A brass table lamp, candles and cocktail glasses on a table in a red-lit lounge

Nashville, Tennessee

A low-lit
room for
late drinks

Doors open at 5pm, Tuesday to Sunday. Half the room is kept for walk-ins.

12 signature cocktails

A teal velvet armchair, a tufted leather sofa and a red patterned rug seen from above

Live Jazz

Thursdays
to Saturdays

  • Thursdays

    Piano trio, two sets

    8pm and 9:30pm on the back stage · no cover at the bar

  • Fridays & Saturdays

    Quartet until midnight

Early Hour, Tuesday – Friday →
A saxophonist in a white shirt and tie playing under a warm stage light

Early Hour

Tuesday
– Friday
5pm–6:30pm

$9 house cocktails, $2 off draft beer and wine by the glass, and a short bar-snack list.

Early Hour is bar and lounge only. The private room is not included.

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A bartender fine-straining a cocktail from a shaker into a coupe

About

Stirred drinks,
low lamps,
a small stage

Velvet Ordinary is a 64-seat cocktail lounge on Division Street: twelve signature cocktails, live jazz three nights a week and a 20-seat private room behind the bar.

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A bartender stirring a whiskey cocktail in a cut-glass mixing glass
A bartender pouring whiskey over ice in a glass on a wooden board in a dark room

Private Room

The back
room seats
twenty

For 8 to 20 guests, with its own bar cart and a set list of four cocktails.

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Hours of operation

MondayClosed
Tuesday5pm – 12am
Wednesday5pm – 12am
Thursday5pm – 1am
Jazz from 8pm
Friday5pm – 1:30am
Jazz from 8pm
Saturday5pm – 1:30am
Jazz from 8pm
Sunday5pm – 11pm

Kitchen closes at 11pm.
Early Hour Tuesday – Friday 5pm–6:30pm.
21+ after 9pm, ID checked at the door.

The rolled back of a rose velvet sofa against a dark green wall

Street parking on Division Street is free after 6pm. The paid lot on 16th Avenue South is a two-minute walk.

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