Why waste away alone at home with your new Wii when you can be out cheering fellow gamers over video games in a socially un-awkward setting?
Digger’s Sports Grill
8540 Roswell Rd. (Hightower Trl. & Northridge Pkwy.)
Sandy Springs 770.587.2005
Score major points with your peeps by introducing them to this bevy of video games, pool tables, and televisions.
ESPN Zone
3030 Peachtree Rd. NW (@ Pharr Rd.)
Buckhead 404.682.3776
Go beyond your wildest dreams and enter arcade heaven for grown-ups with a stockpile of interactive digital games.
New Order
1544 Piedmont Rd. NE (@ Monroe Dr. NE)
Midtown 404.874.8247
This primarily gay men’s watering hole is a great place to enjoy your own joystick, control pad or whatever else moves you without frat boys hitting on you.
Sidebar
79 Poplar St. (@ Cone St.)
Downtown 404.588.1850
This Fairlie-Poplar neighborhood sports grill is fairly popular for its wide assortment of games—video, pool, betting machines, and a bit of macking to boot.
Smith’s Olde Bar
1578 Piedmont Ave. (@ Monroe Dr.)
Midtown 404.875.1522
With acts from local and national bands playing most any night, this dual-level club keeps its varied clientele entertained with digital sports as well.
~Kirsten Ott