Atkins Park Restaurant and Tavern

Atkins Park Restaurant and Tavern

Owner

Atkins Park enjoys a colorful history as Atlanta's oldest continuously licensed tavern and we are grateful for the continued loyalty from the neighborhood.

We are proud to offer an exciting menu created by Executive Chef, Andrew Smith. Chef Andrew has a diverse background, which includes Southern, French and Mexican. Chef Andrew specializing in using local healthly ingredients to provide comfort food with which you will remember. Please come meet Chef Andrew at Atkins Park in the Highlands.

Whether you're looking for a great place to eat with the kids, weekend brunch, or a late night drink...Atkins Park has something to offer everybody. We offer the best family dining in the Highlands on the Atkins Park patio.

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In Short
A neighborhood fixture since trolley-cars still roamed North Highland Avenue, (1922, making it Atlanta's oldest continuously licensed tavern) Atkins Park should be the considered the pioneer of Virginia Highland's bar blueprint. It's slightly elegant, slightly casual and their Southern-influenced comfort food stands on its own. Deep booths flank the elongated bar while the separate dining room offers a quieter space for families or those looking to escape the smoke. The menu, while good for supper gets downright crave-able after a few late-night pints. The fried chicken (in finger form or bone-in) flies under the radar as one of Atlanta's best. Well executed NC-style barbecue, shrimp po'boys and fried green tomatoes with pimento cheese add culture and flavor, separating Atkins from the usual burgers 'n'brews joint. Expect a Va-Hi bar-crawl crowd with a few true neighbors scattered in. Go for the booze, splurge on the food and go home happy.