat, partners drawn at random, everybody plays. The most reliable way to get a game if you turned up alone.

Tuesdays · 7:30pm

In-House League

The standing house league — the same faces week after week, and the reason the boards are always warm.

Any night

Just Throw

Outside of league and tournament nights the room is open to whoever walks in. No table fee, no booking.

5Steel-tip boards
1978Same building since
2:30amLast call, nightly
10Beers on tap

The kitchen

Po-boys, gumbo, ten taps

There is a real kitchen behind the bar, and the Villager Specialties board has been up long enough that regulars order by number.

A po-boy sandwich on a paper plate with a bag of chips and a glass of beer

Po-Boys

Served the way they have always been served here — on a plate, with chips, next to a cold one.

A cup of chicken and andouille gumbo with a bread roll

Chicken & Andouille Gumbo

The cold-weather order, with a roll for the bottom of the cup.

The printed Villager Specialties menu card posted on the wall of the bar

The Specialties Board

Still printed, still taped up, still the fastest way to order.

Your birthday earns you a beer in a dog bowl

House tradition. Not negotiable, not explained, and photographed more than anything else in the building.

What's on

More than a bar with a board

Weekly

Jazz Jam

An open jazz jam — players welcome, listeners more so.

Sundays

Songwriter Sundays & Open Mic

This is Nashville. Somebody is always about to play you something.

Regularly

Chess Club

Boards out, clocks running, in a dive bar. It works better than it sounds.

Recorded here

The Villager People Podcast

The bar's own podcast, recorded in the room with the people who drink in it.

Since 1978

The Walls

Decades of photos, cards and stickers stapled over each other. Nobody has ever taken anything down.

Ten handles

The Tap Wall

Ten beers on tap, plus the bottles and cans behind the bar.

A look inside

The room

The long bar at The Villager Tavern with stools and a Nashville Predators sign The bar counter crowded with memorabilia, lamps and signs A jukebox beside a wall completely papered in photographs and cards A lit Michelob lamp above a mirrored Villager sign with a dartboard motif The tap wall with televisions and regulars sitting at the bar The green storefront of The Villager Tavern with a painted American flag above the door A po-boy sandwich with chips and a beer A cup of gumbo with a bread roll

Questions

Before you come down

What are The Villager Tavern's hours?
Monday through Friday, 2pm to 2:30am. Saturday and Sunday, 1pm to 2:30am.
Where is The Villager Tavern?
1719 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37212, in Hillsboro Village — in the same building since 1978.
How many dartboards are there?
Five steel-tip Winmau Blade 6 Dual Core boards in a dedicated dart room.
When are the dart tournaments and leagues?
A blind draw tournament every Monday night with sign-up at 7pm, and the in-house league on Tuesday nights at 7:30pm.
Does The Villager Tavern serve food?
Yes — po-boys, chicken and andouille gumbo and other Villager specialties, alongside ten beers on tap.
How long has The Villager Tavern been open?
Since 1978, in the same Hillsboro Village building.
What else happens at The Villager Tavern?
A jazz jam, songwriter Sundays and open mic, a chess club, and The Villager People Podcast, which is recorded in the bar.

Visit

1719 21st Avenue South

Monday
2:00pm – 2:30am
Tuesday
2:00pm – 2:30am
Wednesday
2:00pm – 2:30am
Thursday
2:00pm – 2:30am
Friday
2:00pm – 2:30am
Saturday
1:00pm – 2:30am
Sunday
1:00pm – 2:30am
Address
1719 21st Ave S
Nashville, TN 37212
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Phone
(615) 298-3020
Neighborhood
Hillsboro Village
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Call the bar
Call (615) 298-3020