NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Mayor Cooper has issued a new health order that limits alcohol consumption and late-night sales in most of Downtown and Midtown Nashville.
Public Health Order 10, which goes into effect at 5 p.m. Saturday, places the following limits within two geographic areas in Nashville:
- the open consumption or possession in an open container of any alcoholic beverage outside of permitted establishments
- any sale of alcohol by a restaurant except when sold for consumption on premises or for off-premises delivery
- any sale of alcohol by a limited service restaurant or bar except when sold for off-premises delivery
- all curbside and to-go sales of alcoholic beverages.
Areas impacted downtown are the loop inside of 14th Avenue South, Downtown Greenway, 1st Avenue North, Union Street and Broadway. Areas in midtown largely between I-40 and 23rd avenue are impacted.
See the maps below for the full impacted regions:
Previous orders still in effect already require all restaurants to shut down between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., and bars remain closed across Metro Nashville.