
Visit Franklin, TN
11/14/23 • 66 min
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“One of the South’s Prettiest Towns"
“One of the 50 Best Places to Travel”
“A Magical Christmas Town”
The past few years, Franklin, TN has been making more and more headlines from Travel + Leisure to the Wall Street Journal, but to us, it’s just home....a place we’ve always bragged on and now we’re ready to share our intimate thoughts with you, join us at the table as we discuss our hometown of Franklin.
Just 17 miles south of Nashville sits our little town of Franklin. Well, it's not so little anymore, in the last 20 years the population has doubled.. and we are approaching 100,000 quickly.
In this episode, we will share many of our favorite things to do here, and many of them are not in a guidebook! This is a longer episode than normal, but hang all the way until the end for our PRO TIPS!
Mentions from this episode:
Historic Tours
- Carnton Plantation - https://boft.org/carnton
- Carter House - https://boft.org/carter-house
Shopping
- Franklin Antique Mall - https://thefranklinantiquemall.com/
- Scarlett Scales - https://westmainbyscarlettscales.com/
- Hester & Cook - https://hesterandcook.com/
- Savory Spice - https://www.savoryspiceshop.com/
- White’s Mercantile - https://whitesmercantile.com/
- The Green Room - https://www.thegreenroomfranklin.com/
- Citizen - https://citizen615.com/
- Philanthropy - https://www.philanthropyfashion.com/
- Landmark Books - https://www.landmarkbooksellers.com/
- Fork of the South - https://www.forkofthesouth.com/
- The Registry - https://www.theregistryfranklin.com/
- Sanctuary South - https://sanctuarysouthtn.com/
- Riverside - https://riversidefranklin.com/
Restaurants & Bars
- Puckett’s - https://puckettsgro.com/franklin/
- Red Pony - https://www.redponyrestaurant.com/
- Cork & Cow - https://www.corkandcow.com/
- Perry’s - https://perryssteakhouse.com/
- Gray’s - https://graysonmain.com/
- Amendment 18 - https://a18club.com/
- Hattie B’s - https://factoryatfranklin.com/tenants/hattie-bs/
- Mojo Taco’s - https://mojostacos.com/
Coffee
- Onyx & Alabaster - https://onyxandalabaster.com/
- The Coffeehouse on Bridge St.- https://www.thecoffeehousefranklinshop.com/
Where to Stay
- We have great Airbnbs- https://visitfranklin.com/where-to-stay/
- The Harpeth Hotel - https://harpethhotel.com/
- The Drury Inn - https://www.druryhotels.com/
Sports Bars
- Jonathan’s Grille - https://www.jonathansgrille.com/
- Neighbors - https://neighborsnashville.com/franklin-location/
Live Music
- Kimbro’s Pickin’ Parlor - https://www.legendarykimbros.com/
- Fox & Locke - https://www.foxandlocke.com/
Leiper’s Fork
- David Arms Gallery -
“One of the South’s Prettiest Towns"
“One of the 50 Best Places to Travel”
“A Magical Christmas Town”
The past few years, Franklin, TN has been making more and more headlines from Travel + Leisure to the Wall Street Journal, but to us, it’s just home....a place we’ve always bragged on and now we’re ready to share our intimate thoughts with you, join us at the table as we discuss our hometown of Franklin.
Just 17 miles south of Nashville sits our little town of Franklin. Well, it's not so little anymore, in the last 20 years the population has doubled.. and we are approaching 100,000 quickly.
In this episode, we will share many of our favorite things to do here, and many of them are not in a guidebook! This is a longer episode than normal, but hang all the way until the end for our PRO TIPS!
Mentions from this episode:
Historic Tours
- Carnton Plantation - https://boft.org/carnton
- Carter House - https://boft.org/carter-house
Shopping
- Franklin Antique Mall - https://thefranklinantiquemall.com/
- Scarlett Scales - https://westmainbyscarlettscales.com/
- Hester & Cook - https://hesterandcook.com/
- Savory Spice - https://www.savoryspiceshop.com/
- White’s Mercantile - https://whitesmercantile.com/
- The Green Room - https://www.thegreenroomfranklin.com/
- Citizen - https://citizen615.com/
- Philanthropy - https://www.philanthropyfashion.com/
- Landmark Books - https://www.landmarkbooksellers.com/
- Fork of the South - https://www.forkofthesouth.com/
- The Registry - https://www.theregistryfranklin.com/
- Sanctuary South - https://sanctuarysouthtn.com/
- Riverside - https://riversidefranklin.com/
Restaurants & Bars
- Puckett’s - https://puckettsgro.com/franklin/
- Red Pony - https://www.redponyrestaurant.com/
- Cork & Cow - https://www.corkandcow.com/
- Perry’s - https://perryssteakhouse.com/
- Gray’s - https://graysonmain.com/
- Amendment 18 - https://a18club.com/
- Hattie B’s - https://factoryatfranklin.com/tenants/hattie-bs/
- Mojo Taco’s - https://mojostacos.com/
Coffee
- Onyx & Alabaster - https://onyxandalabaster.com/
- The Coffeehouse on Bridge St.- https://www.thecoffeehousefranklinshop.com/
Where to Stay
- We have great Airbnbs- https://visitfranklin.com/where-to-stay/
- The Harpeth Hotel - https://harpethhotel.com/
- The Drury Inn - https://www.druryhotels.com/
Sports Bars
- Jonathan’s Grille - https://www.jonathansgrille.com/
- Neighbors - https://neighborsnashville.com/franklin-location/
Live Music
- Kimbro’s Pickin’ Parlor - https://www.legendarykimbros.com/
- Fox & Locke - https://www.foxandlocke.com/
Leiper’s Fork
- David Arms Gallery -
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