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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

What makes a great sports bar?

What…a simple burger and a glass of tap beer isn’t good enough for you Atlanta sports fans anymore?

Now you need a sommelier to make wine pairing suggestions and some organic arugula on your plate in order to enjoy a sports bar experience?

Upscale pubs where people gather to dine and perhaps gaze up at the games playing on Hi-Def TV monitors are sprouting up all around town. But is the gentrification of sports bars being taken too far?

If time-worn sports memorabilia, peanut shell-littered floors, bad manners, fast food and second-hand smoke don’t define a truly great sports bar, what does?

Sound off, and let us know what you look for in a sports bar and where you prefer to go out and watch games.

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