Stateside Tap Tavern - Franklin

I hosted a private event for about 20 people and had great experience working with Chelsea, the events manager, in planning and executing the event. The food was delicious, service was wonderful and the ease of planning made this such a successful event! The only issue is that I did have a presentation, and although the private event space is separate from the main restaurant, it is wide open to the restaurant and it did make it a bit difficult for all the people to hear me during my presentation at times. Otherwise, it was a lovely experience and I would recommend anyone in the area host their private event here!!

Came here with my whole family for a dinner. We ordered four medium cooked hamburgers, but all of them were served well done and even burned a bit. The roasted veggies were tasteless and both of the salads we ordered had a lot of green leaf inside, while the other ingridients were barely noticeable.The waiter was nice and kind so no complaints about the service.We were sitted in the area, were some people were organizing the place for an event and the music was a bit too loud for us. So we couldn't really enjoy the atmosphere.

Brutal customer service. They forgot one of our dinners. They Didn’t even recognize it until I got up and asked the waitress about it. Then and only then did she tell me there was a “mishap” and it will be 10-15 mins longer. No visit from the manager to apologize. Not even addressed again. Just pretended everything was fine. On top of that, charged us for the meal. Last time I ever go here.

Great bar, bartenders and staff were all awesome and courteous. Explained their vast beer menu and had great recommendations on their menu. Braised short rib is incredible and I highly recommend.

I love their food! I have been looking forward to going tonight when friends decided last week to go out. Tonight I chose their Tequila fig mule. It was a great drink, the fig was nice and light flavor that worked very well with the ginger beer and Tequila. We shared the Drunken Burrata which elicited an OMG with every bite. Nice crispiness to the outer coating, the vodka sauce is great and a few pieces of bread for dipping. I'm kind of glad they didn't offer more bread with it as we would have cleaned the plate and wouldn't have room for the main meal.For my meal I got my favorite and it is hard not to order it after having it the first time, the braised short ribs. They melt in your mouth and the whole dish is incredibly tasty. I have literally dreamed of this meal and even tried to replicate it at home. It's really, very good. They have several dishes with short ribs in the dish. I try to convince myself that I will try the others, but I haven't yet.We ended our evening with a mini round cheesecake with a Black Cherry drizzle on the plate. This needs to be on the menu all year round. Every day. Please don't take this away.I recall going to this restaurant early on when they opened. It was good but nowhere near as good as it is now. Whatever they did or whoever they brought onboard to elevate the food they offer, bravo and thank you. I'm so happy to have this local place to enjoyI didn't give 5 stars on the service, as someone that has worked in this service industry on and off for decades, without fail, if it isn't busy, the service always seems to be less attentive. Our server was indeed very nice and pleasant.I also didn't give 5 stars on the atmosphere as they desperately need some acoustic tiles to buffer the sound from the bar. We have several local restaurants with this issue and they don't seem to want to do anything about it. It does take away from the experience. If this were a date with a newer couple, it would be hard to carry a conversation in certain parts of the restaurant. You are just competing with so much noise. Thankfully the food makes up for these things, and the ownership can do something about it if they so choose.