The Best Atlanta Bars & Restaurants With Live Music - Atlanta - The Infatuation

"With peeling paint and metal bar-covered windows, Northside Tavern looks like an eyesore among West Midtown’s polished mixed-use buildings. The aesthetic feels appropriate for this thriving blues bar. There haven’t been many upgrades to this divey spot in its 50-year history as a bar. And that’s the way we like it. The small interior gets rowdy with crowds at the bar (keep your drink orders simple here), a line to claim the next pool game, and some musician playing knee-slapping numbers to blues fans and tone-deaf drinkers every night of the week." - Jacinta Howard, Juli Horsford, Nina Reeder