Bar Rōka is the newest cocktail concept on Broadway, opening summer 2026 at 1904 Broadway. It’s the first new venue from M Street — Nashville’s most respected upscale restaurant group, behind Saint Añejo, Whiskey Kitchen, and Kayne Prime — in more than a decade. That alone makes it the most-anticipated Broadway opening of the year.
The address — 1904 Broadway — sits at the western edge of Broadway, past the honky-tonks and closer to Music Row. It’s a deliberate counter-positioning. Where the bars between 1st and 5th compete for the bachelorette tourist, Bar Rōka is built for the audience that wants Broadway proximity without the honky-tonk volume.
M Street’s track record matters here. Their existing venues consistently win Nashville Scene reader polls for cocktails and design. Saint Añejo (a few blocks away in The Gulch) regularly tops Nashville’s mezcal lists. Bar Rōka’s cocktail program will be tightly curated, expensive, and good.
Based on M Street’s public statements and concept previews, the food side leans Japanese — yakitori-style skewers, crudo, small shareable plates, a serious sake list alongside the cocktails. Cocktails will run roughly $16-$22, food $8-$28. This is a $50-per-person stop, not a $12 PBR stop.
Yes, if any of the following describe your night:
Skip it if you came to Broadway for live country, dancing, group bachelorette energy, or cheap beer. Walk three blocks east to The Stage, Tootsie’s, or Robert’s instead.
1904 Broadway sits at the corner of Broadway and 19th Avenue. It’s a 7-minute walk from the heart of The Gulch, 12 minutes from Lower Broadway honky-tonks, and 5 minutes from Vanderbilt’s main entrance. Street parking is hard but there are paid lots on 19th and 20th Avenues. Rideshare is the easy play.
As of late May 2026, Bar Rōka is targeting a summer 2026 opening. M Street has not announced an exact date publicly. We’ll update this page as soon as they confirm.
No live country music — that’s not the concept. Some background music or DJ programming is likely based on M Street’s other venues, but Bar Rōka is positioned as a cocktail lounge, not a music room.
The renderings released so far show a ground-floor concept with a possible upstairs lounge area. Not a Broadway-style rooftop bar in the Acme/Ole Red sense.
Expect reservations via Resy or OpenTable once open. M Street’s other venues take reservations and we’d expect Bar Rōka to follow that pattern, especially Friday and Saturday nights.
For the rest of the Broadway venue map, see the full venue guide. For Broadway-area cocktail-bar alternatives that are open today, see Sinatra Bar & Lounge and Skull’s Rainbow Room in Printers Alley.
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