Leader Board Captures Champion Spots for Masters Golf Tournament Viewing and Specials

We “fore”-see a week of highly focused pros and incredible skills playing out at the Masters Tournament over the week of April 2-8. Perhaps you’re one of the lucky ones like Umi executive chef Fuyuhiko Ito cruising toward Augusta National Golf Club to follow golfers on practice or final rounds. If not, instead of puttering around in despair, pull on your golf shirt or cap and venture to Atlanta eateries teeing off Masters-themed specials and just-like-being-there viewing options.   
 
Atkins Park Restaurant & Bar in Virginia-Highland encourages golfers and duffers to “witness a tradition unlike any other with a tavern unlike any other.” A Masters-themed food and drink menu drives the course April 5-8, flagging egg salad, pimento cheese, bar-b-que, chicken breast or turkey sandwiches ($5-$6); fries, sweet potato fries or field greens salad ($3); Miller or Stella Artois drafts ($4-$5.50) and golf-y cocktails including John Daly, Sand Wedge, Transfusion and Green Jacket ($6-$7). The Masters Tournament will play out on all televisions, volume on. To open tournament week, Atkins Park is tapping into a special Masters draft beer at 8 p.m. Monday, April 2.
 
All three Henri’s Bakery locations -- Westside, Buckhead and Sandy Springs -- are teeing up a $7.99 Masters special, available April 5-7. Grab the same kind of lunch items tournament attendees can claim at Augusta’s tradition-laced golf club: a pimento cheese or egg salad sandwich, Arnold Palmer drink and a green shortbread cookie.

Atkins Park Loads Bases for Braves Home Opener Bus Trip March 29

Run home to Atkins Park Restaurant & Bar in Virginia-Highland -- they’re loading the bus for the annual Atlanta Braves season home opener game. Catch the action Thursday, March 29 when the Braves take on the Philadelphia Phillies at SunTrust Park. Your $55 ticket covers game ticket, pre-game eats, alcohol and bus transportation to and from the game. These seats will fly out of the ballpark faster than you can shout, “Batter up!” so field tickets now at Atkins Park. First come, first served.

Still Getting Its Kicks at 96, Atkins Park Va-Hi Celebrates 96th Anniversary March 14

Atkins Park Delicatessen in Virginia-Highland first opened its doors to welcome friends in 1922 (see a photo here). Almost a century later, Atkins Park Restaurant & Bar is still cruising the longevity highway, and the city’s oldest continuously licensed tavern merges into year 96 with love, levity and a number of cold beers and signature eats. Join the anniversary celebration on Wednesday, March 14. Say “Cheers!” to many more years and enjoy a limited open bar and tasting station, SweetWater beer and complimentary anniversary T-shirts (while supplies last). Hang out on the patio, linger over upscale comfort foods and Big Green Egg specialties and keep talking over drinks into the wee hours. There are 364 more days until #97.

Bounce into March Madness Viewing Mode at Atlanta Restaurants

By now you’ve finished agonizing over which team to put where in those all-important brackets. W’hoop it up and follow NCAA March Madness action with fellow hoopsters over thirst-slaking bevvies and game munchies, be they shareable snacks or something more substantial. Atlanta restaurants are all over the court with brews, views and fan-worthy fare that banish stadium popcorn and peanuts to the cheap seats.

Atkins Park Restaurant & Bar in Virginia-Highland courts basketball fans with craft beers by draft, bottle or can, cocktails, wine for day or night drinking along with an Always Available menu of favorite appetizers, salads, burgers and sandwiches. Fast action and cold brews hanker for Guinness-dipped pretzels, pimento cheese and stout mustard, Big Green Egg smoked wings, Atkins Park confit wings and Atkins Park nachos and Southern “Totchos” ($7-$12). While players sink baskets, sink teeth into a Bruno burger or Big Green Egg pulled pork on a jalapeño bun and affirm the full-court press over a pressed Cuban sandwich or grilled chicken panini ($10-$11). Plenty of screens for almost-courtside viewing.

Glued to the games over the weekend? Gather to toast and rehash the win (or drown sorrows) over specially priced drinks and half-priced appetizers at Chama Gaucha Brazilian Steakhouse in Buckhead. On Mondays and Tuesdays, the conveniently located steakhouse tosses out prices of $4.50 for draft beer, $8 house wines, $8 house caipirinhas and $8 for house martinis. Snap up half-priced appetizers Monday through Friday from 4:30-7 p.m. Stave hunger over a dozen marinated and grilled Chama wings ($7.50), shrimp or steak nachos ($6), charcuterie and aged cheeses ($8), or grilled delicacies of picanha ($5.75), shrimp ($5.50), chicken breast and filet mignon wrapped in bacon ($6) or two Australian lamb chops ($8). Game days, follow the action on two screens in the bar area while enjoying drinks, appetizers, lunch or dinner. Break away and enjoy some downtime outdoors over a relaxing patio meal of grilled picanha, filet mignon, rib-eye, Australian lamb chops, chicken breast or shrimp ($24-$38), as well as appetizers, soup and salads. Another way to celebrate a win and score points with your teammate? Take advantage of the restaurant’s March Malbec wine-and-dine special: a bottle of Catena Alta malbec and weekday lunch for two is $110; $130 for Sunday brunch for two or $150 for a bottle with dinner for two.
 

Bracket followers in Brookhaven and Midtown can watch their teams progress on big screens at both HOBNOB Neighborhood Tavern locations. Sip bourbon from the comprehensive list, go with craft brews or signature cocktails or toast wins with wine while enjoying mouthwatering tavern fare prepared with Southern flair. During the NCAA March Madness Final Four, March 31-April 2, adults wearing team gear from any of the Final Four teams can score a free shot during the game at HOBNOB Midtown or Town Brookhaven.

Taco Mac slam dunks it as a sports-watching venue with the most craft beers on draft, award-winning wings and multitudes of screens. Throughout March, specials on Budweiser, Bud Light, Michelob Ultra and Shock Top beers prevail including 60-ounce pitchers ($11.95), 20-ounce drafts ($4.75) and mix-and-match buckets filled with four beers ($13.99). Taco Mac’s annual Bracket Showdown is already underway. The guest with the best bracket at each location receives a $100 Taco Mac gift card; guests who correctly predict 60+ games take home $5,000; and those who predict a perfect 63-game bracket win $10,000 cash. One Overall Bracket Champion will ride home on a brand-new Harley-Davidson XG500 Street.

Think high-spirited rim shots, as in shots of tequila or salty-rimmed signature margaritas, at Tin Lizzy’s Cantina or choose cool bottled, draft or pitchers of beer to quench hoop-induced thirsts. Tin Lizzy’s multiplies game-viewing ops with multiple cantina locations, lots of screens tuned into the games and a star-studded roster of tacos, quesadillas, skillets, nachos and more. Staying on the home court? Let Tin Lizzy’s cater your home or office viewing party. 

Appetizing Aperture: Atkins Park Herb-Roasted Chicken

Even though it’s winter, herb-roasted chicken ($13 lunch/$15 dinner) at Atkins Park Restaurant & Bar satisfies and comforts like a tall glass of sweet tea on a Georgia summer day. Probably because the Joyce Farms airline chicken breasts are brined in sweet tea before roasting so they’re tender and moist for your fork. Fried okra and butternut squash gratin join the Southern foods family reunion on a plate.

Celebrate Fat Tuesday in a Big Way at Atkins Park Virginia-Highland Feb. 13

Fat Tuesday is so big, Atkins Park Restaurant & Bar in Virginia-Highland couldn’t squeeze the party into a few evening hours of revelry…so they’re filling the whole day with Mardi Gras glory. One dollar king cake slices lead the daylong procession of food and drink specials on Tuesday, Feb. 13. Lucky customers finding a tiny baby in their king cake slice will receive a $20 Atkins Park gift card. Eat, drink and be merry on Tuesday -- and bring your Valentine with you since Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday coincide the next day.

Atkins Park Santa Ride through Intown Neighborhoods Spins Holiday Fun Dec. 6

The ho-ho-holidays are coming ‘round fast like wheels on a BeltLine-bound bicycle. Clock some miles while shifting gears into holly jolly mode by saddling up the bike and joining in the 12^th annual Santa Ride in honor of Warren Bruno, hosted by Atkins Park Restaurant & Bar in Virginia-Highland on Wednesday, Dec. 6. Throw on your jingle and gather in the restaurant’s parking lot at 5 p.m., ready to roll out at 6 p.m. for the leisurely 10-mile ride, jingling all the way. Deck your all with holiday attire for the costume contest -- think Santa, elves, reindeer, holiday lights -- put your own spin on the theme and decorate your bike as well. All Santa Ride participants can vote for the best costume, and the winner rides herd on the coveted WB Holiday Bike, a smooth in-town cruiser, until next year’s Santa Ride. No fee to participate means more green in your pocket to contribute to the cause, preferably a minimum $25 donation for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. One hundred percent of proceeds are channeled toward on-going efforts to fight and cure cancer. We ride in honor of Warren Bruno who packed more cheer into his person than all the rest of us combined.

Appetizing Aperture

Rough day? You need the Southern comfort of classic chicken ‘n dumplings ($11) on the lunch menu at Atkins Park Restaurant & Bar in Virginia-Highland. Claim every morsel and drop of this feel-good food before setting out, pleasingly satiated, to take on the rest of the day.

Rise Up to a Falcons Tailgate and Game Viewing at Atkins Park Va-Hi Oct. 22

Swoop into Atkins Park Restaurant & Bar in Virginia-Highland for backyard tailgating during the Atlanta Falcons game on Oct. 22. Watch the Dirty Birds take on the New England Patriots on Atkins Park’s outdoor projector while devouring a fan-friendly low country boil. Kickoff is at 8:30 p.m., early birds welcome. Sit back in lawn chairs or keep throwing arms warm playing cornhole and Ping-Pong and hoisting the beers and cocktails that will be available for purchase. Plus, one lucky raffle winner gets two tickets to see the Falcons take on the Dallas Cowboys in November. $22 per person for low country boil.

New Atkins Park Va-Hi Menu Rakes in Fall Comfort Foods

You know it’s fall when sweet tea converts from an ice-cold beverage to a sweet tea brine for herb-roasted chicken at Atkins Park Restaurant & Bar in Virginia-Highland. No fear, iced tea and cold beverages are on the lunch, dinner and brunch menus -- along with the heartier fare we crave as the temperatures slide downward. The aforementioned herb-roasted airline chicken breast from Joyce Farms plates up with fried okra and butternut squash gratin ($13-$15) for a lunch or dinner treat. Pan-seared scallops with fried leeks, whipped cauliflower and herbed butter sauce ($12); jambalaya skillet with chicken and andouille sausage ($12); and autumnal grilled apple flatbread topped with arugula, Sweet Grass Dairy Asher Blue cheese and honey ($10) appear as entrées at lunch, small plates come dinnertime. Change out your usual appetizer for fried okra and remoulade dipping sauce ($5) at lunch, brunch or dinner. Substantial dinner fare satiates, whether you’re a beef eater sticking with a 12-ounce Certified Angus Beef rib-eye, goat cheese mashed potatoes, braised leeks and garlic and herb compound butter ($25) or desiring a Southern staple of shrimp and grits ($19). For lunch, choose among pan-fried salmon cakes with corn maque choux and green tomato chow-chow ($11); a bowl of classic chicken and dumplings ($11) or cornbread-crusted Georgia trout with mashed potatoes, green beans and bourbon brown butter apples ($19). Atkins Park’s “Always Available” menu pleases those wanting to “veg” out on kale and sweet potato salad with dried cranberries, feta cheese and roasted garlic vinaigrette ($7) or the grilled vegetable muffaletta plump with grilled portabella and zucchini, roasted red pepper, artichoke-olive relish and provolone on ciabatta ($11) and those preferring a can’t-put-it-down smoked prime rib French dip with caramelized onion, Gruyere cheese and horseradish cream on a hoagie ($13). Big Green Egg aficionados will be glad to know that specialties such as pulled pork with spicy vinegar BBQ sauce on a jalapeño bun ($10) and smoked wings with spicy BBQ sauce, veggies and blue cheese or buttermilk ranch dressing ($12) are available anytime, and they can roll into Sunday brunch for BGE smoked beef brisket and eggs with crispy potatoes and sourdough toast ($14). Another enticement, Atkins Park serves these delectable dishes more hours than not, open Monday-Friday 11:30 a.m.-3 a.m., Saturday 11 a.m.-3 a.m. and Sunday 11 a.m.-12 a.m.

Atkins Park Va-Hi Dishes Half-Priced Wings during Falcons Preseason Games Plus BGE and Drink Specials at Porch Party Aug 30

Atkins Park Restaurant & Bar in Virginia-Highland brings on the wings, half-priced at that, during Atlanta Falcons preseason games. Watch the hot competition between the Atlanta Falcons and the Arizona Cardinals on Aug. 26 and the Jacksonville Jaguars on Aug. 31 while munching those addicting Big Green Egg-smoked wings with spicy BBQ sauce or Atkins Park confit wings that are slow-fried in duck fat and tossed in sweet chili-garlic sauce or Atkins Park wing sauce (regularly $11). Both team up with veggies and buttermilk ranch or blue cheese dressing. Kickoff time is 7 p.m. A Summer Porch Party takes playtime outside on Wednesday, Aug. 30. Jump the midweek hump for Sierra Nevada beer features and Big Green Egg dinner specials joined by live music from Reverend Hylton with special guest Jenna Mobley at 8 p.m.

Appetizing Aperture: Lousiana BBQ Shrimp Lettuce Wraps at Atkins Park

Skip the taco shell and go green with small plates of Louisiana BBQ shrimp lettuce wraps ($11) at Atkins Park Restaurant & Bar in Virginia-Highland. Tender shrimp are all fired up to tuck in with lemon, red bell pepper and onions in these refreshing wraps. Have another and throw in a cold Abita beer while you’re at it, please.

Big Green Egg Chow, Drinks, Live Music Rock Atkins Park Va-Hi Porch Party June 21

Live the Southern summer porch life, socializing, sipping cold cocktails and brews, and eating with your fingers. Toe-tapping to live music stirs breezes, and tantalizing aromas waft over from the Big Green Egg where dinner specials are grilling their way to your plate. In Virginia-Highland, the Atkins Park Restaurant & Bar Summer Kickoff Porch Party on Wednesday, June 21 promises all of these delights plus cocktails from Cutwater and ice-cold Sierra Nevada brews. Party officially starts at 8 p.m., but no one says you have to wait ‘til 8 to park it on the porch.

Big Green Egg Smoked Wings and More Land on New Menu at Atkins Park Virginia-Highland

Atkins Park Restaurant & Bar in Virginia-Highland has summer fun in mind and on its new menu. Don’t panic, favorites are still there. But think how wonderful it will be to share “Always Available” dishes that shout “Summer!” such as Big Green Egg smoked wings ($11) and Guinness-dipped pretzels with pimento cheese and stout mustard ($6). Or, hoist a spicy Texas chicken sandwich or wrap ($11), salmon BLT with house-smoked bacon ($12), Big Green Egg pulled pork on a jalapeño bun ($9), smoked prime rib French dip ($13) or wild mushroom and spinach on toasted multigrain bread ($11). For lunch, try power-packed grilled salmon or steak salads ($12), beef short rib sliders with Vidalia onion jam ($7), “Flatbread of the South” ($12) or “The Local Vegetable Plate” ($12). Appetizers, entrées and small plates load up the dinner menu. Think meat and cheese board ($15), cornbread-crusted Georgia trout ($19), braised short ribs with sweet potato gnocchi ($20) or Louisiana BBQ shrimp lettuce wraps ($11). It’s easy to linger over weekend brunch to savor a fried chicken pancake sandwich ($12), Big Green Egg smoked wagyu beef brisket and eggs ($14) or a chorizo skillet ($10). Cocktails, beer, wine -- Atkins Park accessorizes perfectly with these liquid refreshers. 

Ride the Atkins Park Party Bus to/from Braves Home Opener April 14

Braves fans, field this hometown advantage -- a Braves home opener bus trip -- pitched by Atkins Park Restaurant & Bar in Virginia-Highland. Score a home run drive from Atkins Park Va-Hi (bus leaves at 5 p.m.), round the bases to pick up fans at Ormsby’s, then slide into new SunTrust Park stadium for the Atlanta Braves vs. the San Diego Padres evening game on Friday, April 14. This gig includes all the gear: ticket, commemorative T-shirt, pre-game chow and beer and round-trip transportation. Atkins Park Va-Hi, teammate Ormsby’s and beer sponsors Miller Lite and Terrapin Beer Company back this spirited party and stress-less game transportation. $75 per person. All you have to do is leave your dugout and stop by Atkins Park Va-Hi to buy your bus trip ticket. Call 404-876-7249 for more info.

Atkins Park Va-Hi Holds Your Ticket to Masters Tournament Televised Viewing April 6-9

Who’s your caddie? Atkins Park Restaurant & Bar in Virginia-Highland has your back, Masters Tournament fans, from tee off to the donning of the green jacket. Watch televised coverage of a golfing tradition unlike any other with a tavern unlike any other, Thursday, April 6 through Sunday, April 9. Putter up to the bar for Masters-themed specialty cocktails—John Daly, Sand Wedge, Transfusion and the Green Jacket ($6-$7) as well as draft beer, both domestic ($3) and imported ($5).  A “Masters” menu offers the same kinds of classics as viewers along the Augusta National: sandwiches filled with egg salad, pimento cheese, bar-b-que, chicken breast or turkey ($5-$6); and fries, sweet potato fries and field green salad for snacking ($3). Just like the best caddies, Atkins Park thinks of everything…like commemorative cups, so useful for cheering and hydrating all the way to the 19^th hole. 

95 Years and Going Strong – Join in Atkins Park Va-Hi Anniversary Celebration Mar. 22

Atkins Park Restaurant & Bar in Virginia-Highland has been around since ’22 (makes them 95 to me and you). Numbering five years shy of a century and being Atlanta’s longest continuously operating tavern are worthy reasons for the neighborhood mainstay to celebrate on Wednesday, Mar. 22. Join the anniversary celebration for open bar and complimentary food from 6-7 p.m. Perhaps one of the limited commemorative t-shirts will find its way home with you.

Leap through a Week of St. Pat’s Fun and Frolics

Atkins Park Restaurant & Bar in Virginia-Highland hosts a free, shamrockin’ St. Pat’s family cookie decorating party from 5-9 p.m. on Wednesday, Mar. 15. Bedazzle shamrock-shaped sugar cookies with a variety of candies (and save for Thursday’s lunchbox if the young leprechaun’s tuck-in time is approaching).

Even luckier are Irish eyes smiling over Atkins Park‘s special St. Pat’s menu, offered all day Mar. 17, for they’ll gleam over dishes of corned beef and cabbage glazed with stout mustard, new potatoes, roasted carrots and Irish soda bread ($14); bangers and mash featuring Guinness-braised sausage, mashed potatoes, caramelized onions and stout mustard ($12); braised lamb shank with mashed potatoes and vegetables topped with brown gravy ($16); and decadent bread pudding with white and dark chocolate Baileys crème anglaise ($5).

Save some of that pot o’ gold by partaking in complimentary corned beef and cabbage along with Irish shooters at Johnny’s Hideaway on Thursday, Mar. 16. Tis a night for wearing o’ the dancing slippers -- downing a few shooters will loosen up those dance floor jigs. 

On Mar. 17, follow the rainbow to plenty o’ $5 green beer and $16 corned beef and cabbage specials for hungry leprechauns at HOBNOB Neighborhood Tavern. Tap toes to live and lively music by James Patrick Morgan from 9 p.m. until midnight. The really big shindig, HOBNOB’s St. Patrick’s Day party, hops to at 10 p.m. offering all-you-can-drink beer and all-you-can-eat pizza. Fork over $39 per person in advance or dig up $59 at the door.

Come celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in style at Ormsby’s. You don’t want to miss out on Chef Nick Anderson’s St. Paddy’s specials including Shepherd’s Pie and corned beef & cabbage with a Guinness mustard jus. Sip on their signature Irish car bomb or keep it classic with a Jameson, a Glendalaugh Whiskey or an Ormsby’s favorite, Paddy’s Irish Whiskey. Come for the food but stay for the games. Voted as Atlanta’s “Best Bar with Games,” what better place to celebrate with some friendly competition. 

Atkins Park Restaurant & Bar Cracks Open Kegs & Eggs for Early St. Pat’s Egg-citement Mar. 11

Go green on Saturday, Mar. 11 at the 6th annual Kegs & Eggs bar hop in Virginia-Highland. Jig and jump-start the St. Patrick’s Day week at 10 a.m. by gleaning Irish- and green-themed grub and spirits -- complimentary or at special 3/2/1 prices -- upon showing off your K&E wristband at participating restaurants and bars. Atkins Park Restaurant & Bar, for instance, will load Shamrock Shots and green fruit cups for incoming wristband-wearing leprechauns, and 3/2/1 drink prices translate to $3 well drinks or $2 beer or $1 shots. Atlanta Bar Tours organizes the Kegs & Eggs-travaganza. Buy tickets online, $19.99 per person. Must be 21 or over and show valid I.D. to partake in the party.

Spend Wednesday Night with Monday Night’s New Scottish-style Whiskey and Cellared Brew at Atkins Park Va-Hi Mar. 8

When Monday Night Brewing rolls out its new Scottish-style whiskey this week, Atkins Park Restaurant & Bar readily receives -- and pours on Wednesday, Mar. 8. The Virginia-Highland tavern will offer cocktails incorporating the new whiskey and Monday Night Brewing’s Ginger Soda, already on tap. And while they’re tapping, they’ll break into a keg of Monday Night Brewing's Nitro Bourbon Barrel Drafty Kilt that’s been cellared since 2015. Talk shop about whiskey and brews with Monday Night Brewing experts. Enjoy special dishes to pair with the whiskey and brews: Drafty Kilt scotch ale and cheddar soup with beer bread ($6.50), frisée salad with shaved almonds, blood orange and honey citrus vinaigrette ($6), spiced apple braised lamb shanks over coconut rice ($18) and salted dark chocolate ($6). Whiskey and beer mean lots to cheer!