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Atlanta

Dial the number in the phone booth.

Atlanta's best secret sits behind an antique red phone booth downtown: dial the number, the wall opens, and Red Phone Booth pours rare spirits and craft cocktails in a 1920s room where a cigar is welcome.

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Sweet Auburn
Black-Owned

The James Room

661 Auburn Ave NE, Atlanta, GA
Bar Tue–Sun 5pm–late · behind the patisserie

Black-owned Sweet Auburn stunner: French patisserie by day, sultry vibe-dining cocktail den with DJs after dark.

Pip’s Tip Behind the patisserie. Black-owned, Tuesday to Sunday from five, DJs after dark.

Midtown
Black-Owned

The Consulate

10 10th St NW, Atlanta, GA
Tue–Sat 5–11pm · tucked inside an office tower

Black-owned, passport-themed hideaway tucked in a Midtown office tower, serving globally inspired plates and world-hopping cocktails.

Pip’s Tip Tucked inside a Midtown office tower, Tuesday to Saturday. Black-owned and passport-themed.

Downtown

Red Phone Booth

17 Andrew Young International Blvd, Atlanta, GA
Evenings · phone-booth entry

A 1920s hideaway behind an antique phone booth, rare whiskey, craft cocktails, and a cigar-friendly parlor.

Pip’s Tip Entry is through the antique phone booth, and you need the number. Sort that before you arrive.

Buckhead

Himitsu

3050 Peachtree Rd NW, Atlanta, GA
Thu–Sat late nights · entry by reservation or code via Umi

Buckhead's velvet-rope Japanese speakeasy beside Umi, pouring gold-flecked cocktails for those who know the code.

Decatur

The S.O.S. Tiki Bar

340 Church St, Decatur, GA
Tue–Sun evenings · through the back of Victory

Slip past Victory Sandwich Bar into a kitschy shipwreck den of flaming rum drinks and island snacks in Decatur.

Inman Park

Little Spirit

299 N Highland Ave NE, Atlanta, GA
Mon–Sat 5:30pm–2am · unmarked door

An unmarked Inman Park door opens to playful spirit-forward cocktails and late-night DJ energy in a moody jewel-box room.

Buckhead

Johnny's Hideaway

3771 Roswell Rd NE, Atlanta, GA
Daily until late

Atlanta's legendary nightclub for big kids since 1979, where Sinatra, disco and nightly dancing never go out of style.

Underground Atlanta

MJQ Concourse

50 Lower Alabama St, Atlanta, GA
Late nights Thu–Sat · unmarked underground entrance

Atlanta's cult underground dance bunker, reborn beneath Underground Atlanta and still packing sweaty dance floors until the small hours.

Downtown

Trader Vic's

255 Courtland St NE, Atlanta, GA
Tue–Sat 5–10:30pm · Hilton lower level

One of America's last original Trader Vic's, a 1976 tiki time capsule of mai tais hiding beneath the downtown Hilton.

Midtown

JoJo's Beloved

1197 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA
Nightly · find the neon sun inside Politan Row

A neon sun inside Politan Row leads to this '70s-glam hideaway of disco balls, vinyl and retro cocktails.

Midtown

The Waiting Room

674 Myrtle St NE, Atlanta, GA
Nightly from 7pm · upstairs at Bon Ton

Upstairs from Bon Ton, a dim and sexy '70s lounge with live jazz, martinis and mystery-novel energy.

Old Fourth Ward

Ranger Station

684 John Wesley Dobbs Ave NE, Atlanta, GA
Wed–Sun evenings · secret staircase inside Ladybird

A secret staircase inside Ladybird lands you in a cozy wood-paneled ranger cabin pouring campfire-inspired cocktails.

Smyrna

Eleanor's

1675 Cumberland Pkwy SE, Smyrna, GA
Daily · through Muss & Turner's walk-in cooler

Walk through Muss & Turner's cooler door into Smyrna's beloved industrial speakeasy for burgers, beers and bourbon.

Featured Speakeasy

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This month's family secret

Red Phone Booth

Get the number, dial it in the booth, watch the wall open, Atlanta's speakeasy does the ritual right.

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PIPS Password Night: Atlanta

A hidden room with the family. Members get the password first.

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Behind the door.

Speakeasies are one chapter of Pip's Lifestyle, find the lounges, whiskey bars, rooftops and jazz clubs below.