GQ Salutes Atlanta's 'Drunks', 'Crunks' and Zombies

By A. Scott Walton
According to GQ magazine, what Atlanta lacks in its quantity of great cocktail bars it compensates for in quality.
After an exhaustive search for the “25 Best Cocktail Bars in America”, GQ lists just one Atlanta venue in its October issue. Cities like Seattle, Chicago, San Francisco and New York (of course) are mentioned at least twice.
With nearly 35,000 miles logged and 400 cocktails consumed in the process, GQ heralded the “cocktail revolution” underway nationwide by ranking Buckhead’s Holeman & Finch Public House No. 10 on its list.
GQ writes that the mixologists at Holeman & Finch are to be trusted “completely” with your drink desires.
“On one visit, a (frat boy) grabbed the menu from us, tossed it aside and said, ‘That’s not what it’s about, man. Just tell them what you like.”
The GQ story ads that there’s a chance that H&F could help refine what’s perceived (by New Yorkers) as a frat row atmosphere in Buckhead. “Fearless” cocktails singled out include: the Pig-Pik Sour (bourbon, bacon sugar, egg whites).
Cheers!
Can you think of any Atlanta cocktail bar that GQ glaringly omitted?
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