"Sarah Oak Kim entered the hospitality industry as a bartender at 18, and over the next 17 years, the city’s nightlight scene provided her with far more than a profession. Working in hospitality offered Oak Kim a tight-knit group of friends, co-ownership in Edgewood Avenue bar Our Bar ATL, and a platform to address significant community issues in Atlanta. Our Bar ATL’s staff and owners met while working at the Department Store bar at the corner of Edgewood and Boulevard. After Department Store closed in 2016, the group went into film production and continued to work together making music videos and documentaries. Our Bar ATL opened in 2020, just a month before the pandemic began. The ethos is simple at Our Bar ATL: “our bar, our friends.” Its core tenets, local, thriving, and comfort, are central to everything they do at the bar and how it operates. This includes fostering local talent, keeping prices affordable and the atmosphere comfortable and inviting, and ensuring all employees have an opportunity to thrive at Our Bar ATL." - Sarra Sedghi
