What Acme Feed & Seed does

Acme Feed & Seed is a four-floor restaurant, bar, and live entertainment venue located at 101 Broadway on Lower Broadway in Nashville, Tennessee, operating under TomKats Hospitality, a Tennessee-incorporated private company. The venue occupies more than 25,000 square feet across a historic 1890 building described as a "national treasure" and includes a first-floor "Funky Tonk" music hall with 28 draft beers, a second-floor full-service restaurant-lounge with 22 TVs and an extensive bourbon and sushi menu, a rooftop bar with panoramic views of Broadway and the Cumberland River, and a third-floor private event space called The Hatchery (7,000 sq ft, capacity 250–450). The venue hosts nightly live music programming, with curated weekly series such as Grateful Monday, Twang Tuesday, Local Love, Bluegrass Brunch, and Soul Brunch, and operates an on-site internet radio station, Acme Radio Live.

The business generates revenue primarily through food and beverage sales — entrées priced $14–$28, cocktails $10–$13, and beer $3–$8 — augmented by private event rentals at The Hatchery (requiring a 30% non-refundable deposit and F&B minimum), merchandise sales through the Acme Farm Store Shopify storefront, gift cards and online ordering via ToastTab, and ticketed special events sold through Eventbrite. The company also solicits donations and sells "virtual beer" and "virtual mocktail" through a 501(c)(3) entity, Acme Radio Company, to offset a recently disclosed $600,000 historic property tax increase.

Customer segments are diversified across Nashville tourists and bachelorette parties (primary), local regulars attending weekly programming, and private event bookers (corporate, weddings, full-building buyouts). The company employs approximately 60 people, is privately held with no disclosed institutional investors or funding rounds, and was founded in its current form in 2014 by proprietor Tom Morales. Technology is entirely third-party SaaS — ToastTab, Shopify, Eventbrite, Squarespace, and Tripleseat — with no proprietary platform or disclosed AI/ML capabilities.

Name

Acme Feed & Seed

Legal name

TomKats Hospitality

Website

https://theacmenashville.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Acme Feed & Seed is a privately held four-floor restaurant, bar, and live music venue on Lower Broadway in Nashville, serving tourists, bachelorette parties, locals, and private event clients with F&B, rooftop views, and a 7,000 sq ft event space.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Nashville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Food & Beverage Sales: The primary revenue driver. Four floors of dining and drinking: first floor fast-casual cuisine with 28 draft beers, second floor full-service lounge with sushi and bourbon/whiskey, rooftop bar, and a la carte cocktail and drink menus. Average entree price range $15-$28; cocktails $10-$13; beer $3-$8.
2. Private Event Rentals: Revenue from booking The Hatchery (3rd floor, 7,000 sq ft, capacity 250-450) and the second floor for semi-private cocktail mixers. A 30% non-refundable deposit and signed contract required. Food and beverage minimum applies.
3. Merchandise (Acme Farm Store): The Acme Farm Store (shopify storefront) sells Acme-branded merchandise, local favorites, and Nashville artisan goods, generating ancillary retail revenue.
4. Donations & Virtual Beer Drive: Acme solicits donations to offset a $600,000 historic property tax increase, offering virtual beer ($3) and virtual mocktail ($8) purchase options, with excess funds directed to the Acme Radio Company 501(c)(3) supporting Nashville artists.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Acme Feed & Seed is a four-story restaurant and live music venue at 101 Broadway in Nashville offering dining, drinks, live entertainment, rooftop service, and private events. The brand extends to an online farm store selling branded merchandise and to Acme Radio Live, an internet radio station tied to its music programming.

Product overview

Acme Feed & Seed is a multi-floor entertainment venue in Nashville offering distinct experiences across four levels. The first floor "Funky Tonk" provides live music seven days a week with fast-casual dining; the second floor offers a full-service restaurant-lounge with sports viewing and sushi; the rooftop bar delivers open-air cocktails with river views; and the third floor "The Hatchery" serves as a private event venue. The venue also operates the Acme Farm Store (Shopify-powered retail) and Acme Radio Live (online radio station), creating an integrated entertainment ecosystem.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Acme Farm Store: A small farmhouse boutique with Acme-branded merchandise, local favorites, and Nashville-based artisan goods
• Acme Radio Live
• The Hatchery

Products and services

• Funky Tonk

Quantifiable outcome

• Repeatedly voted Best Rooftop Bar by Nashville Scene readers
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• TomKats HospitalitycoreOthersTomKats Hospitality is the parent/operating company of Acme Feed & Seed. The company's privacy policy identifies TomKats Hospitality as the data controller, a company incorporated under Tennessee law headquartered at 641 Fogg St, Nashville, TN 37203. TomKats also manages the careers email ([email protected]) for Acme.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Hard Rock Cafe Nashville: Branded themed restaurant and live music venue on Broadway with rooftop bar and merchandise retail. Competes for the same tourist spend with a larger, multi-city operator's marketing reach.
• Ryman Hospitality Properties: Public hospitality REIT that owns the Ryman Auditorium and operates large-scale Nashville entertainment venues including Ole Red. Comparable in Nashville music-venue expertise but operates at a broader portfolio scale.

Direct peers

• Margaritaville Nashville: Branded multi-floor restaurant and live entertainment venue on Lower Broadway with rooftop bar, competing for the same tourist crowds and group event bookings.
• Honky Tonk Central: Three-story live music venue on Lower Broadway with rooftop bar, fast-casual Southern food, and a similar tourist/bachelorette customer base. Conceptually near-identical to Acme's multi-floor format.
• Luke Combs's Category 10: Multi-story branded entertainment venue on Lower Broadway with live music, rooftop bar, and event space. Operates on the same multi-floor, multi-revenue-stream model as Acme.
• Ole Red: Blake Shelton's branded music venue and restaurant on Lower Broadway. Combines live music, full-service dining, and rooftop experience; directly competes for tourist and event traffic against Acme.
• The Stage on Broadway: Long-running Lower Broadway honky tonk with live music, full bar, and a rooftop bar. Targets the same tourist/bachelorette wallet share with a similar live-music-plus-F&B proposition.
• Tootsie's Orchid Lounge: Iconic multi-floor honky tonk on Lower Broadway directly across from Acme, offering live music, food, and drinks to the same tourist and local demographic. Closest direct competitor on the same corridor.
• Dierks Bentley's Whiskey Row: Country artist-branded venue on Lower Broadway with live music, sports viewing, rooftop, and event space. Direct overlap in target segments and product mix.

Regional players

• Wildhorse Saloon: Large Nashville live music and dance venue with event space, restaurant, and national touring artists. Comparable in scale and event-driven model, but located off the Lower Broadway corridor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/acmenashville
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/acmenashville

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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