Another big-name restaurant is planting a flag in Nashville’s ever-expanding downtown core.
Earls Kitchen + Bar — a popular upscale-casual restaurant group with locations across North America — is preparing to open its first Tennessee location at Nashville Yards on April 16 at 4 p.m.
The new restaurant will sit at 26 Platform Way South inside The Pinnacle, the 4,500-capacity concert venue anchoring the Nashville Yards entertainment district.
And it’s not a small operation.
A Big Restaurant With Big Plans
The Nashville location will seat around 260 guests and spans roughly 8,600 square feet, making it one of the larger restaurant additions to the development so far.
The design centers around a large showpiece bar and lounge, a layout meant to handle everything from after-work drinks to pre-concert dinners and late-night crowds leaving The Pinnacle.
Developers clearly see it as part of the nightlife ecosystem forming around Nashville Yards — the idea being that you can grab dinner, catch a concert next door, and then swing back for cocktails without ever leaving the block.
What’s On The Menu
Earls’ menu leans into modern American food with global influences, offering a mix of steakhouse classics and trend-forward dishes.
Early previews of the menu highlight things like:
- USDA Prime steaks
- seafood towers
- Sticky Korean ribs
- spicy Calabrian pasta
- weekend brunch options
Desserts and cocktails will also play a big role, with the bar focusing on craft drinks — including margaritas made with fresh-squeezed juice and 100% agave.
And if you’re the happy hour type, there’s good news. The restaurant plans to run two happy hour windows each day — from 3–6 p.m. and again from 10 p.m. until close.
The Team Behind It
The kitchen will be led by regional chef Chris Memme, while Sara Csizik will oversee operations as regional director.
Ahead of opening day, the restaurant has also been advertising more than 250 front- and back-of-house jobs, suggesting the operation will run at a pretty serious scale.
A New Piece of Nashville Yards
If you haven’t wandered through Nashville Yards lately, the area has been filling up quickly with offices, hotels, restaurants, and the new concert venue.
Earls is positioning itself right in the middle of that action — a place for business dinners, pre-show drinks, and late-night bites as the district continues to grow.
The restaurant group itself already operates more than 70 locations across North America, making the Nashville debut part of a larger expansion into fast-growing cities.
For diners, it adds another big, polished option to the rapidly developing Nashville Yards dining lineup.
And judging by the size of the place, they’re expecting a crowd.
For more information, visit earls.ca.