One of Nashville’s best-known specialty coffee businesses is now in bankruptcy court. Barista Parlor LLC filed for Chapter 11 protection on October 21, 2026, months after the company closed three cafés around the city.
The filing adds another Nashville name to Tennessee’s growing list of restaurant bankruptcies. It does not mean that every Barista Parlor location has shut down. Two related businesses entered bankruptcy separately on the same day.
Three related companies file for protection
Barista Parlor LLC, Barista Parlor Holdings LLC and Barista Parlor Roasting LLC filed separate voluntary Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. Each selected Subchapter V, a restructuring process designed for qualifying small businesses…