Atlanta Magazine

Situated inside Hotel Monteleone in the French Quarter, the Carousel Bar has lured thirsty passersby to its 25-seat rotating bar since 1929. Marvin Allen joined the party in 2002, quickly learning how to hop over the bar top to start his evening shift (there’s no door or entryway) while patrons clapped and cheered.

Trilith Guesthouse has tapped Jay Swift as executive chef, bringing a marquee culinary name to the 193-room boutique hotel at the Town at Trilith. Since opening in January 2024 near Trilith Studios, the property...

Created by Eclipso, the company behind Horizon of Khufu, the 30-minute indoor walking tour takes you via submarine to the ocean floor, where you explore cabins, the engine room, and grand halls with hypothetical footage through the ship’s filmmaker William Harbeck. Wearing a VR headset, you “travel,” reaching out to interact with objects both on and off the ship.

Like many of Atlanta’s institutions, Grady has geared up for the FIFA World Cup 2026 this summer. The hospital is the first stop for critical medical care for major events in Atlanta.

Just like the earlier versions of Cape Fear, Georgia again plays a key role in this modern adaptation. While the show unfolds in Savannah, filming took place across Atlanta. (Mostly in Inman Park.) 

Twenty-two-year-old Chloë Chadet holds a full-time position in the commissary kitchen at St. Germain French Bakery. Then, in the evenings Thursday through Saturday, she and her mom, Christelle, run an “after-hours” business called Viennoiseries After Dark. “When a bakery shuts down, that’s when we open up,” says Chloë.

The team at Monday Night Brewing knew they had to do something interesting to make the brewery stand out this summer during the FIFA World Cup, so brewmaster Peter Kiley traveled to Spain and Czechia this spring, partnering with Barcelona's Garage Beer Co. and Prague's Dva Kohouti brewery to create two new limited edition beers. 2XÑEIPA is a paella-inspired New England double IPA and Světlý Ležák Czechia is a dry-hopped Czech pale lager.

In a landlocked state like Arkansas, lakes become the magnetic north of warm-weather fun. During high school, my friends and I often made the drive from Little Rock to Lake Greers Ferry, where we jumped from the bluffs into the lake. We were children on the cusp of adulthood, old enough to have cars and the freedom to make the hour-plus trip, but still young enough that we had curfews and needed permission to go.

The lifespan of any historic home depends on the fidelity of each owner’s vision, and Kim Noland understood her role in preserving her circa 1905 house in Athens’s prominent Five Points neighborhood.

Wild Kratts: Ocean Adventure!—a limited-time exhibit inspired by the PBS Kids series—opened in late May at the Children’s Museum of Atlanta. It transforms part of the downtown museum into an energetic, ocean-themed playground that blends STEM learning with physical exploration.