American delicacies restaurant, cocktail bar and dwell music venue Sambuca — recognized for its jazzy ambiance and vigorous nighttime crowd — has ceased operations within the Gulch after a 20-year run.
Sambuca, which operated at 601 twelfth Ave. S., additionally provided non-public house for hire associated to wedding ceremony and company occasions.
The homeowners of the Texas-based Sambuca father or mother firm introduced the closing through social media, citing challenges together with “the lingering impacts of COVID.” The downtown Houston Sambuca closed in December 2024.
Brother and sister Kim Forsythe and Holly Forsythe envisioned a modern-day supper membership as early as 1991, ultimately opening the primary Sambuca in Dallas’ Deep Ellum neighborhood. They went on to open Sambuca places in Houston, Denver and Atlanta, with Nashville being the sixth on the time of its beginning of operations in 2005.
“The lingering impacts of COVID and the rising price of doing enterprise have created an ideal storm that we couldn’t climate,” Sambuca officers posted on Fb. “Although we fought with every little thing we needed to preserve our doorways open, we’re selecting to shut this chapter with gratitude, carrying numerous reminiscences over the previous 20 years.”
Nashville-based MarketStreet Enterprises owns the constructing from which Sambuca operated. The event firm owns varied Gulch constructions and has developed a number of websites inside the downtown district.
A model of this text was first revealed by our sister publication, the Nashville Put up.
