Hard Rock Cafe Pigeon Forge

Hard Rock Cafe Pigeon Forge opened in 2014 and closed on August 23, 2026. Located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, the cafe operated as a full Hard Rock Cafe in a major tourist area near the Great Smoky Mountains. The location was the successor to the original Hard Rock Cafe Gatlinburg, which opened in 1999 before relocating to Pigeon Forge in 2014. After more than a decade in Pigeon Forge, the cafe permanently closed on August 23, 2026.