Report notes Nobu seeks Music City presence as Atlanta space prepped

The team behind global Asian hotel and restaurant company Nobu — which includes celebrity Chef Nobu Matsuhisa and actor Robert De Niro — is eyeing Nashville for a location.



Matsuhisa (pictured) and film producer Meir Teper lead an ownership entity and company that operate a portfolio that includes 16 hotels (eight are open) and 40 restaurants in 20 countries.

The team recently visited Atlanta to announce that work has begun on the future space of a Nobu restaurant/hotel in Georgia’s largest city. While there, Teper (who produced the film Everybody's Fine with De Niro co-starring) told the Atlanta Journal Constitution that the ownership team is targeting Nashville for a location (read here).

Nobu Hospitality officials could not be reached for comment.

Joining Matsuhisa (who opened his first restaurant in 1987 and whose best-known dish is black cod in miso), Teper and De Niro in Nobu ownership is Drew Nieporent, a New York City-based restaurateur.

Nobu restaurants are found in Australia, China, Greece, Hungary, Japan, Mexico, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States, among other countries. In addition to Atlanta, Nobu hotels are located in, or planned for Barcelona, Chicago, Las Vegas, London, Malibu, Manila, Miami, Riyadh, Sao Paulo, and Toronto, among other cities, the company website notes.





