Tag: nightlife
14. Leon’s Full Service
Leon’s U-shaped bar encourages conversation. Its clever cocktail list encourages experimentation and its extensive beer menu will delight any hops snob.
12. Holeman and Finch Public House
Founding drink-slinger Greg Best has moved on (to Ticonderoga Club), but the bar that jumpstarted the city’s cocktail craze in 2008—along with the waistcoat-and-tie uniform for barkeeps—is as crazy-busy as ever.
32. Stem Wine Bar
Refined small plates, a thoughtful list of 27 wines by the glass (plus a by-the-bottle reserve list), and attractive bartenders behind a sleek marble bar make for one of metro Atlanta’s most reliable wine perches.
20. Argosy
The owner of Bookhouse Pub and underground dance dive MJQ joined forces with two former employees in 2013 to launch a gastropub that’s a bit more upscale without losing the crew’s signature grit.
43. Mac McGee
On most nights with no soccer games, this cozy pub on the Decatur Square is the perfect place for drinks and quiet conversation.
25. Blake’s on the Park
Atlanta’s quintessential gay bar is as much a bar as it is a club.
27. Bookhouse Pub
Come for the chill vibe and creative cocktails at this divey, faux–Pacific Northwestern lodge (by far, the coolest strip-mall destination in all of Atlanta).
31. 57th Fighter Group
Founded in 1981 and modeled after a bombed-out European farmhouse, DeKalb-Peachtree Airport’s signature restaurant houses one of the most underrated bars (and bar patios) in the city.
33. Johnnie MacCracken’s Celtic Pub
This remedy to OTP strip-mall bars may seem cramped, but the labyrinthine layout hides pockets of couches and tables perfect for intimate sampling from Johnnie’s 74 full-time taps and hard-to-get bottled and canned brews
38. Midway Pub
This former auto shop boasts the biggest patio in East Atlanta Village, but if you’re planning to view a big match on one of the many screens, be sure to arrive early.
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