Atlanta Hot Spots

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Hot Atlanta:
(List  in Collaboration with Atlanta Artist, Paige Adair)

Hottest Place to Learn History:
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site
450 Auburn Ave NE, Atlanta, GA
Visitor Information
(404) 331-6922
www.nps.gov/malu

Hottest Place for Late Night Vittles:
The Majestic Diner
1031 Ponce de Leon Avenue, Atlanta, NE
Short order cooking. Cheap eats. Quintessential roadside diner complete with counter seating, freak show regulars, and tattooed waitresses. Great place to sober up.

Hottest Strip Club:
The Claremont
789 Ponce De Leon Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30306-4396
Phone: (404) 874-4783

Strippers range from bar-age to your mother’s age.  Stage is right in the middle of the bar, so belly up.

Hottest BBQ:
Daddy D’s BBQ
(404) 222-0206
264 Memorial Dr SE
www.daddydz.com

Hottest Place to Drink:
Manuel’s Tavern
602 N. Highland Ave
Atlanta, GA
404-525-3447
a broad cross-section of American culture rub elbows at the bar

Hottest Place to Take a Date:
Rathbun’s Steak
(404) 524-5600
154 Krog St Ne
Atlanta, GA
www.rathbunssteak.com
Award-winning chef

Hottest Place to Take a Date the Next Morning:
Ria’s Bluebird Cafe
421 Memorial Dr.
Atlanta, GA_30312
404-521-3737
www.riasbluebird.com
Fabulous food, open air seating, great atmosphere

Hottest Place to Take a Breather:
Stone Mountain Park
770.498.5690 or 800.401.2407
www.stonemountainpark.com

Hottest Festival:
Atlanta Jazz Festival
www.atlantafestivals.com
(over the month of May, culminating over Memorial Day Weekend

Hottest Place to Read News and Events:
Creative Loafing
atlanta.creativeloafing.com

Hottest Atlanta Author:
Pearl Cleage
www.pearlcleage.net