🅰️ Dog-Friendly Market, July Menus, & More

Happy Thursday, and welcome to the first edition of the East Atlanta Anthem.

EAA is a passion project of two friends who live in East Atlanta and love to explore new things. There are some great newsletters serving metro Atlanta, but we often find the news and events to be somewhat out of reach.

There’s so much happening in East Atlanta that we decided to create a newsletter that was easy to read and accessible to all of our subscribers. Most of what you’ll see here are things we’re genuinely interested in — but if you have suggestions or recommendations, please send them our way.

Without further ado, this week we’re covering the basics you can always expect here at the Anthem: Eats, Events, & Updates for anyone with NE or SE at the end of their Atlanta street address.

Thank you so much for reading. If you have any questions comments or concerns, just reply to this email!

-Connor & James

Eats

One of our favorite things about welcoming in a new month is that so many of our restaurants here in East Atlanta introduce new monthly menus.

What we’re excited to try this July:

🍕 The Lloyd’s Pizza of The Month is… The Anthony Chopkins. This pie features chopped pepperoni, salami, onion, and banana peppers.

🍩 Revolution Donuts July menu is here and we’re definitely eyeing summer flavors like Campfire S’mores, Blueberry Basil, and Raspberry Sprinkle.

🍹 Poor Hendrix added a delicious new cocktail to their summer menu, appropriately called the Summer Spritz.

Openings:

🐈 Jolene, Jolene: Atlanta’s first women’s sports bar officially opened on July 4th in Pullman Yards! They’re open Wed-Sun and will be showing women’s sports primarily. This weekend’s TV Schedule features WNBA, Wimbledon, Euros, and more.

🍨 Van Leeuwen Ice Cream: Originally from NYC, Van Leeuwen is opening their first Atlanta scoop shop in Ponce City Market on Friday, July 11th. They’ll be serving up a limited-time sundae in collaboration with East Atlanta’s own, Bomb Biscuit!

Events

7/12 - 5 Pints & Stripes Pub Crawl & Atlanta United Watch Party - If you like Atlanta’s soccer team or beer, this one’s for you. From 2pm-7:30pm, several bars in Virginia Highland will have Atlanta United themed giveaways and food specials. At 7:30, the party crawls to Neighbors for a watch party for the United match. | $5 (includes a free beer) | Tickets & Info

7/12 - Dog Days of Summer - Bring your pups out for a fun day of treats and tricks, at East Atlanta Village Community Park. Featuring local vendors with handmade goods, arts, crafts, candles, soaps, vintage goods, treats, drinks, and more. | FREE | RSVP & Info

7/12 - Beyonce Drag Brunch - Queen Bey is in Atlanta for four nights of shows. Don’t have tickets? There are plenty of Beyonce-themed events happening all weekend. 11 Alive has a roundup here, but The Pub in EAV is hosting a drag brunch on Saturday and Sunday at 1pm. | $18 | Tickets & Info

7/13 - Silent Book Club + Book Exchange - Silent Book Club Atlanta is hosting one of their usual silent book club meetings on Sunday at Peoplestown Coffee Bar, with a twist: a book exchange. Bring 1-3 books in good condition and leave them on the designated table. On your way out, grab a book or two to read next. | FREE | Info

7/13 & 14 - Sarah Cailean’s Horror in Hollywood - True Crime Investigator & Podcaster Sarah Cailean is taking her show on the road with two live shows at Red’s Beer Garden in Benteen Park. | $9 | Tickets & Info

Updates

🪦 Tickets for Oakland Cemetery’s legendary Spirit of Oakland Halloween Tours went on sale for members this week. The tours don’t begin until mid October, but prime timeslots are already selling out at a rapid pace.

🎾 Atlanta’s own Ben Shelton lost in the Wimbledon quarterfinal to top seeded Jannik Sinner in straight sets, 7-6, 6-4, 6-4.

📖 Atlanta literary nonprofit Lostintheletters is opening its first brick-and-mortar space in Candler Park to celebrate the craft of creative writing, with plans to open by the end of summer. Learn more from Axios.

Thanks for reading the first edition of the East Atlanta Anthem! We’re grateful you allowed us in your ever growing inbox.

Please let us know how we can better serve you by replying to this email with any comments, questions, or suggestions - we’re here to learn and grow with you on this journey.

Have a great weekend and we’ll see you next week.