Pints of Guinness flow, cover bands rock out, and soccer hooligans park their butts at the bar on game days.
With a beer selection wide enough to please anyone from a keg-standing frat boy to a true connoisseur, Five Seasons serves up passionately crafted, in-house brews. Read more.
Peppadews (tiny red hot peppers) stuffed with goat cheese are ultimate in creamy/piquant contrast. Pig smorgas are gourmet version of toaster oven concoctions that "high" high schoolers might make. Read more.
A staple for dudes that wake up at noon and people with juror stickers on their shirts eating solo. The options are nearly endless to create a gut-busting bean-based beauty.
The beer list represents a wide spectrum of tastes, from Guinness, PBR, and High Life to Lagunitas, 21st Amendment, and Bells.
Cheap beer, pool tables, and fried food are the pillars of this dingy Midtown strip mall dive. Conveniently located next to Landmark Midtown, this is the perfect place throw back a few.
The heaping plate of homemade chips smothered in bleu cheese is hard to miss. It's littered with crumbled cheese and bacon, and finished with chipotle sauce, tomatoes, green onions, and cilantro. Read more.
Kirkwood's Elmyriachi, sister restaurant to L5P burrito dive El Myr, offers casual Tex-Mex cuisine such as build-your-own-tacos (try the smoked brisket), avocado-jalapeno margaritas, and more.
A venue for aspiring singer/songwriters and the folkie set, Eddie's has shows almost nightly and is famous for its biannual Open Mic Shootout.
One could make a strong argument that Smith's is the best small-venue music room in the city. An intimate space that lets fans get up right next to the musicians and an eclectic mix of bands.
Eclectic venue for hip-hop, spoken-word poetry and up-and-coming soul artists. Home to Tuesday night jam sessions featuring a live hip-hop band and open mic. Read more.
The Sound Table is as much a dance club as it is a restaurant. It's a showplace for some of the best DJs around, both in the downstairs dining room and next door at Space 2.
The Earl Dog may be the best drunk food in town. A big, fluffy bun, a 100-percent Angus dog with all the snap and salt you crave. Get it with the works. Read more.
The fried chicken is the go-to order for generations of Atlantans. When you're looking for the dining equivalent of a comfortable old friend, visit the Colonnade.
