Jason Aldean’s Kitchen + Rooftop Bar is located at 307 Broadway in downtown Nashville. It opened in June 2018 and was one of the first celebrity-branded bars of its current scale on Lower Broadway, operating under TC Restaurant Group, which also manages Luke Bryan’s 32 Bridge next door.
The Setup
The venue spans four floors across approximately 27,000 square feet with six bars. Live music plays on two floors every day from 10 a.m. until close, focused on current country and local Nashville talent. The “My Kinda Party” rooftop, named after one of Aldean’s hits, was marketed as the largest outdoor patio on Broadway at the time of opening and offers panoramic views of the street below.
On the main restaurant level, a 1961 John Deere 4020 tractor serves as the central design element, a reference to Aldean’s multi-platinum hit “Big Green Tractor.” The menu was developed by Executive Chef Tomasz Wosiak in collaboration with Aldean and includes Southern-style dishes, steaks, pastas, and what the bar describes as Aldean’s mother’s homemade peach cobbler, which has become the most-cited menu item in visitor reviews.
The mezzanine level includes an official merchandise store with Aldean-branded items. Private event spaces can accommodate groups up to 1,500.
What It Actually Is
Jason Aldean’s is a professionally operated, tourist-oriented restaurant and bar that happens to carry a country star’s name. The food is consistently reviewed as good to very good for a Broadway venue, significantly above the average honky-tonk menu. The rooftop is large and busy. The live music is competent and current.
What it is not: a place where you are likely to feel a particular connection to Jason Aldean the musician, or to Nashville’s musical history. The John Deere tractor and the memorabilia establish the aesthetic, but the experience is fundamentally that of a well-run tourist bar rather than a honky-tonk with earned character.
The Connection to Luke Bryan’s Next Door
Luke Bryan’s 32 Bridge sits directly adjacent to Jason Aldean’s, and the two venues share a kitchen, a head chef, and corporate ownership through TC Restaurant Group. The rooftops are connected by a short staircase, which was once openly disclosed but has been less prominently mentioned over time. During the day, movement between the two is possible from the upper levels without returning to the street.
Taste of Country noted that the proximity makes the Third Avenue and Broadway corner function as a kind of “tourist central” for the celebrity bar format.
Sources
- Jason Aldean’s Kitchen + Rooftop Bar official website: https://jasonaldeansnashville.com/
- Williamson Source, 3 Things to Know About Jason Aldean’s Broadway Bar: https://williamsonsource.com/3-things-to-know-about-jason-aldeans-broadway-bar/
- Rolling Stone, How Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean Theme Bars Are Remaking Nashville’s Broadway: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/how-luke-bryan-jason-aldean-theme-bars-are-remaking-nashvilles-broadway-721634/