4.5Paper Crane Lounge
Old Fourth Ward · Atlanta, GA · 1.3 mi
A quiet upstairs room where the drinks lean tropical and the lighting leans conspiratorial.
Hidden Door
Georgia / Atlanta
Blind Willie's
A narrow blues-and-jazz room where the horn section and the bourbon arrive at the same volume.
Getting in
Cash-friendly door, cover charge most nights.
Order this
Sazerac
Your passport
Jazz Room rooms like this one are catalogued across the trail — see every jazz room bar.
Keep the night going
Nearest doors
4.5
4.4Bar Margot
Midtown · Atlanta, GA · 1.9 mi
Deep velvet banquettes and a martini poured with hotel-bar patience, a few steps off a Midtown lobby.
Hotel Bar
4.4Trader Vic's
Downtown · Atlanta, GA · 2.2 mi
A subterranean survivor of the tiki era, all carved tikis and rum smoke beneath a downtown hotel lobby.
Tiki Lounge
4.6Red Phone Booth
Downtown · Atlanta, GA · 2.4 mi
A cigar-scented parlor of oxblood leather and low brass lamplight, reached only through a red telephone box on a downtown sidewalk. The password changes; the reverence does not.
Hidden Door
The Gear Room
Drink like Blind Willie's at home
Nick & Nora Glasses (set of 4)
The stem that made the coupe look loud. Named for the most functional drunks in film.
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Double Old Fashioned Glasses
Heavy base, wide mouth, room for a large cube. Built for whiskey and elbows.
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Blue Note Classics on Vinyl
The room tone of every good back bar. Start with Blakey, end with Monk.
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