Manuel's Tavern
Best Tavern in Atlanta · GA
Atlanta's political living room
Manuel's Tavern has been Atlanta's quintessential neighborhood bar since Manuel Maloof opened it in Poncey-Highland in 1956. Journalists, politicians, police, and Emory students have shared its wood-paneled booths for generations, and the walls — thick with photos, memorabilia, and Democratic-Party history — read like a scrapbook of the city.
The kitchen turns out honest tavern food and cold beer, but the draw has always been the room itself: a genuinely democratic gathering place that has outlasted nearly every bar of its era.
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2025 Centurion Award
Best Tavern in Atlanta Atlanta, GA · Awarded under the 2025 evaluation View the 2025 award →Awards run one calendar year and renew only if the business clears the bar again. Selection is by published criteria, never for sale.
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