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337 Moreland Ave. / Atlanta, GA. 30307 | (404) 522-1624 | http://www.camelispizza.com Where can you find Monster Slices of pizza that fill the belly and seasonal craft beers to wash it down? Cameli’s is the place for Monster Slices and more. Cameli’s, known as Pizza for the People, entered the Atlanta Scene on Ponce de Leon Avenue in 1996. Today, they boast a second location in what many call, the most creative part of town; Little Five Points. Family owned and managed, Cameli’s uses fresh vegetables and herbs in all their food items and their dough and bread is made fresh each day. Only the highest quality food at a great value is good enough for Cameli’s guests. One of the main attractions of Cameli’s, other than the great food, is the building itself. Inside you’ll find colorful wall art featuring various beer and soda brands, mingled with images of Batman, Stormtroopers, and Transformers. But the favorite with locals is Cameli’s rooftop patio. The patio is pine wrapped and awning covered, with lush plants scattered throughout and a spectacular view of the downtown skyline. Beautiful slatted wood tables and benches add the final touch to this great dining area. As much as the atmosphere is a special feature of Cameli’s, nothing can compare to the star of the menu; the pizza. The sauce is the heart of the pizza; fresh and perfectly seasoned, flecked with fresh spices and bits of basil. Choose from four sauce variations: tomato, sun dried tomato, garlic, or basil pesto. Bite into one of the specialty pizzas like the McLeod Nine, topped with baked chicken, garlic sauce, onions, roasted red peppers, and spinach. Not to your liking? Customize your own pizza with 27 customizable toppings, like salami, prosciutto ham, banana peppers, broccoli, mushrooms, and more. You can choose the style, like the half-moon shaped stuffed creation called Luna, the Classic hand-tossed, or the giant, 28 inch pie called the Monster; enough for the whole little league team. Besides all the...
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377 Moreland Avenue, NE / Atlanta, Georgia 30307 | 404-523-1973 or 404-523-2012 | http://zestoatlanta.com For many, there’s nothing like walking into a family-owned restaurant, full of red vinyl seats with chrome trim and bright, neon lights. Zesto is that place; full of nostalgic retro charm with a little art nouveau thrown in. Opening its doors in 1945, Zesto started as a subsidiary of Taylor Freezer Corporation, based in Rockton, Illinois. The Zesto name was born from “Zest-o-Mat”, the soft serve ice cream machine made by Taylor Freezer. The company first opened Zesto to compete with Dairy Queen as an ice cream only store. By late 1949, the company prospered and grew with locations in 46 states. Then in 1955, Taylor Freezer Corporation dropped the ice cream only idea, leaving its franchises, literally, out in the cold. One franchisee, John Livaditis wanted to breathe new life into his locations and added burgers to his many Atlanta outlets. As business grew, he gradually added fries, hot dogs, and fried chicken. Today, Zesto offers eight different burgers, hot dogs, specialty sandwiches, wings and chicken, and five different sides as well as their soft serve ice cream selections. Zesto has a burger style similar to McDonalds, with their flagship burger, the Chubby Decker consisting of two patties, a middle bun, lettuce, cheese, onions, and pickles. Another interesting bit of burger trivia; the Chubby Decker was added to the Zesto menu in 1959: eight years before the Big Mac introduction. However, the likeness ends there. Zesto cooks their food to order with the burgers sporting a pink center, giving proof of being fresh cooked. Even with all the varied food items on the Zesto menu, soft serve is still the star of the show. Their nostalgic frozen offerings are genuine ice cream, not the ice milk mix you find in most soft serve shops. Or as Zesto likes to brag, “It’s real ice cream, not ice milk like some of our esteemed but misguided competitors.” Zesto turns out sweet...
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1105 Euclid Ave NE / Atlanta, GA 30307 | (404) 523-3141 | http://www.dadsgarage.com Where can you find a healthy dose of adult comedy in a laid back atmosphere? Dad’s Garage Theatre Company, an improv and comedy club, presented its first comedy play, Fun With Science, June 23, 1995. A Theatresports franchise, the original Dad’s Garage ensemble trained with the author of Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre and Impro for Storytellers, Keith Johnstone. Today, Dad’s Garage is a thriving theater with over 300 performers and volunteers, entertaining 30,000 people each year with their theater, public events and festivals. This innovative company brings awareness to the Atlanta community of the creative outlets found in original theatrical works through improvisation. Dad’s creates and encourages artistic, administrative, and technical assemble through this awareness. The work of Dad’s Garage is recognized and supported by National Endowment for the Arts, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Atlanta Foundation, Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund, Doris Duke Charitable Trust, The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, Theatre Communications Group, and The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta. Besides their original scripted shows, Dad’s Garage produces 52 weeks of improv shows each year with traditional and original improv formats. Audiences get 350 performances each year, but no shows on Thanksgiving and Christmas. There is always a fun filled evening every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night at 8 and 10:30 pm. Budding improvisers can receive training in Dad’s High School Outreach Program and with on-site, public classes and workshops. For those new to the improv scene, improv comedy is performing theatrical comedy without using a prepared, written script. Everything; dialogue, action, story, and characters are a collaborated effort of the players. Dad’s Garage includes in their performances, ideas from the audience by giving everyone sheets of paper to write out scenarios which the players incorporate into the show. Dad’s Garage is an active part of Atlanta’s arts scene. Run and staffed by volunteers, eager to bring attention to the art of improv comedy, Dad’s has been recognized as Best...
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427 Moreland Avenue Suite 100B / Atlanta, GA 30307 | 404-228-3976 | http://www.aplaceformecounseling.com A Place for Me Counseling offers collaborative treatment in a warm, encouraging and empathic environment. They base their therapy on the relationship between an individual and their therapist, allowing the client to openly work through challenging situations. Services Offered Individual Therapy An individual’s suffering may cause sensations to occur in the body, problematic behaviors, beliefs and feelings. To reduce internal suffering, the client’s therapy consists of a one-on-one meeting with a therapist. This psychotherapy aids many individuals in self-growth. A Place For Me Counseling treats many behavioral areas including: Mood Disorders Personality Disorders Impulse Control Abuse and Trauma Adjustment Problems Anger Management Anxiety Behavioral Disorders Child and Adolescent Issues Family Therapy A form of counseling specializing in treatment of family relationships, family therapy helps family members work comfortably and usefully. Family and marriage therapists work with whole families, couples, parents with children, and individual family members. Some family therapist work in pairs or as a team, while the majority work with family members alone. Family therapy is helpful with the following: Conflicting and unclear, roles, rules, and expectations Compassionate communication, both clearer and more direct Intergenerational pain from loss, grief, and transition Managing and resolving conflict Parenting styles and techniques, including helpful discipline Blended family issues Repair relationships and help with better emotional connection among family members Group Therapy Three up to ten individuals can form a group session. Groups meet once each week, with sessions lasting up to six weeks. Group therapy provides support of a therapist as well as the group for each member. Play Therapy Children, through play therapy, learn communication skills, behavior change, problem-solving skills, and how to express feelings. With play therapy, children learn how to relate to others. It allows expression of thoughts and feelings with a safe psychological distance from their problems. A Place for Me Counseling offers a unique program called Mommy and Me & Monday Mornings. Children take part in the play...
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421 Moreland Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30307 | 404-588-9577 | http://www.coolshoes.com/ Don’t let the quirky name fool you, Abbadabba’s is Atlanta’s premier source in innovative comfort footwear. Found at the intersection of Moreland, Euclid, and McLendon Avenues, in the Point Center building, Abbadabba’s offers unique, funky, eco and vegan friendly shoes. Abbadabba’s, owned and managed by Janice Abernathy and her husband Bill Carmichael, opened in 1981 in Atlanta’s alternative neighborhood, Little 5 Points. In the beginning, the store was like a flea market, selling toys, cards, gifts, and jewelry and to the back, a small selection of funky looking shoes. However, those funny looking shoes caught on, and in 1986, Bill left a career with Georgia-Pacific to join Janice full-time. Making footwear their main focus, a year later shoes were their top seller, accounting for most of their sales. The Little 5 Points store, voted “Best Sneaker” store, offers Abbadabba’s largest fashion athletic brands and boots selection. Some of the more popular brands: • Toms • Converse • Dr Martens • Birkenstock • Dansko • Minnetonka • Chaco • Vans • Reef • Rainbow • Saucony With the growth of the business and their reputation for comfortable shoes with great service, the Buckhead Abbadabba’s store opened in 1990. The questionable checkerboard parking lot shocked some in Atlanta’s “elite” district, but the unconventional company converted many to the comfort of their shoes. In spring, 1998, Abbadabba’s entered new territory again, by turning half of the Buckhead store into Georgia’s first Birkenstock specialty store while gaining specialty store status at their other locations. In 2007, developer Ben Carter quietly bought up property in Buckhead Village to create Buckhead Avenues, making way for housing boutique hotels, posh shops, and loft/condo homes. The Buckhead Abbadabba’s was sold by the owner as part of the $800 million development deal, causing the store to move a few miles north. It didn’t keep them down with the new store wearing a fresh new design, making the new Buckhead location a flagship...
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292 Moreland Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30307 | (404) 221-2600 | http://www.wreckingbarbrewpub.com/ Chosen the Best Brewpub in Atlanta 2011, 2012 and 2013, Wrecking Bar Brewpub offers Little Five Points a changing selection of beers brewed on site. Boasting a varied and colorful history, the Wrecking Bar Pub building is one of Atlanta’s historical sites, which combines late Victorian and eclectic styles. Built just before 1900 by Victor Hugo Kriegshaber, an Atlanta cultural and economic development leader who lived there until 1924. Besides being a 20th century Victorian-style home, the pub housed a Methodist Protestant church and a dance school and most recently the Wrecking Bar architectural antiques store. Then on June 19, 2011, Bob and Kristine Sandage gave the Kriegshaber House basement a new life as the Wrecking Bar Brewpub. Wrecking Bar Brewpub is 1.1 miles north of I-20 on Moreland Avenue, just a couple blocks south of Little 5 Points. The Victorian-style home has a semicircle of columns gracing the front of the grand building. The first floor houses the event space known as the Marianna, while the hub of activity is in the basement, where you will find Wrecking Bar Brewpub. The once, graffiti covered eyesore is stunning both inside and out. The pub is an underground cave-like maze with a mixture of comfort and old English pub hospitality mingled with modern design giving a posh rustic feel. It’s like walking into a wine cellar with exposed stones and an intimate bar setting separate from the restaurant. At the back is a lounge area providing live music on Sundays. As well as a great selection of American and European style beers, Wrecking Bar Pub serves a wide range of inventive, brewed on site beers, barrel aged to give multiple layers of flavor. You will find some unusual styles like German IPA, a California Common, and a West Coast double IPA. Wrecking Bar Pub uses a 7 barrel (BBL) brewing system consisting of mash tun, brew kettle, five fermenters, and six serving tanks....
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1156 Euclid Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30307 | (404) 223-0393 | http://www.theporterbeerbar.com/ It’s Friday night, Little 5 Points traffic is sluggish, at best, and the sidewalks are filled with people. Driving around searching for the ever-elusive parking space, a small compact backs up. Finally, you think, slipping between a construction truck to the left and a “soccer mom” van on the right. Entering the narrow building, your eyes take time adjusting to the dim interior. The space is crowded and the greeter tells you it’s a 25 minute wait. Leaving your name you find a place to stand next to the bar. While you shift from one foot to another, all you can think of is sitting down and quieting your rumbling stomach with some infamous Porter Beer Bar mac-n-cheese and a cold draft. Scanning the crowded surroundings, you feel at ease in the welcoming atmosphere. The crowd is diverse, with the hip and in, young tech students, nerdy beer experts, and couples enjoying the lively atmosphere that makes up The Porter Beer Bar. For five years now, The Porter Beer Bar has been the place to be. With a massive menu of over 800 beers, it’s no wonder Atlanta’s beer connoisseurs make The Porter Beer Bar their favorite brew house. With a knowledgeable staff willing to help customers pick the perfect beer, even those not so beer savvy become frequent visitors. Not a beer lover? Porter Beer Bar offers a full cocktail menu of unique wines, whiskeys, and liqueurs. Try their famous lemon ginger cocktail and a bowl of salt and vinegar popcorn, or dive into the food Creative Loafing calls “Best Bar Food.” The Porter Beer Bar is recognized by beer enthusiasts nationwide and highly rated by BeerAdvocate and Draft Magazine. With an extensive beer menu offering micro-brews and imports from 44 draft lines, two hand pumps and over 800 bottles, even the pickiest beer lover can find something to tickle their taste buds. Throughout the year, The Porter Beer Bar sponsors...
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