21 Reasons We Love Atlanta: The oldest things we love + the newest things we love

Atlanta, then and now

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The Varsity

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Old

Sweet Auburn Curb Market
Fox Theatre
The Varsity
The Majestic
Plaza Theatre
Piedmont Park
Clermont Lounge
The Royal Peacock
Magic City
Northside Tavern
Busy Bee Cafe
Manuel’s Tavern
MLK’s birth home
The Atlanta Eagle
Atkins Park
Hammonds House Museum
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Arabia Mountain
Star Bar
Porch Culture
Mayor Andrew Young
Indigo Girls
Outkast
Atlanta Humane Society
The Atlanta Voice
National Black Arts Festival
Nakato
Atlanta Underground
Bones
Fontaine’s Oyster House
Mary Mac’s
Goldberg’s Deli
Alon’s
Taqueria del Sol
Nino’s
Paschal’s
Eddie’s Attic
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center
South City Kitchen
Blind Willie’s

New

Ponce City Market
Coca-Cola Stage at Alliance Theatre
Ticonderoga Club
Hen Mother Cookhouse
WussyVision
Westside Park
Hotel Clermont
Sister Louisa’s Church of the Living Room & Ping Pong Emporium
V12, Quavo’s club above the BP gas station
Buteco
Twisted Soul Cookhouse and Pours
Ladybird
Beltline Lantern Parade
Future
Monday Night Garage
Adama Gallery
High Museum’s High Frequency Fridays
The Beltline
Our Bar ATL
Coffee Culture
Senator Kim Jackson
Latto
Lil Baby
Lost n’ Found Youth
285 South
Atlanta Art Fair
Mujo
Chaka Khan Hacienda
Marcel
Kimball House
Bomb Biscuit
Emerald City Bagels
Colette Bread and Bakeshop
El Tesoro
Bocca Lupo
Big Daddy’s Kitchen
The Eastern
The Bakery Atlanta
Southern National
Terminal West

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This article appears in our February 2025 issue.

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