Morgan Wallenof This Bar & Tennessee Kitchen It was scheduled to open over Memorial Weekend (May 25th and 26th), but the grand opening was postponed at the last minute.
No new opening dates for the restaurant and bar have been announced. Billboard The postponed opening was confirmed following a statement from the group that will eventually open the facility in partnership with Warren. TC Restaurant Group.
In a statement, This Bar & Tennessee Kitchen said the team is “proud” of the effort that went into constructing the country star's new bar, but that building the six-story celebrity bar “from the ground up” employed “hundreds of team members” and involved “an enormous amount of work and complex process.”
The statement continued: “Once open, we hope This Bar will be a special experience for our guests. Unfortunately, that process will take longer and we won't be able to open Memorial Day weekend to offer that experience. Rest assured, it will be well worth the wait.”
“We look forward to welcoming guests back soon.”
According to sources Billboard It was confirmed that the postponement will not affect the venue. Nashville City Council They refused to allow a 20-foot tall sign to be erected and installed outside the facility.
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Last Tuesday (May 21), the Nashville City Council rejected plans and the installation of a 20-foot-tall sign advertising “Morgan Wallen's This Bar & Kitchen,” citing the singer's past “toxic conduct.”
Board Members Delicia Porterfield He cited Warren's recent history in opposing the erection of a sign outside Warren's new bar. He allegedly threw a chair He has been in trouble for the incident in which he was dropped from a six-story building and nearly seriously injured a police officer, as well as for his alleged racist remarks in the past.
“I don't want to see a sign with the name of someone who's throwing chairs off balconies and saying racist things,” Porterfield said.
“I felt uncomfortable coming forward publicly until I had made peace with several individuals,” Warren wrote on social media. “I have been in touch with the Nashville Police Department, my family and the good people of the Chiefs. I am not proud of my actions and I accept responsibility.”
