Humble Baron, a restaurant/live music venue that’s also home to the world’s longest bar, will debut on March 23. The complex is part of the Nearest Green Distillery in Shelbyville, Tenn.
The venue will feature a 19-station, 525-foot-long showpiece bar that wraps around an indoor stage. That’s 120 feet longer than the current record holder for the longest permanent continuous bar in the world. (According to Guinness World Records, the current longest continuous bar is the 405-foot, 10-inch-long bar at the Beer Barrel Saloon in Put-in-Bay, South Bass Island, Ohio.)
“We want our guests to pull up a seat at the world’s longest bar and enjoy some amazing music over a craft cocktail or a bite to eat and engage with those around them,” said Humble Baron’s inspiration, Keith Weaver, who is also an executive with Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Information on who fabricated the bar was not immediately available. The bar program is being crafted in partnership with Gin & Luck, a hospitality company behind renowned cocktail institution Death & Co., with Black-owned spirits taking center stage. The restaurant’s menu is being crafted by celeb chef G. Garvin, with Atlanta’s Jay Craddick helming the kitchen as Executive Chef.
Audio and visual for the state-of-the-art music venue’s indoor and outdoor stages, was designed by the former technical director and engineer for Prince’s Paisley Park complex in Minnesota. The indoor stage, separated by a glass garage door from its mirroring outdoor one, can accommodate concerts hosting more than 15,000.
“Keith’s storied career as an executive vice president for one of the largest movie studios in the world and one of the highest-ranking Black executives in Hollywood for more than 20 years, causes people to look at him as a baron,” said Fawn Weaver of her husband and partner. “But he’s remained the humblest person I’ve ever known throughout his impressive career.”
Humble Baron is the newest venue at Nearest Green Distillery, whose other offerings also include the Welcome Center, Barrel House II BBQ restaurant, Philo + Frank’s, the world’s first non-alcoholic speakeasy, and more.