Tag: Edgewood Avenue

In recent years, the street’s once-thriving bar and club scene has taken a hit. Now Atlanta’s well-known party producers aim to shift the fortunes of the struggling Edgewood Avenue. Pisces is a venture from DJ Ree de la Vega, known for her hugely popular outdoor summer dance party, Chaka Khan Hacienda. Down the street is Lore, opened by Jon Dean, Kimberly Turner, and Scott Lockhart.

With a goal of making Georgia State University's campus more walkable, welcoming, and safer, a $100-plus million plan calls to raze the Sparks Hall classroom building and close off part of Gilmer Street to make way for the 15-acre “Panther Quad,” expanding GSU’s new Greenway corridor that weaves through downtown’s grid system. But blueprints for open, pedestrian-friendly spaces also call for the demolition of a century-old building at 148 Edgewood Avenue. A small army of intown historians and activists finds that part problematic.

Though it opened in the lead-up to Halloween 2022, Mambo Zombi is definitely not a Halloween bar. Despite the mai tai and Singapore sling on the menu, it’s not a tiki bar. Also, if you’re looking for it—you’re right, there’s no sign. But it’s also not a speakeasy.

Edgewood vs. Moreland: Two writers argue their case for which street is more uniquely Atlanta.

Instead of feeling bloated with the usual “beer-friendly” fare, you’ll come away from Biggerstaff feeling like you’ve just eaten the best of your favorite farmers market.

We just need to be willing to see it, writes George Chidi.

BeltLine officials now say they need $350 million to complete the wildly popular trail network and want to create a Special Services District to help boost funds.

The fate of the unit best known for Sound Table is uncertain, according to Tim Keane, the City of Atlanta’s planning department chief.

At Church, the beloved Old Fourth Ward bar that helped turn Edgewood Avenue into a nightlife hot spot, it's Dillon Knight who helps keep the peace.

Arcade-themed bars may have surged in popularity in recent years—but when Joystick opened its doors, and its Mrs. Pac-Man machine, to Edgewood Avenue in 2012, it was a revelation. Joystick is still going strong as a self-identified “nerdy dive bar.”