Woolworth Theatre
Performing arts theater · The District ·
Historic venue with variety shows, karaoke, and Southern classics
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223 Rep. John Lewis Way N, Nashville, TN 37219 Get directions
Historic venue with variety shows, karaoke, and Southern classics
223 Rep. John Lewis Way N, Nashville, TN 37219 Get directions
"Last week the historic Woolworth on 5th rolled out new menus, honoring the restaurant’s history in the Civil Rights movement." - Delia Jo Ramsey
"Woolworth on 5th, located inside a restored department store-turned-restaurant, is home to a famous lunch counter that was the site of some of the first Civil Rights Movement sit-ins. This place feels a bit like you’re walking into a museum exhibit, or that you accidentally time traveled back about 50 years, and the menu is centered around traditional Southern classics like deviled eggs, fried green tomatoes, and shrimp and grits. After dinner, order a Fifth Avenue Fizz or Susie Q - boozy versions of soda counter favorites - before you head downstairs to the Palladium Ballroom to catch some live soul, jazz, and funk." - Kristen Shoates
"Opened in February 2018 in the former F. W. Woolworth department store at 221 5th Ave. N., this historic restaurant and live music venue has been described as the most historically significant restaurant in Nashville and occupies the site of seminal 1960s lunch counter sit‑ins led by civil rights leader John Lewis. Morales and his partners set out to honor the space's history while giving it a new story as a welcome table for all, and he told NBJ that they succeeded in saving the building and preserving the history but that it was time to pass the torch; NBJ reports control has been left in the hands of some of the restaurant’s original investors." - Delia Jo Ramsey
"I love seeing the transformation north of Broadway, and Woolworth’s on 5th is one of the notable new or renewed destinations in that area." - Delia Jo Ramsey
"Matt Farley, Woolworth on Fifth and The Southern Steak & Oyster" - Matt Rogers