Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge is celebrating its birthday in style. The historic downtown venue will celebrate its 60th birthday on October 5 with its annual Birthday Bash, enlisting a slew of artists for the free event, including Chase Rice, Jon Pardi, Montgomery Gentry, Mitch Rossell, Randy Houser, Jelly Roll and more. “Tootsie’s Birthday Bash has become one of the…
Steve Smith is offering a cash reward for employees at any of his downtown bars who choose to get vaccinated. Smith, who owns Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge, Honky Tonk Central, Rippy’s and The Diner, among others, says he will pay his employees $500 if they receive one of the COVID-19 vaccines. According to WSMV, Smith “wants to make sure his staff…
Nashville’s famous Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge is now a full-service restaurant! The popular bar and music venue, which originally opened in 1960, was forced to close while Nashville was in Phase 2 of the reopening plan, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Since Tootsie’s made the majority of their revenue from alcohol sales, the legendary downtown club decided to reopen as…
Tootsie’s World Famous Orchid Lounge is temporarily closing their downtown Nashville location, in order to deep clean the venue, due to several cases of COVID-19. Bryan Lewis, the attorney for Tootsie’s owner Steve Smith, issued a statement to Fox 17 about the decision. “There have been isolated cases of COVID at the downtown locations, including an individual that had…
