Restaurant
Unclaimed profileLove and Exile Bar
Nashville, TN · $$
Inebrious
Beverage Program Score
The editorial take
Love and Exile Bar frames its drinks around a curated cocktail program that takes classics and makes them the life of the party, alongside a house-made wine selection. The strawberry cocktail with smoky mezcal and a jalapeño drink both drew positive guest mentions. This is a beverage-first stop where the cocktail list leads and the wine program follows a made-in-house approach.
- What should I order?
- Start with the strawberry cocktail with smoky mezcal or the jalapeño drink, both named by guests. If wine is the goal, ask for MARILYN MERLOT or Rosie's from the house-made selection.
- Who will enjoy this place?
- Guests who want a curated cocktail list that reworks classics, and wine drinkers curious about a house-made program with named bottles like MARILYN MERLOT and Rosie's.
- What makes the beverage program distinctive?
- The cocktail program is built around taking a classic and making it the life of the party, and the wine is made in house, with MARILYN MERLOT and Rosie's appearing as named selections.
Beverage categories
We only score what a venue sets out to do. Categories a venue doesn't attempt are left unscored rather than penalized.
Cocktails
A curated cocktail program that reworks classics, with guests naming a strawberry cocktail with smoky mezcal and a jalapeño drink as very good. The venue is identified as a cocktail bar and its menu and homepage promote the curated list.
Menu strengths
- — Menu and homepage explicitly promote a curated cocktail program that takes a classic and makes it the life of the party.
Standout selections
- — Strawberry cocktail with a smokey mezcal; Jalepeno drink
- — Jalapeño drink, described by a recent customer as very good.
Wine
A house-made wine program described as 'wine, obviously,' with image text naming MARILYN MERLOT and Rosie's and featuring 'ICE COLD WINE.' The venue is identified as a winery and lists L&E wine selections.
Menu strengths
- — All wine is made in house, according to the venue's own description.
- — Named house wines MARILYN MERLOT and Rosie's appear in image text.
Standout selections
- — MARILYN MERLOT, a named house wine.; Rosie's, a named house wine.
- — MARILYN MERLOT — Named wine appearing in image text; no further detail retrievable.
Beer
Beer is explicitly listed among the venue's beverage selections on the homepage.; 'damn good cocktail, beer, and L&E wine selections'.
Menu strengths
- — Beer is explicitly listed among the venue's beverage selections on the homepage.
Standout selections
- — 'damn good cocktail, beer, and L&E wine selections'.
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