Custom Merch for Restaurants and Bars in Nashville, TN
Merch Mob makes kitchen shirts, front-of-house uniforms, and staff hats for restaurants and bars in Nashville, TN, at its shop in Montclair, CA, and ships them to Nashville. Nashville has more young adults than Tennessee as a whole, with 30% of residents aged 18 to 34 against 23% statewide and 23% nationally (Census ACS, 2020-2024), so a retail tee with a bold design should find buyers among regulars.
Nashville by the numbers
Nashville has 721,074 residents, up 4.6% since 2020 (Census estimates).
Davidson County has 811 full-service restaurants with paid employees (Census County Business Patterns, 2023). That is 10.9 for every 10,000 residents, above the national figure of 7.6. 35% of them employ fewer than 10 people; the rest are larger operations. The count is up 10% from 739 in 2018.
It also has 141 bars and other drinking places with paid employees. That is 1.9 for every 10,000 residents, above the national figure of 1.2. 42% of them employ fewer than 10 people; the rest are larger operations. The count is up 31% from 108 in 2018.
Davidson County has one full-service restaurant for every 920 residents. Of the 60 counties behind these pages for restaurants and bars, Davidson County has the 8th-most full-service restaurants per resident.
- Population, 2025
- 721,074
- Since 2020
- +4.6%
- County
- Davidson County
- Full-service restaurants in Davidson County, 2023
- 811
- Per 10,000 county residents
- 10.9 (US 7.6)
- Bars and other drinking places in Davidson County, 2023
- 141
- Per 10,000 county residents
- 1.9 (US 1.2)
- Time zone
- Central
- Median age
- 34.5 (US 38.9)
- Residents aged 18 to 34
- 30% (US 23%)
- Warmest month, average high
- July, 91°F
- Coldest month, average low
- January, 30°F
- Days at 90°F or hotter, a year
- 54
- Nights at 32°F or colder, a year
- 66
- Rain, a year
- 51 in
- USPS zone from the shop
- 7
Weather: Nashville International Airport station, 7 mi from Nashville's center (NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals). People: Census ACS 2020-2024. Counts: CBP 2023, by county, paid-employee establishments. Population: Census, July 2025.
What Nashville's weather means for restaurants and bars
July is the warmest month, and about 54 days a year reach 90°F or more, so summer patio staff need a breathable tee or polo, and the cooks need the lightest durable blend. Patio heaters and staff layers come out from November to March, when average highs fall under 65°F; that is also the season for a retail hoodie at the register. The switch is abrupt here: every month's average high is either 70°F or more or under 65°F, so plan the staff kit and the retail shelf around two seasons, not four. Closing staff step out into freezing air on roughly 66 nights each year, so a beanie and a hoodie belong in the staff kit. May is the rainy peak, around 5 inches, so give patio and delivery staff a dark layer that hides splashes and dries fast.
| Month in Nashville | Average high | Average low | Rain (in) | What staff and regulars wear |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49°F | 30°F | 4 | Staff hoodies and retail fleece |
| February | 54°F | 33°F | 4.5 | Staff hoodies and retail fleece |
| March | 63°F | 40°F | 4.5 | Staff hoodies and retail fleece |
| April | 73°F | 49°F | 4.7 | Staff tees and retail tees |
| May | 80°F | 58°F | 5 | Staff tees and retail tees |
| June | 88°F | 66°F | 4.4 | Light blended staff tees and caps |
| July | 91°F | 71°F | 4.2 | Light blended staff tees and caps |
| August | 90°F | 69°F | 3.8 | Light blended staff tees and caps |
| September | 84°F | 62°F | 3.8 | Staff tees and retail tees |
| October | 74°F | 50°F | 3.4 | Staff tees and retail tees |
| November | 61°F | 39°F | 3.9 | Staff hoodies and retail fleece |
| December | 52°F | 33°F | 4.4 | Staff hoodies and retail fleece |
Made in So Cal, shipped to Nashville.
Orders ship to Nashville from the shop; there is no office or pickup point in Tennessee.
Nashville is about 1,746 miles from Merch Mob's shop in Montclair, CA, a straight-line distance. From the shop's ZIP code, Nashville is USPS zone 7. Nashville is on Central time, 2 hours ahead of the shop's Pacific time.
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Ordering from Nashville
When do patio staff in Nashville need a warmer layer?
Whenever highs fall below 65°F, which here means from November to March; January nights average at or below freezing, so the layer for late patio shifts should be a real hoodie or jacket, not a long-sleeve tee.
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