This West End neighborhood bar and restaurant features a rotating list of pop-ups serving food here, including Seoul Chikin, Jimmie’s Jerk Chicken, and Heaps ATL hand pies. Look for a lineup of weekly live music shows from local bands and musicians, too. Check Instagram for pop-up menus and live music performances. Be sure to check out breakfast pop-up Ria’s Baby Bird on the weekends.

This piano and tapas bar offers weekly dueling piano shows along with other live music acts, including acoustic guitar performers and jazz trios, Thursday through Saturday. The family-friendly restaurant serves small bites like bacon wrapped dates, dumplings, and artichoke dip as well as larger portions such as a duck breast, fried chicken, and tenderloin tacos.

The dive blues bar Northside Tavern has been an establishment on Howell Mill Road for decades. This iconic Westside haunt hosts bands and blues legends from around the country, and even helped launch of few locals musicians onto the national music scene. Open well into the early morning hours. Be sure to keep an eye out here for celebrity sightings.

Now open at the Beacon in Grant Park, this restaurant and lounge serves dishes like butternut squash risotto, shrimp and grits, and pan-seared salmon paired with plenty of cocktails. There’s even a Saturday mimosa brunch. Expect weekly live music here by solo artists and small ensembles performing jazz, R&B, and soul. Follow on Instagram for updates.

The Brazilian coffee house and bar at Grant Park’s Beacon complex is a quiet neighborhood hangout by day, but evenings see Buteco transform into a buzzy bar serving caipirinhas, beer, and wine. Live music and open mic nights are hosted throughout the week on the covered patio out back and include acts ranging from local indie rock bands to samba and acoustic guitar. It’s not unusual to see couples during samba nights spill out onto the sidewalk dancing. Buteco offers a small but solid food menu. Try the pao de queijo waffles, stuffed with mozzarella cheese and filled further with pesto, tomato, and basil or ham and oregano.

Park Tavern on the edge of Piedmont Park offers one of Atlanta’s most impressive views of the Midtown skyline and the occasional local musical act on its stage. This includes Atlanta’s favorite soft rock band, Yacht Rock Revue.

This iconic dive bar in Midtown opened in 1994 and has been rocking on Piedmont Avenue into the wee hours ever since. Head in for dinner, drinks, dancing, and live music nearly every night.

City Winery in Old Fourth Ward at the Ponce City Market complex is all about dinner (and wine) and a show, whether that’s in their dining room or for acoustical acts on the patio. Concerts here can range from local musicians and national acts wanting to perform in an intimate setting to throwback shows featuring musicians like Colin Hay from Men at Work and Natalie Merchant from 10,000 Maniacs, and even burlesque. Check the calendar for concert dates and tickets. City Winery offers a full food and drink menu.

Venkman’s was born to rock during dinner (and brunch on the weekends.) The restaurant and music venue is the brainchild of partners Nicholas Niespodziani and Peter Olson of soft rock cover band Yacht Rock Revue. Venkman’s is home base for the band, and includes musical acts ranging from rock and bluegrass to soul and salsa. The menu skews pub grub, like burgers, steak, and pulled pork tacos paired with plenty of beer on tap, cocktails, and wine.

This live music and concert venue on the edge of Reynoldstown offers a small menu of snacky foods. Expect dishes like sweet soy glazed chicken potstickers, bacon-wrapped banh mi hot dog sliders, and fried peach hand pies on the menu here. The rooftop at the Eastern also features its own bar, open-air seating, and a covered performance area for more intimate shows.

Housed in a former bank on Moreland, and after undergoing a change of ownership and renovation, Star Bar is back open in Little Five Points for cocktails, beer, and live shows and music ranging from funk to punk.

The Earl in East Atlanta Village is known for hosting a wide and eclectic range of alternative and underground bands on its stage. Most tickets for shows here are well under $20. The bar includes a full bar and menu of pub food, including a couple of Atlanta’s finest burgers — the bacon blue cheese burger and the El Diablo topped with chili, Diablo salsa, jalapeños, roasted poblanos, and pepper jack cheese.

Eddie’s Attic in downtown Decatur is the ultimate spot for dinner, drinks, and musical acts in an intimate setting. The music bar opened in 1991 and has become a staple for catching local and independent musicians from around the world as well as spoken word artists nearly every night of the week. The bar hosts songwriter open mic nights, too. Eddie’s Attic offers a full bar and food menu.