What Are the Biggest Bars on Broadway?
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The bars on Lower Broadway are not compared by square footage or capacity in any single published source, so the practical measure is the number of floors each bar’s own site or a named guide reports. By that measure, the tallest among the bars these sources describe are Eric Church’s Chief’s at 200 Broadway, which calls itself a six-story bar, and Luke Bryan’s 32 Bridge at 301 Broadway, which Rolling Stone described in 2018 as having six levels and eight bars. Below them sit several five- and four-story bars, listed in the table. Floor count says how much room there is to move between stages; it does not tell you how many people a bar holds.
Floor Counts by Bar
| Bar | Address | Size as reported |
|---|---|---|
| Chief's | 200 Broadway | six stories (Chief's) |
| Luke's 32 Bridge | 301 Broadway | six levels and eight bars (Rolling Stone, September 2018) |
| JBJ's | 405 Broadway | five stories, with entrances on Broadway and 4th Avenue (Notes on Nashville) |
| Jelly Roll's Goodnight Nashville | 209 Broadway | four stories (Notes on Nashville) |
| Hank Williams, Jr. Boogie Bar | 419 Broadway | four floors plus a rooftop bar (Notes on Nashville) |
| Ole Red | 300 Broadway | stage on the first floor, with views from the second; private dining on the third; The Lookout, a 6,000-square-foot skybar, above it (Notes on Nashville) |
| Honky Tonk Central | 329 Broadway | three stories with live music on each floor (Notes on Nashville) |
Chief’s size is from its own site.
Sources: Rolling Stone, September 2018; Notes on Nashville.
Size in Other Senses
- Widest stage. Notes on Nashville says Garth Brooks’s Friends in Low Places, at 411 Broadway, has the widest stage on the strip, in front of what the guide calls likely the biggest video wall in the neighborhood.
- Connected rooftops. According to the same guide, you can pass between the rooftops of Luke’s 32 Bridge and Jason Aldean’s at 307 Broadway without returning to street level, and Rolling Stone reported in 2018 that the two share a kitchen.
- Just off Broadway. Morgan Wallen’s This Bar is at 107 4th Avenue North, not on Broadway itself (This Bar).
What Size Means for Your Night
- A bar with more floors can hold more stages, so you can change music without leaving; a one-stage room puts you closer to one band.
- Check age rules by floor and hour. At Hank Williams, Jr. Boogie Bar, Notes on Nashville says it goes 21 and up at 6 p.m.
- Rooftops have their own hours at some bars; check the bar’s site.
Where the bars are along the strip is in what Broadway is, and which rooftops face the river is in the Broadway rooftop with the best river view.