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Southern-Comfort Restaurant & Lounge
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- Price Range:
-
$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- No
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- No
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
5 reviews for Southern-Comfort Restaurant & Lounge
The country band rocks out. Free line dancing on Weds. WIFI. Great drinks just about any liquor you can think of! Truckers, Lot Lizards and hard workers are what you will find at this gold star dive bar. I love it. Fun for groups too. The people are authentic and there have been movies shot here. Tyler Perry shot a scene from his movie "A Family that Preys" here.
On fridays they have a 10 oz Ribeye dinner w salad and potato for 5.95
Mitzi and Jean are the BOMB bartenders on Weds and Thurs
You might want to learn this song
or Toby Keith "I love this bar" http://www.youtube.com...
Toby Keith - I Love This Bar
From the album "Shock 'N' Y'all"
We got winners; we got losers;
Chain smokers and boozers.
An' we got yuppies; we got bikers;
An' we got , thirsty hitchhikers.
And the girls next door dress up like movie stars.
Mm, mm, mmm, mmm, mmm, I love this bar.
We got cowboys; we got truckers;
Broken hearted fools and suckers.
An' we got husslers; we got fighters;
Early birds and all nighters.
And the veterans talk abouth their battle scars:
Mm, mm, mmm, mmm, mmm, I love this bar.
I love this bar,
It's my kind of place.
Just walk in through the front door,
Puts a big smile on my face.
It ain't too far; come as you are.
Mm, mm, mmm, mmm, mmm, I love this bar.
I've seen short skirts, we've got high-techs,
Blue collar boys and rednecks.
An' we got lovers; lots of lookers;
I even seen dancing girls and hookers
Ande we like to drink our beer from a mason jar:
Mm, mm, mmm, mmm, mmm, I love this bar, yes I do!
I like my truck, (I like my truck),
An' I like my girlfriend, ( I like my girlfriend),
I like to take her out to dinner;
I like a movie now and then:
But I love this bar,
It's my kind of place.
Just toeing around the dance floor,
Puts a big smile on my face.
No cover charge; come as you are.
Mm, mm, mmm, mmm, mmm, I love this bar.
Mm, mm, mmm, mmm, mmm, I just love this ol' bar.
I feel conflicted about Southern Comfort. On the one hand, they've got cheap beer and unpretentious live music and dancing. On the other hand, it's kinda sketchy and it seems as though non-regulars only love it so much because they romanticize the working-class locals (while simultaneously making fun of them).
The pluses:
-Opens at 9:00am (if you're so inclined)
-Very large space = good for big crowds, also not super smoky
-Live rock/country music
-Cheap drinks
The minuses:
-Cover charge for men on weekend nights
-Limited beer selection
-Most likely illicit activities involving drugs and prostitution
If I really liked dancing but didn't want the club atmosphere, I might come here more regularly. Other than that I can't think of any reason to go out of my way to go back, since I can get cheap beer anywhere and I think it's rude to go into a place where you're clearly not part of the community and proceed to make fun of everyone in there but then brag to your friends about how you found this "awesome dive bar where the people are so real."
A dive bar is fun, but it just got sad - the "hipsters" coming in to make fun of the prostitutes. Afterwards, the hipsters get to go home and blog and facebook about their encounters with the white prostitutes, but the prostitutes have to keep on being abused. The hipsters could at least laugh and talk about them behind their backs, instead of to their faces. And yes, when you're taking pictures of abused prosties down on their luck with your phone, they know what you're doing. It's not nice.
The best honky-tonk dive bar in Atlanta. The beer is cold and cheap and the clientele is friendly. I've not had the food but I'm told the fried items are the way to go.
There's generally live music on the weekends and karaoke during the week. The band is country-and-western through and through but the karaoke is all over the map. If you're lucky, you'll be treated to a gaggle of middle-aged and/or geriatric ladies doing "My Neck, My Back" by Khia. Oh dear.
Beware of intown hipsters who have started to discover this place in the last year or two.
The dive bar that we all love. SoCo is by far the coolest place in Atlanta, period. Super cheap drinks that are poured with manliness, even cheaper beer, and decent food start the experience off right, but add to that really good live music on the weekends and tons of activities during the week from karaoke to a lingerie show (!) and you've got a hell of a good time, any time. And you can bring everyone you know because the place is huge, bigger than any decent high school cafeteria. Great for people watching, shooting pool, singing, or scoring a romp in the parking lot later, it's all there at the SoCo.
