Buckhead Gains a Prohibition-Themed Cocktail Lounge Only Accessible Via a Phone Booth

A second location of downtown Atlanta cocktail lounge and cigar bar Red Phone Booth opens Friday, August 13, in Buckhead, taking over the former Gordon Biersch space on Peachtree Road.

At 7,000 square feet and themed after a 1920s speakeasy, patrons can only access the bar by dialing a secret code on a telephone inside an antique red phone booth out front.

Owned by Stephen de Haan, Red Phone Booth features a drinks menu with over 45 cocktails as well as a vast selection of whiskey, bourbon, and scotch and a 24-foot humidor filled with cigars. As with the downtown location, the Buckhead bar offers tiered memberships and serves pizza and other Italian dishes from Amalfi Pizza next door — a restaurant founded by de Haan, along with Greg Grant.

Red Phone Booth pays homage to de Haan’s grandfather, who was a pharmacist and lifelong cigar aficionado. During Prohibition, de Haan claims his grandfather provided whiskey for “medicinal purposes” to pharmacy patrons. Hence the theme for the bar and its cocktails.

During the height of the pandemic last summer, de Haan installed high-tech air purification and filtration systems at both the Atlanta and Nashville locations. These systems supposedly target and neutralize airborne particulates, odors, pathogens, and viruses.

Earlier this year, de Haan, Grant, and master sushi chef Saito Saito opened Saito: Sushi, Steak, and Cocktails inside the century-old Regenstein’s department store building in downtown Atlanta.

Disclaimer: A mask mandate is currently in place for the city of Atlanta requiring all people, regardless of vaccination status, to wear masks indoors in public places, including private businesses and establishments. The latest CDC guidance for vaccinated diners during the COVID-19 outbreak is here; dining out still carries risks for unvaccinated diners and workers. Please be aware of changing local rules, and check individual restaurant websites for any additional restrictions such as mask requirements. Find a local vaccination site here.

3242 Peachtree Road, Atlanta. redphonebooth.com. Dress code.
Open Monday - Friday, 4 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Saturday, 5 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Sunday, 5 p.m. to 12 a.m.

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