Outside, the presentation is about as pure as a dive bar presentation can be. The sign, the murals out front, the neon, the bars on the windows, this is a total package when it comes to visual dive bar appeal. As with quite a few Atlanta dive bars (looking at you, Moe’s & Joe’s), the sign shapes the name of the bar in the style of the PBR logo. A pair of fresh-looking murals span each of the bar’s front-facing exterior walls, one proclaiming the virtues of Fireball, the other the patriotic glory of, you guessed it, PBR. But it is the slightly cloudy, colorfully-illuminated front windows and accompanying crisscross barred windows that provides that signature dive bar look.
Passing through the green front door set into cinder block, the space is deceptively large, a main bar area including the well-used stage in front paired with a second room dominated by a pair of pool tables through a series of painted arches at left. The stage is slender, to be sure, enough room for a jazz group but not much else, the backdrop filled with framed art depicting performers of years past. The series of arches down the center of the space runs right into the bar itself, creating a bit of separation between sides of drinkers. The colors are deep and dark. Red painted cinder block, black arches, red neon paired with green, the hue feels almost purple.
