Good Time Design is an all-encompassing hospitality and entertainment group based in San Diego, California and Nashville, Tennessee. Created in 2006 by businessman and hospitality entrepreneur, Ty Hauter, the company has rapidly grown to own and operate numerous unique establishments. Good Time Design’s portfolio includes diverse restaurants, bars and live music venues including current projects Moonshine Flats, Moonshine Beach and The Blind Burro and past projects Wave House, Bootlegger, Bub’s at the Ballpark and Typhoon Saloon. 2016 marked the opening of Good Time Design’s first venue outside of California: Cerveza Jack’s, a south-of-the-border live music eatery in the heart of Downtown Nashville, Tennessee.
Since then, GTD has continued to establish a stronghold in both the Southern California and Tennessee markets with numerous roster additions. In San Diego, Good Time Design opened a dynamic outdoor restaurant (The Presley), a lively “get-along” hang (Happy Does) and a historic Irish Pub in the Gaslamp Quarter (Patrick’s Gaslamp Pub) all within the span of 2 years. In Nashville, Sonny’s Patio Pub officially opened in 2020, with Coal Town Pizza & Public House opening in Franklin, TN soon after.
As members of both the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music, GTD and Hauter passionately support the songwriter community through individual artist development as well as through their numerous music venues. In 2018, Good Time Design added Martin McDaniel to its Entertainment Development & Marketing portfolio, marking an exciting entrance into the country music scene. Nicknamed, “the Nashville of the West,” all GTD venues’ live music programs are largely composed of Nashville-based up-and-comers with large scale national acts sprinkled through. We are committed to maintaining the authenticity and heart of country music, and matching our production value to the level of talent we bring to our stage every single week.
In addition to providing full service hospitality support (Accounting, Private Events, Human Resources, Design-Build, Marketing & Branding), Good Time Design has cultivated numerous brand partnerships with entertainment agencies like Red Light Management and The 10:10 Creative, professional sports teams, radio stations and country music festivals like Stagecoach and Boots In The Park. Other collaborations include “Buena Cerveza” Mexican Lager, Gaucho Premium Rum, Hooch Brothers Vodka, and most recently Holler & Swaller Hard Tea, which hit the Southern California market earlier this year.
Most recently, GTD welcomed Sidecar Bar in the Germantown neighborhood of Nashville in Summer 2024, and will open Odie’s, (a bar/music venue partnership with CMA & ACM multi-award winning artists, Old Dominion) in the Midtown neighborhood of Nashville later this year. Also in the works, a large-scale music venue expansion into Las Vegas, NV as well as the acquisition of two additional properties in Nashville, TN.
About Ty Hauter
With his roots in rural Illinois, Ty Hauter graduated from Eastern Illinois University in 1987. Working in various watering holes and operational capacities throughout college, Ty then got his start in larger scale hospitality operations while working the Chicago nightclub scene before moving to San Diego in 1990 and running some of the most profitable entertainment venues in Southern California. San Diego staples including Bub’s at The Ballpark, RT’s Longboards, Double Deuce, The Tipsy Crow and Wavehouse contributed to Hauter’s success. Founding Good Time Design in 2006, Ty initially focused on venue design, construction and entertainment, then later moved further into operations.
At the helm of Wavehouse in Mission Beach, Ty started honing his passion for live entertainment with partnerships with MTV’s Spring Break and TRL, as well as shows with national acts including Blake Shelton, Ziggy Marley, Pink, Tiesto and more. This paved the way for future music based endeavors, Moonshine Flats in 2014 and Moonshine Beach in 2016, which have become nationally recognized as the premier country music venues on the west coast. Past performers include heavy hitters, Old Dominion, Morgan Wallen, Jon Pardi, Cody Johnson and Luke Combs.
Hauter is largely credited as playing a part in the revitalization of San Diego’s East Village neighborhood in the early 2010s, opening 5 restaurants and bars next to Petco Park in the span of just a few years.
Under Ty’s leadership, Good Time Design continued to grow, opening 6 additional venues in between 2020 and 2022. Hauter has made a name for himself on a national scale, and now operates several influential restaurants and bars throughout Southern California and Tennessee, with plans to expand into Las Vegas with a larger scale entertainment venue by 2025.
