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Tongue & Groove is back, this time at Lindbergh
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Instead of chewing their cuticles over the economy, the owners of Tongue & Groove actually are thrilled to be back on the scene, nearly a year and a half after shuttering the nightclub’s original address in Buckhead Village.
Friday night, Michael Krohngold and his business partners officially are welcoming night crawlers back into the club, now located at 565 Main St. at the Lindbergh City Center.
“We look at it this way,” Krohngold explained to Buzz during an advance peek this week. “Everyone is looking for escape right now. We like to think we’re providing a fantasy world for people where they can forget things for a while.”
And the club’s stylish interiors, done by Krohngold’s artist wife Patti (with Michael in photo), reflect the vibrant neighborhood’s famous MARTA station a few feet away.
Practically the entire two-floor space has been “tagged” with stylish graffiti art-directed by Patti Krohngold, who was inspired by the graffiti she saw covering trains and walls on a recent trip to Amsterdam.
The gold VIP area comes complete with a gold leather banquette and an antique chandelier Krohngold discovered at Love Train Antiques. The entire light fixture was created with inverted champagne flutes. Clubgoers who used to gyrate at the old location will recognize the egg-shaped sculptures dangling over the dance floor and the original club’s trademark 8-foot mirrors are hanging on the wall.
Prices range from a $7 Grey Goose vodka drink to the full-on VIP bottle service, featuring a $600 magnum of Dom Perignon.
And while Krohngold traditionally has been known as a nomadic nightclub entrepreneur, opening and closing venues as tastes evolved over the years, he says he’s excited that Tongue & Groove is back and in its 14th year of operation.
“It’s so difficult to establish a brand that sticks with people. We’re proud to have done that with Tongue & Groove. People have met here and gotten married and now we see them with their kids around town. It’s nice to have been a part of that.”
Tongue & Groove hosts a private VIP party Friday night from 7 to 9 p.m. The public is invited to join the soiree at 10 p.m. For info: www.tandgonline.com.
BROOKING BUILDS FOR KIDS
Atlanta Falcon Keith Brooking put his Georgia Tech degree to good use Wednesday. For a good cause.
A bundled-up Brooking, representing his Keith Brooking Foundation, reported for duty in sub-freezing temperatures with about 200 other volunteers at the Lewis Academy of Excellence in Riverdale for the Home Depot NFL Neighborhood MVP playground build.
The objective: to construct an entire playground in just six hours. The facility is one of 17 being constructed across the country by Home Depot and children’s charity KaBOOM.
We hear that Brooking scored a check for $1,000 from Home Depot for his foundation, helped to build a rock-climbing wall and picnic tables, and did a little painting.
If fans vote for him as the charitable promotion’s MVP at nfl.com/homedepot.com, he’ll receive a follow-up check for $25,000. Should Brooking win, he’ll be keeping the honor in Home Depot’s corporate hometown. Last year’s inaugural NFL Neighborhood MVP winner? Former Falcon and do-gooder Warrick Dunn.
WE HEAR THAT …
“Inside Edition” cameras were spotted Thursday in Athens on the campus of the University of Georgia. Alas, not because of a celebrity scandal or a weird story. Deborah Norville, the host of the show, was doing some taping on North Campus. Norville, who earned a journalism degree from UGA in 1979, was also on hand Thursday evening to help host the centennial gala for the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.
WANTED: THANKFUL READERS
The deadline is fast approaching for our reader-driven Thanksgiving edition of Peach Buzz. E-mail Buzz Central — buzz@ajc.com — your unique, poignant or humorous thoughts on what you’re thankful for in these difficult times. Include your full name, where you reside, a daytime phone number and a photo that might be published. The best Buzz reader responses will be published in the Turkey Day column.
COLE COMING TO TOWN
Designer Kenneth Cole, chairman of the world’s largest HIV/AIDS research organization, will give the keynote address at an Emory University ceremony marking World AIDS Day on Dec. 1. In the fourth annual “Quilt on the Quad,” the university will display 800 panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Cole is an Emory alumnus. The quilt display is sponsored by Emory Hillel.
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Actress Marlo Thomas is 71. Singer Dr. John is 68. Actress Goldie Hawn is 63. Actress Nicollette Sheridan is 45. Singer Bjork is 43. Country singer Kelsi Osborn of SHeDAISY is 34.
OVERSCENE
The actress formerly known as “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman,” Jane Seymour, perusing the racks at Hue Studio at Phipps Plaza, dining at Twist, relaxing at 29 Spa in the Mansion on Peachtree and supping at La Grotta in the Ravinia Hotel by Perimeter Mall. Seymour was in town for two art shows at Wentworth Gallery.
Contributing: Gayle White and news services
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