'We Will Miss You': Longtime Nashville Bar Closing Its Doors Permanently

A longtime Nashville bar and restaurant announced it was closing its doors after serving Music City for the past seven years.

The Sutler Saloon, located at 2600 8th Avenue South #109, originally opened in 1976, but owners Austin Ray and Joe Parkes Jr. reopened it in its current state back in 2014, News Channel 5 reports. After more than half a decade of service, they took to social media Monday (March 7) to announced The Sutler will close its doors permanently this month.

"With extremely heavy hearts, we have decided to close The Sutler for business permanently after service on Sunday, March 13, 2022," the post reads. "Thank you to our entire team and all of our neighbors for making incredible memories with us over the past 7 years."

The Sutler concluded its announcement with a simple message: "We will miss you, Nashville."

"We've made the extremely hard decision to close The Sutler," Ray said in a release on the saloon's website. "It was a piece of history for many longtime Nashvillians, and our vision for the space was to serve creative and delicious Southern food, craft cocktails and local beer, and create unforgettable live music moments. We did all that and then some, and I couldn't be prouder of what we built during our time here. Being open forever is not the only measure of success, and I'm so grateful to our team at The Sutler, our loyal guests, and the many talented musicians who played our stage."

According to the website, all Sutler employees have been offered comparable jobs at the company's other restaurants, Von Elrod's and M.L. Rose. Ray also confirmed that an "established locally-owned restaurant" will move into The Sutler's space, which will be announced at a later date.