There is a bar in middle Tennessee that holds an official Guinness World Record, and it is not tucked away in a major city. It sits right off a highway in Shelbyville, and the record it holds is for the longest bar in the world.
That alone is enough to make most road-trippers hit the brakes and pull over. Add a kitchen turning out chicken wings that people drive hours to try, and you have a stop that is hard to justify skipping.
This is the full story of what makes Humble Baron at Nearest Green Distillery one of the most genuinely interesting food and history destinations in the state of Tennessee.
The Guinness World Record That Started It All
The bar inside Humble Baron holds the Guinness World Record for the longest bar in the world, and that is not a marketing tagline. The certification is real, and the bar is genuinely massive in a way that takes a moment to fully process when you walk through the door…