BackstreetOne of the largest gay bars in the Southeast, this two-story Midtown club was among the few Atlanta nightspots with a 24/7 liquor license. Great place to go hang out with friends! News held hostage In 1973, a guy named William Williams kidnapped obscure Constitution editor Reg Murphy, demanding $700,000 in cash that the paper's managing editor delivered in two large suitcases to a remote spot up Ga. 400. Nick Esasky The Braves shelled out a stunning $5.6 million in 1989 for a slugger who immediately came down with vertigo and other out-of-left-field maladies. The event was a financial bust, and the club was hit hard. Royal Bagel Now that bagel franchises blanket the city, it's tough to imagine loyal customers driving halfway across town to line up at this small Ansley Mall bakery that was among the first to offer the breakfast staple when it opened in 1974. Hangovers Buckhead Night Clubs Bars Cocktail Lounges (2) (1) 11 YEARS IN BUSINESS Amenities: (404) 846-8989 3188 Roswell Rd NW Atlanta, GA 30305 $ CLOSED NOW The club was drenched in suave '60s chic and served as a living, breathing version of all things hailed by the notorious men's magazine. Sometimes, you want a fun, relaxed dive bar, and there is no better Atlanta option than long-time mainstay, The Basement. Academy Theatre Atlanta's oldest professional theater had grown steadily for 34 years and was at its artistic peak when it was yanked off the stage in early 1990 by financial woes brought on by a slump in donations and steep rent on the 14th Street Playhouse. i just wont to let u all know that i like what saw.whlie i was there for the weekend i wish i could have stayed a little to longer. Be careful to dress your best Tongue and Groove is pretty strict about who they let in, but its worth it. The born-again, twice-divorced businessman so far has squandered more than $20 million of his own fortune on two governor's races and a Senate campaign and he still may have some hubris left over. "You could probably count on a fight at least every other night," says Eric Snoddy, a former Metroplex security guard and doorman. Nearly every Atlanta native has partied here at one point or another, and any night you visit, you will find people from all walks of life having an excellent time. During his week-long 1980 residency, Iggy Pop had a love affair with the metal pole that bisected the small stage; his set list painted on the wall remained there for years afterward. Lewis was charged with the murders (the charges were later dismissed due to a plea bargain), and the city was suddenly on high alert. Gallus A popular Midtown nightclub and restaurant with an elegant dining room, Gallus anchored the Cyprus Street cruising corridor, allowing brunch patrons to entertain themselves watching the hustlers stroll by. You will have to be sexually open and attentive in order to get into Trapeze and bag the most outstanding experiences that are offered. "Little B" Phillips State Prison in Buford, where wannabe teen gang-banger Michael Lewis, now 18, serves time for pumping three slugs into a man as the victim sat in his car with his kids outside a Vine City convenience store in 1997. When police charged Lewis with murder, he asked them if he couldn't be punished with "house arrest or something.". It's difficult to find a legendary blues or soul artist who didn't grace the Peacock's stage at one time or another: Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Elmore James, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Etta James. It is a great opportunity to stretch out and rest between flights. The club is providing unique and one of a kind experiences to the guests as well. From our archives: Read Are We Having Fun Yet? by by Melissa Harris, a dispatch from the frontlines of the Buckhead party scene. Quirky, hypnotic and immensely popular, the Grind seemed poised for national success in 1992 when a fatal crash ended their run. Olympic flameout Having the Games in town was exciting for us local yokels, but the international press corps was unimpressed, hundreds of small businesses got burned, Johnny Samaranch damned us with faint praise and ACOG was tarred with allegations of vote-buying. The club featured a 100,000-watt sound system blasting Euro disco, and thousands of mobile lights on the ceiling flipped and turned throughout the night. "Peter was the brains behind the operation," says D'Alema. Do you all remember The Bounce and 559 well I miss those clubs. Club Bolts Atlanta is the best option available to go ahead with. Starring such absolutely fabulous luminaries as Rachel Wells and Lavita Allen, it was located behind the Varsity Jr. on Cheshire Bridge Road. "Tush" -- Atlanta's homegrown "Saturday Night Live." Bunnies were also forbidden to date customers. Local and regional punk, OI and hardcore bands, including Moon Stomp, Anti-Heros, Rotten Gimmick and The Tombstones, regularly performed. Guys on leashes. Her interest in the written word started with short stories and journal entries about run-ins with classroom bullies as a child and matured to writing for her high school newspaper over the years. The Atlanta Playboy Club, along with the rest of the chain, swung hard in the '60s. Thats the main reason why you need to think about adding Mixx Atlanta to the list of nightlife entertainment options in Atlanta that you must visit as well. The Great Southeastern Music Hall Located in the elbow of the Lindbergh Plaza strip mall, it played host to mainstream acts as diverse as Lynyrd Skynyrd and Jim Croce, but it's best remembered as the site for the Sex Pistols' first-ever U.S. show Jan. 5, 1978. You will be able to attend these theme parties and have a great overall experience at the nightclub as well. Open till 2 a.m. on weekends, Oxford was where genteel Atlanta went to wind down after the movies or a show. Southline Former state legislator Todd Evans launched this liberal, if sober-sided, Midtown-based newsweekly in early 1985 with $300,000 of his own money. But, by the next morning, the snow was a foot deep in Atlanta, 3 feet deep in the mountains. "It was the place where every entertainer wanted to be.". Deacon Lunchbox With a voice as raw and murderous as the chainsaw he often wielded during his live shows, rebel poet Tim "Deacon Lunchbox" Ruttenber cut through the sludge of Atlanta's music, performance art and spoken-word scenes with memorable compositions such as "Aliens Stole My Hibachi," until he and two members of The Jody Grind were killed on tour by a drunk driver in 1992. Having escaped the death penalty, Tokars now suffers from MS; our hearts bleed for him. Local musician/restaurant owner Clay Harper attempted a short-lived, mid-'80s revival and brought in old-school Peacock acts including Hank Ballard & The Midnighters and Bo Diddley backed by The Georgia Satellites. Then, the AJC rewards would-be hero Richard Jewell with an utterly speculative profile so mean-spirited it makes Pol Pot look good by comparison. Amid rising concern about the environmental impact, the race was canceled in 1980. Appropriate facilities will be made available for you to go ahead with them. It was located in the Dinkler Hotel on Luckie Street, now the site of a Quality Inn. A huge club draw, she had a stand-up routine and did the lip-synchers one better by actually singing with a live band. Limelight/Rupert's Launched by New York club czar Peter Gatien, the Limelight was the home of '70s disco decadence in Atlanta and the reason old-timers still refer to the supermarket next door as the "Disco Kroger." Atlanta is the most populous county in . The Woodruff-supported Alliance Theatre helped nail the coffin shut when it snatched up the building lease before its rival had a chance to erase its deficit. Richards Iggy and the Stooges played a 1973 show at this Midtown club that people were still talking about 10 years later; Elton John showed up in a bunny suit and the Igster stage-dove through a tabletop. Playing a version of Spin the Bottle as re-imagined by Ron Jeremy, a network of junior-high kids in Conyers held pimply orgies in an apparent attempt to earn extra credit in sex ed. In the summer be sure to dress light because it always seems to be hot as heck! The club went under in 1988 when it spent big to bring in Abbie Hoffman for an anti-political convention that got shut down by the Man. Lester Maddox Not until his term as lieutenant governor ended in 1975 did the old-school segregationist and former guvner leave politics. Whether you want to dress up or dress down, celebrate a special event or just a Tuesday night, MJQ focuses on an amazing experience and the staff will do everything possible to make sure you have one. DJ KLEVER GOLD ROOM Every 3rd Friday of the Month. 13. If you have the chance, its worth going out of your way to visit on an open mic night order a beer, relax, and listen to upcoming superstars. Address. Arrested countless times for noble causes and dopey mistakes, Hosea still managed to get elected to the Atlanta City Council, DeKalb Commission and the state Legislature, once while serving a six-month jail sentence for leaving the scene of an accident. Underground Atlanta It's difficult to imagine Underground packed shoulder-to-shoulder with curious Atlantans unless you were at Underground's grand reopening in 1989. Address: 1245 Glenwood Ave SE, Atlanta Contact Number: +1 404-622-8686 5 Gold Room - One of the Best Nightclubs in Atlanta In the 1990s, Gold Room was a renowned but shady strip club, but it has now been renovated into a glittering tribute to Atlanta's abundant nightlife. Where else could you see both the Three Stooges' Spooks and Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder in the original 3D? Our nightlife hit an ecstatic peak in the 1990s, a decade lubricated by the free-flowing cash of the dot-com boom, the flash of the burgeoning hip-hop scene, and the youthful exuberance of the Olympics. Atlanta nightclubs provide guests with a red carpet atmosphere and an unmatched choice of entertainment. It closed in 1982; the Rhodes in Midtown followed three years later. And for the remaining few who were able to experience these establishments, the memories provide a colorful illustration of the variety of nightlife our city hosted through the years. This is how diva Pia Zadora made her entrance for a live appearance. Anneewakee When Louis Poetter and nine employees of his Douglas County psychiatric center were arrested in 1986 for molesting dozens of troubled young boys, it was revealed that state authorities had allowed the suspected pedophile to slip through the cracks (so to speak) since 1970. Jimmie Sue Finger Gambrell State women's prison, where the former Kennesaw hairdresser was sent for life for persuading her teenage lover to kill her husband in 1986. It wasn't always this way. Although it remains one of the two lowest-selling LPs in the history of Capitol Records, original pressings of their cult album, Music to Eat, are now valuable collector's items. In the end, the bulldozers triumphed. The notorious photo made it on the cover of the Atlanta Journal, in the pages of Time, Newsweek, Playboy and more than 200 American newspapers. It's where my husband and I first connected. Was it a happy blue herpes virus? Carver's Country Kitchen - TheSouthern-fried Atlanta staple closed in 2013 with plans to open shop just blocks away, but owners opted to sell it instead. His deep, dark, raspy tones sounded uncannily like Tom Waits and his grizzled countenance was a wrinkled map of pain and heartbreak. Many club regulars lived directly across the street in a warehouse that resembled something out of the cult film Suburbia. Click the button to discover venues and things to do at night in: Our Complete Guide to Atlantas Nightlife. It offered perceptive articles about complex government issues, insightful columns and literate film reviews. With this pace, Gold Room will never find it as a difficult task to become the best dance club and the night club in the region. The Butthole Surfers actually lived at the club for a week in 1988 before migrating to Athens. Although it had a promising start, it failed to catch on, closing in 1987 after it was damaged by fire. As a thriving city known for its wildly active music scene, as well as being the home for many hip-hop artists, Atlanta has an extensive nightlife. A collection of 45 records hung from the ceiling. If this wasn't enough to get the crowd going, Gatien hired "exciters," scantily clad beauties who'd shake their groove things, urging patrons to do the same. ", Although the stars on stage often outshone those in the audience, The Peacock attracted many African-American celebrities visiting Atlanta. 19. When Cornwell held his Alternative '88 festival at the club, the city had the surrounding streets closed for blocks to avoid interference with the Democratic National Convention. This marked the beginning of the end. Mitch Skandalakis His name could be Greek for "lacking scruples." Atlanta Gazette The Gazette roared out of the gate in 1974, determined to drive CL under with a yuppier approach to local news and entertainment. Here to Serve restaurants: In October 2015,the conglomerate shut down 10 of Atlanta's most popular restaurants, including Prime, Smash, Strip and Twist. 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