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Red Door Tavern
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The red door makes this bar easy to find, and the affordable drinks make it hard to leave. Keep in mind this is Buckhead’s version of a dive, so it’s more polished. The front room is home to a variety of arcade games like Skee-Ball and Big Buck, which appeal to its younger techy crowd. The main room holds a single bar and standing-room-only space that’s usually filled with an overwhelming amount of polo shirts and button-downs on weekends. Even the neon sign above the bathroom advertises that rich people party here, so it's the Atlanta dive to take your S-class-driving friends. But on weeknights, the dive bar field trippers stay home, and this place resembles more of a chill watering hole than the closing night of a corporate company golf outing.