Property home to iconic pub listed for $2M

The Hillsboro Village building home to Sportsman’s Grille is for sale for $2 million.

J.C. Darby, a broker with Nashville-based Southeast Venture, is handling the marketing and sale of the property. Darby said the property was listed Monday and is not yet under contract.

Via their C&C Management, Jim and Jerry Chandler own and operate Sportsman’s Grille. Their lease expires May 31. The Morris family and Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, both based in Nashville, co-own the property.

Darby said the current owners has been pleased to have the Chandlers and their restaurant as a tenant. The pub and bar — known for its northern hunting lodge atmosphere — opened in 1991, a staple in fast-changing Hillsboro Village.



Darby said the owners of the Hillsboro Village property — which was home to Spats before converting to Sportsman's Grille — do not own the Belle Meade and Brentwood locations in which two other Sportsman’s Grille businesses operate.

Darby said the Hillsboro Village property is “ideally located,” referencing its proximity to Belmont and Vanderbilt universities and to Music Row. The site is located no more than three miles from downtown and sits on a “major arterial” (21st Avenue) that runs from Franklin on the south to the heart of Nashville on the north, he added.

About 35,000 cars pass by the building each day via 21st.

Constructed in 1953, according to Metro records, the building spans 6,922 square feet and is clad in painted brick.

The Chandlers are prepping to open Chandler Brothers Houston Street Pool Hall in Wedgewood-Houston (read more here). An opening date has not yet been announced.

Jim Chandler said that if the opportunity arises, "we may be able to negotiate a new lease" with the future owners of the building.

"Our closing date is still unknown at this time," he added. "We hope to coordinate our move date with our new location for the pub/billiard hall on Houston St."



The Chandlers once owned the since-closed Melrose Billiards and still own and operate Sportsman's Grille locations in Belle Meade and Brentwood and German restaurant Gerst Haus. The brothers also own the Gerst beer label and have Yazoo Brewing Co. contract brew the German-style brown ale.

Southeast Venture has undertaken multiple deals in the Hillsboro Village area.

