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529
Rating Details »
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Music:
- DJ, Live
- Best Nights:
- Mon, Fri, Sat
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Smoking:
- Yes
- Coat Check:
- No
11 reviews for 529
The East Atlanta night scene had left me feeling a little bit depressed about the quality of hipster night venues. Packed, smokey, and dull, most spots just couldn't handle the fun. Then along came 529, and suddenly I'm a believer again.
The moment I showed up, I knew this place was love - a walk up bar window? Pinch me and wake me from this dream! Not having to fight drunk girls and steroid guys was a big, big plus from the get-go. There's a few tables outside the window as well so you can give your ears a break from the sound inside and enjoy sitting down with a drink (or two or twenty...).
The inside is a very intimate space. Normally I hate cramped and crowded, but for whatever reason, this felt different. Everyone was dancing, enjoying the DJ, taking photos, having fun! Wait, did I just say EVERYONE was dancing? That's right, it's a sometimes night club where people actually dance. Imagine that!
Bartenders are very friendly and offer up free water with a smile and a straw. The floor looks clean, or at least clean compared to the likes of Masquerade or MJQ. It's a really great venue, and I imagine it's equally as nice for an intimate setting with a band. It's not too loud either, which is a big welcome bonus. Retaining my hearing after a night out truly is priceless!
My new favorite bar in EAV since they have a LOT of free shows at this venue as well as reasonably priced drinks ($3 16oz PBRs, $2.50 Yeunglings if I am remembering correctly).
It is a SMALL venue but the sound is decent. The bar area can get very crowded but service doesn't take too long to get your drink order in. If you want to see some good music you may not be aware of show up for one of the many nights of free shows!
Check out of the patio if you are suffer from claustrophobia... it gets a bit cramped!
Great little spot to see some music and have a few drinks. Cheap cover.
Brand new interior, so the bathroom is CLEAN and the place is pretty spotless (let's see for how long). Nice bar area, super friendly bartenders, and I love the tv screen showing what's going on stage when you go to grab a drink.
Bonus: the cute little patio on the side with a drink window straight to the bar!
You're giving a bar a bad review for being 21+? THANK GOD 529 is 21+!
We needed another great option in the Flat Shoals area, and after the shenanigans my friends and I had last night - I will definitely come back to 529. Buddies Judi Chicago are hosting "DANCING w/Judi" there every last Saturday of the month, along with a guest act. If you've been to a Judi show, you know what that means.
I liked the intimate atmosphere, the 2-room bar-or-dancefloor setup, how crazy dark it was, and the proximity to the Flatiron.
Some Important Bar Info:
PBR tallboys are $4.50
This is a small space, so if it's crowded, dancing and moving are at a premium
They do sell hipster cigs at the bar (my friends were delighted)
Reasonable cover charge. ($8 for an all-night set)
We loved it, and will be back!
One of my new favorite bars in East Atlanta! A girlfriend of mine took me there over the Holidays & I fell in love.
It is tiny. Well, the actual bar is tiny-- there are tables & a beautiful stage in a different room-- but that was closed sorta because it was basically just us & another dude bellied up to the bar. If the space wasn't so nice & new, it could be 'Barfly' up in theres, it had sorta a pro drinker feel (which is my kinda place).
This bar is great if:
1) You would like to hear what your companions are saying to you (and I would-- I am old & married so having to say "whaa? over & over again would just hurt my feelings)
2) You would not like to wait for 25 minutes to get another beer
3) The environment is relaxing-- the bartenders & owners are relaxed-- the place is *cozy* .
4) If you are not looking for a scenester bar on a Saturday night. Or if you are, this should be your first stop so you can actually have a buzz before slogging into cramped quarters at the Earl to wait for a beverage.
529 is a new bar on Flat Shoals directly across from the Flatiron in East Atlanta. It's a small space, but they make the most of what they have to work with, shoehorning in a few little booths in the corners that many places might leave unused. The highlight is the nice venue area just off the bar. It's not big, but the stage, flooring, and PA are good. Expect DJs and local bands to make it a regular venue.
Beer isn't the cheapest ($3.50 for Miller High Life draft?) and the selection isn't great but it's not bad enough to be a turnoff.
Overall, it's a comfortable, tastefully-renovated spot that should become pretty popular pretty quickly.
Great little bar. Found out about it from a friend who knows a bartender there. 529 brings in solid, interesting bands of different genres. The place draws in a great mixed crowd. (not ubiqutous scenesters or hipster that have been a bit overplayed lately) ...not that there's anything wrong with that.
bartenders attentive and very friendly. Cool intimate atmophere in the bar room and nice open stage space in the main room.
Cover charge is typically $5 from the last couple times i've been. I havent really gone for the music per se but should soon. I like to stop in for a late night drink after being out somewhere else.
I love how there's a flatscreen in the bar area showing a b&w camera view of the stage. You can people watch and spot some of the goofy dancers that are out in front of the stage when the place is dying down.
Great spot to stop by if you're out in east atlanta village.
What can I say that hasn't been said actually?? Hmmm?
Small bar with a great low key vibe.
Great PA system, friendly and quick staff, affordable drinks although someone said not so much (I don't know I occasionally am in the mood for a redbull vodka and at $10 a pop at most places the $5 they charged me for this large and usually pricey bevie was not bad at all I say), djs spinning, clean bathroom (there's only one, but the bar is small so that's really all you need), dance floor, and my fav part about the dance floor is that if you're standing at the bar and don't feel like turning around you can just watch the people dancing on the tv at the bar. lol Not so good for me considering you guys would get a kick out of watching me. Ugggg. Hopefully they don't save those tapes. lol
All in all great "little" hang out spot. I dig the vibe, quick friendly service, affordable, and I can't say that anyone in our group of 15 the last time I went would disagree.
529 is my favorite place for a beer after work. Small comfortable and usually something great on the tv screen at the bar. Very friendly service and good selection of beers & booze. Keep it up.
Judi Chicago every month... does it get any better? Oh and not at Lenny's! 529 is small, dark, and has laser lights (a big selling point for me). Prices are the same as pretty much every other bar I've been to and the sound is pretty good. I'll be going back again and again.
529 is a pretty tops bar. It's just the right size to make indie-type rock shows feel at home - unlike, say, Lenny's and the Highland Inn Ballroom, which both look dead empty with 100+ people in 'em. The drinks are on the cheap side, too - my tab the other night was $31 + tip for four mixed drinks and two Yuenglings.
There's not much to the place, really - a small bar and an open theatre. The sound is a close second to the EARL for rock, and the best I've heard in town for electronic. Plenty of pantleg-shaking low-end. The decor is nondescript - neither too dive-y nor too coke-palace-y.
As mister "Harold A." pointed out in his review, it is 21+ only, so I suppose you would be better served elsewhere if you're hoping to troll for high school sophomores.
