Kid Rock’s Nashville bar temporarily loses beer permit over coronavirus violations

Kid Rock’s Nashville bar had its beer permit temporarily yanked for breaking a city coronavirus health order, a report said. Kid Rock’s Big Honky Tonk and Steakhouse was issued a five-day suspension by the Metropolitan Beer Permit Board after the downtown establishment was caught serving customers at its bar on Saturday night, The Tennessean reported. …

Kid Rock’s Nashville bar had its beer permit temporarily yanked for breaking a city coronavirus health order, a report said.

Kid Rock’s Big Honky Tonk and Steakhouse was issued a five-day suspension by the Metropolitan Beer Permit Board after the downtown establishment was caught serving customers at its bar on Saturday night, The Tennessean reported.

Under phase two of the city’s reopening plan, bars are only permitted to serve patrons at tables and booths.

A photo of the entertainment venue posted to Instagram last weekend showed a packed crowd ignoring social distancing guidelines and bellying up the bar.

On Saturday, Dr. Michael Caldwell, director of the Metro Public Health Department, issued the location a citation when he visited and witnessed the public health order infraction for himself, according to The Tennessean.

Kid Rock’s Big Honky Tonk and Steakhouse was one of four Nashville bars to receive a five-day beer permit suspension.

Steve Smith, co-owner of Kid Rock’s Big Honky Tonk and Steakhouse, blasted the order preventing bar service.

“The Nashville government is, like, communist. They’ve got us behind a Berlin Wall,” Smith told The Tennessean.

“We met with Mayor Cooper and the doctors weeks ago and explained how having bar service is safer than table service. They’re doing everything they can to put us out of business,” he told the paper.