Nashville’s E3 Chophouse, co-owned by Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan, pauses operations and rebrand review

What happened

E3 Chophouse, a three-story steakhouse in Nashville’s Hillsboro Village neighborhood co-owned by the families of Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan and former MLB player Adam LaRoche, has temporarily closed and is no longer serving customers at its 1628 21st Ave. S. address.

Public-facing business listings for the restaurant reflect a “temporarily closed” status. Separately, the restaurant’s own public message to customers describes the move as a pause in operations while the team evaluates next steps for the location.

Ownership, concept and footprint

E3 Chophouse positions itself as a fine-dining, service-driven chophouse tied to a ranch-to-restaurant identity. The Nashville location is part of the broader E3 brand that began with an original restaurant in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, founded in 2013 by LaRoche family members. The Nashville operation has described Jeff LaRoche as acting CEO.

The Nashville restaurant occupies roughly 13,000 square feet across three levels and includes dinner service, private-event capacity and a rooftop bar. The concept has also been marketed around proprietary “Never Ever” beef standards and a charitable component tied to net profits.

What the company is saying about the future

The restaurant has characterized the closure as a pause while leadership assesses market opportunities and explores potential rebrand and re-concept strategies for the site.

No reopening date has been announced. The message signals that a future operation—if pursued—could differ from the current steakhouse format.

How this relates to Aldean and Bryan’s other Nashville venues

The temporary closure involves E3 Chophouse in Hillsboro Village, not the downtown Broadway entertainment venues branded with Aldean’s and Bryan’s names. Both artists have separate Nashville bar-and-restaurant concepts operating on Broadway under different arrangements, including Jason Aldean’s Kitchen + Rooftop Bar and Luke’s 32 Bridge Food + Drink, which continue to post operating hours and reservations information online.

What remains unknown

• How long the pause will last and whether operations will resume under the E3 name.
• Whether staffing, vendor relationships, or the menu format will change if the location returns.
• Whether the business will pursue a full rebrand, a revised concept, or an exit from the address.

E3 Chophouse has not publicly released additional operational details beyond its statement describing the pause and the evaluation of future options for the location.