Mellow Mushroom - Franklin

As with other Mellow’s the pizza is great...overpriced, but great. The beer selection was pretty depressing honestly. Not really on the level of any of the Kentucky Mellow Mushrooms. It seems as if they don’t put much selection into their beer choices. Kegs are probably just restocked instead of focusing on new or interesting beers. Other Mellow’s I’ve been to will always have 20-30 taps going with different beers rotating out weekly. Still my beer was in good condition, but definitely not a beer destination when in Franklin.

(Visited 02/2013): This Mellow Mushroom location is in downtown Franklin near the public square on Main Street. Parking can be found in lots, on the street and in a couple garages nearby.

The interior stays true to the theme of other locations. Kind of a grateful dead meets family restaurant vibe. The bar is in the rear with a view of the taps.

Selection at this location consists of about 20 draughts with only a couple standouts from Terrapin and Victory, the rest being macros or very common craft brewers. Similar situation with the bottles.

Service during my brief visit at the bar was friendly if not overly passionate about beer.

I did not have any food on this visit so will not rate it, but suffice to say the menu is essentially the same as other locations and it stands to reason the quality is too. I typically enjoy the food.

All in all this branch does not seem to share quite the same emphasis on variety and quality of beer that other locations I have visited do, but may still be worth a stop for a visitor in the area.

Definitely better than the Mellow Mushroom in Nashville, this has a larger selection of taps (from what I can tell they were much cleaner, too) and the food seems to be made with more care. My girlfriend is a vegetarian and loves that this place can make a pizza or calzone with vegan cheese (which I think tastes like mayo). Weird cheese aside, this has plenty of space, parking might be a problem on busier days, but it’s right next a strip of great historic franklin shops.

I am a little surprised this place is on here, because a portion of those 20 taps is macro crap..I mean there is enough selection on tap to satisfy a visiting beer geek, (Avery, Highland, New Belgium, etc. ), but I certainly would not make a special trip to this place. Every time I visit, it’s jam packed with the Williamson county stereotypes and parking sucks. On the up side, the pizza is very good, but overpriced IMO. Overall, not an ideal place to enjoy beer.

The pizza was terrific. The beer selection was fairly good for the area. Bartender was friendly and prompt. I prefer the MM in winston-salem, but this place was alright. Definitely will stop back by to grab a house pizza if i’m in the area.

Good beer selection, approx. 20 taps. Outstanding pizza and sandwiches. This place feels like a happy pizza place on a campus but is instead in thriving old downtown Franklin.

I really like what they did with teh old bank in downtown Franklin. The patio is nice during the warmer months as well. The pizza is always great, a little high, but great. As for the beer selection, it’s great for a restaurant that doesn’t specialize in beer. Many of the waiters and waitresses know their beer as well.

Great location on the Scenic Square in downtown historic Franklin. Food is good - they are known for their pizzas and calzones. They have Yazoo on tap which kicks ass, and their bottle selection is certainly numerous. Fun place to go to drink WITH a meal. Just to drink? too pricey for my wallet. Best server I’ve had was Nate - and i believe there is a patio area in the summer, not 100% sure.