GRAYS on Main

Grays on Main is a restaurant in Franklin, TN. It serves Southern cooking alongside a full bar and live music on Main Street in downtown Franklin, offering lunch, brunch, and dinner service with menus that shift seasonally. The menu features shareables like deep-fried pimento cheese balls with moonshine pepper jelly, bacon-wrapped figs stuffed with goat cheese and wrapped in local Benton's bacon, panko-fried green tomatoes with Tennessee-style chow-chow, skillet-baked cornbread with cinnamon honey butter, and tuna ceviche over crispy ho' cakes with tomatillo-jalapeño aguachile. Salads include a Caesar with cornbread croutons, a blackberry salad with goat cheese and candied pecans, and a wedge. The restaurant also runs a wine program and asks about a children's menu for ages twelve and under.

The building dates to 1876 and sits on the corner of Main and 4th, on the north side of the square. It has tin ceilings, heart-pine floors, and a neon sign that runs the length of the block, and the room is used for private events including rehearsal dinners, fundraisers, and full-room buyouts, with a smaller third-floor space available for groups on show nights. The kitchen serves until close, hours run Tuesday and Wednesday from 11am to 11pm, Thursday through Saturday from 11am to midnight, and Sunday from 11am to 4pm, with the bar staying open late on show nights.

Grays on Main sits on Main Street at the Public Square, with 3rd Avenue North just across the way. The Square and the Confederate Monument are steps from the front door, and the Cannon sits nearby on the square.

The restaurant holds a rating of 4.40 based on reviews from customers.

Booking a table at Grays on Main means eating in a 1876 room on Main Street where the chicken, the bourbon, and the band are all on offer in the same night.