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Friday, February 27, 2009

Halo Runs Rings Around Competition

With Thursday night's grand re-opening of the Halo Lounge (beneath the Biltmore Hotel), owner James Sullivan finally soothed a seven-itch.

WGCL "Better Mornings Atlanta" reporter Corinna Allen hugs it up with Halo owner James Sullivan and GM Orlando Ramirez

"We've been around long enough now to prove that we're not just here for two or three year, and then moving on to whatever's next," he barked above the din of groovy music selected by the house deejay, Dr Katz.

"We remodeled because our customers demand change, and we're not going anywhere.



CWPR's Kate Thacker and Caren West sandwhich Halo owner James Sullivan

Halo still has an "underground" feel: its got no neon signage to announce its side-street entrance at Sixth and West Peachtree; and many patrons dress as if they were all suddenly transported from Manhattan's Lower East Side.



"Sunday Paper" advice columnists Blaine Bachelor and Lisa Baron ring in Halo's return

But Halo has softened some of its rougher edges. There's a sleek and curvy new bar in the upper loft. And a cutting-edge ceramic wall of lights now undulates above the broad and inviting main lounge.


Halo patrons bask beneath the club's new wall of light

Though its located in the still-gritty heart of the city, it's obviously a spot that well-heeled ladies gravitate to.


A Halo bartender prepares to whip an egg white for the house's signature "Biltmore" cocktail

Besides the management staff of J'Adore magazine, the former NBA and college hoops great Joe Barry Carroll and a slew of those "reporting from (bum-f@#k) County...I'm (fill-in-the-blank)" TV guys, there was also: the Sunday Paper advice columnists Blaine Bachelor and Lisa Baron; Marie Claire magazine correspondent Colleen Oakley; and the leggy blonde "Better Mornings Atlanta" reporter, Corinna Allen.
All Images: JimiFlix Photography

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