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Neighborhoods
Midtown is the heart of urban - walkable Atlanta. There are great restaurants in the commercial district, Piedmont Park, and convenient grocery stores. It offeres easy access to the Beltline, etc.
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Midtown Atlanta
Midtown is the heart of urban - walkable Atlanta. There are great restaurants in the commercial district, Piedmont Park, and convenient grocery stores. It offeres easy access to the Beltline, etc.
Lots of great street art! It's the first free black neighborhood of Atlanta. Lots of small cute houses and great street art! Check out Milltown Arms or 98 Estoria for the bar scene. Check out Carroll St Cafe for some good eats.
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Cabbagetown Historic District
Lots of great street art! It's the first free black neighborhood of Atlanta. Lots of small cute houses and great street art! Check out Milltown Arms or 98 Estoria for the bar scene. Check out Carroll St Cafe for some good eats.
EAV is where there's lots of good late night bars, restaurants, clubs, etc. It's kind of the alternative scene for Atlanta.
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East Atlanta Village
EAV is where there's lots of good late night bars, restaurants, clubs, etc. It's kind of the alternative scene for Atlanta.
Pubs and Bars
Cool vibe. This divey bar was created by a minister turned artist who left the faith because he realized he was gay.
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Sister Louisa's Church of the Living Room and Ping Pong Emporium
466 Edgewood Ave SECool vibe. This divey bar was created by a minister turned artist who left the faith because he realized he was gay.
A great neighborhood bar with above average food and cheap house beer.
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Cypress Street Pint & Plate
817 W Peachtree St NWA great neighborhood bar with above average food and cheap house beer.
A great beer garden and restaurant to spend good weather. Great people watching.
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Ladybird Grove & Mess Hall
684 John Wesley Dobbs Ave NEA great beer garden and restaurant to spend good weather. Great people watching.
Smith's Olde Bar
1578 Piedmont Ave NEGood for live music
The EARL
488 Flat Shoals Ave SEGood for live music!
Clubs / Late night!
An authentic Atlanta club! Reliably the best dance party in Atlanta Wednesday - Saturday. (Thursday is a little different. It's a more intimate / smaller scene). Free Wednesdays. $10 Thursday - Saturday. It's an endangered species because it got bought by developers:(.
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MJQ Concourse
736 Ponce De Leon Ave NEAn authentic Atlanta club! Reliably the best dance party in Atlanta Wednesday - Saturday. (Thursday is a little different. It's a more intimate / smaller scene). Free Wednesdays. $10 Thursday - Saturday. It's an endangered species because it got bought by developers:(.
Ok. This is a college-y bar. But the basement has live band karaoke! It's amazing. It's basically a giant sing along and there’s some great talent! English Nick, the MC, is old, as is most of the band... So - as long as you're younger than them...
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Dark Horse Tavern
816 North Highland Avenue NortheastOk. This is a college-y bar. But the basement has live band karaoke! It's amazing. It's basically a giant sing along and there’s some great talent! English Nick, the MC, is old, as is most of the band... So - as long as you're younger than them...
This is an after hours club that opens at 3am... if that's your thing. They play underground house.
Odyssey After
156 Forsyth Street SouthwestThis is an after hours club that opens at 3am... if that's your thing. They play underground house.
This is an Atlanta classic. Go to the lounge for a truly unique and diverse experience. Imagine a neighborhood dive that happens to have a dance party on the weekends and a body positive strip club... $20 cover on weekends. $5-10(?) during the week. There's a good dance party Friday and Saturday night. Cash only. The rooftop has a bar too with a nice city view. It's where the previous mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms, held her SuperBowl party with TI and Ludicris. Speaking of which, Mick Jagger has been scene in the Lounge, and Mumford & Sons got kicked out for taking pictures. NO PICTURES.
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Clermont Lounge
789 Ponce De Leon Ave NEThis is an Atlanta classic. Go to the lounge for a truly unique and diverse experience. Imagine a neighborhood dive that happens to have a dance party on the weekends and a body positive strip club... $20 cover on weekends. $5-10(?) during the week. There's a good dance party Friday and Saturday night. Cash only. The rooftop has a bar too with a nice city view. It's where the previous mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms, held her SuperBowl party with TI and Ludicris. Speaking of which, Mick Jagger has been scene in the Lounge, and Mumford & Sons got kicked out for taking pictures. NO PICTURES.
Breweries
It's the tasting room for 3 Taverns Brewery. They do good sours and other types of beer!
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Three Taverns Imaginarium
777 Memorial Dr SEIt's the tasting room for 3 Taverns Brewery. They do good sours and other types of beer!
Maybe not the best beer in Atlanta, but certainly a great scene on the Beltline. They have food too.
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New Realm Brewing
550 Somerset Terrace NEMaybe not the best beer in Atlanta, but certainly a great scene on the Beltline. They have food too.
A cool brewery with a good Croatian kitchen! Also they do like House / Trap Sundays? Definitely a diverse scene for a brewery.
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Best End Brewing Company
1036 White St SWA cool brewery with a good Croatian kitchen! Also they do like House / Trap Sundays? Definitely a diverse scene for a brewery.
Good beer. Surprisingly good food! In the Provisions District in the West End.
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Wild Heaven West End Brewery & Gardens
1010 White St SWGood beer. Surprisingly good food! In the Provisions District in the West End.
Bold Monk Brewing Co.
1737 Ellsworth Industrial Blvd NWVery good European Style beers. Good Food.
Food scene
The food hall that started it all! Also some good regular restaurants. And a good beer counter.
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Krog Street Market
99 Krog St NEThe food hall that started it all! Also some good regular restaurants. And a good beer counter.
A very cool building that was a Sears distribution center then a city hall annex, then abandoned, and that has now been rehabbed into an upscale food hall, restaurants, and multiuse office / housing / schools / yoga etc. Cool place.
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Ponce City Market
675 North Avenue NEA very cool building that was a Sears distribution center then a city hall annex, then abandoned, and that has now been rehabbed into an upscale food hall, restaurants, and multiuse office / housing / schools / yoga etc. Cool place.
TWO urban licks
820 Ralph McGill Blvd NEA good restaurant on the Beltline.
One of the first real foodie places in Atlanta. Check out the Creative Loafing article about it. At one point it was open 24 hours from bakery to late night bourbon place.
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Empire State South
999 Peachtree St NEOne of the first real foodie places in Atlanta. Check out the Creative Loafing article about it. At one point it was open 24 hours from bakery to late night bourbon place.
Sightseeing
This is the MLK birth house. It's close to the Beltline.
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Indlu yokuzalwa kaKing Jr Martin Luther
501 Auburn Ave NEThis is the MLK birth house. It's close to the Beltline.
This is a museum that's worthwhile if you're interested in Civil Rights.
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I-Centre Yezemidlalo Nokunye Ngokwabantu NaseNingizimu Afrika
100 Ivan Allen Jr Blvd NWThis is a museum that's worthwhile if you're interested in Civil Rights.
A bit crowded... but very unique and a really great aquarium. If you don't mind the fact that they kidnapped Whale Sharks and keep them in a tank... and killed one by accident. And Beluga whales....
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Georgia Aquarium
225 Baker St NWA bit crowded... but very unique and a really great aquarium. If you don't mind the fact that they kidnapped Whale Sharks and keep them in a tank... and killed one by accident. And Beluga whales....
Don't go here. Just thought I'd point that out. The coolest part is when you get to try Coca Cola products from around the world, and the room where you see the historical ads. Consider it a museum of marketing (and maybe some lies).
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Umhlaba we-Coca-Cola
121 Baker St NWDon't go here. Just thought I'd point that out. The coolest part is when you get to try Coca Cola products from around the world, and the room where you see the historical ads. Consider it a museum of marketing (and maybe some lies).
This is a certified "Living Building". And I wrote a book about it! Well, maybe a chapter specifically on the building. But the book was inspired by the building. It's on Georgia Tech's campus. Ask me more!
Kendeda Building
422 Ferst Drive NorthwestThis is a certified "Living Building". And I wrote a book about it! Well, maybe a chapter specifically on the building. But the book was inspired by the building. It's on Georgia Tech's campus. Ask me more!