What do old fashioned wooden plank floors, sassy, corset-style Southern belle dresses, fresh-brewed frothy ales and butternut squash bisque all have in common? They are all part of the unique blend of food, drink and atmosphere provided by the Battleground Brewery in Franklin, Tennessee. If you enjoy eating a delicate scone and sipping fresh, hot flavored tea or if you opt for the heartier Stonewall Jackson Salmon Scramble for breakfast, you’ll feel as if you have stepped into the past. Leave your cell phone in the car because it will seem out of place in this blast from the past brewery. Thick with capers, red onions, layers of melted cheese, flavorful, smoky salmon and eggs, this delectable breakfast may just find you never wanting to leave.

Franklin, Tennessee is rich with heritage, arts and culture. If you spend the day wandering through the various hidden treasures of this city, stop into the Battleground Brewery for a savory lunch or end your day with dinner at the Battleground Brewery and choose a cold pint of freshly brewed beer to go along with a sizzling, juicy chunk of steak. This establishment realizes that delicate ladies and rough and rowdy men are tromping around on the local grounds and they have taken the time to offer something for everyone. If you are watching your figure, you’ll enjoy succulent and fresh salads, gourmet salsas, dainty scones and appealing vegetable dishes. However, if you have worked up an appetite and need something to fill up your belly, you may find yourself having a difficult time trying to decide from the vast menu.

Perhaps you’ll start out with the warm and creamy artichoke spinach dip filled with garlic and offered with warm crostinis right out of the oven, or you may opt to go with the extra large portion of deep-fried mushrooms served with a mouthwatering spicy brown mustard sauce. If you can’t decide between the two, try both of them out and toss in the beer-battered onion rings on a stick. For dinner, wash down your peppery and thick ribeye steak with an American Pale Ale.

For a family treat, you’ll love the heritage, humor, old-fashioned charm, and savory dishes offered by the Battleground Brewery. If the kids are tagging along, they’ll want their pictures taken by the jail bars before the chow down on their tasty jailhouse sandwich and seasoned chips. The pitchers of cold southern tea will find you quenching your thirst as you consume one rich and delectable dish after another. Dessert is not sparse at this establishment. You’ll find divine truffles, ice cream, chocolate praline bread pudding, key lime pie and more. Resting on the border of the South, Tennessee is known for its old fashioned and filling foods that have guests hungering to come back again and again. The Battleground Brewery will find you telling all your friends about this place.

Take your spouse out for a fun evening alone and try the unique beers offered as you munch on plates of appetizers and entrees. Shrimp, roasted chicken, Bavarian style brats smothered in kraut and more are all offered on the menu. Dine and enjoy the step back into history at this charming brewery.

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