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What’s up East ATL? James here. After two weeks of moaning about the weather, we have achieved Peak Atlanta Weather: Sunny with highs in the 70s and not a raindrop in sight.

Just in time for another classic Atlanta weekend.

Over the weekend, we’ve got Whiskey Fest at Pullman Yards (tix available), Landlocked Oyster Fest in Decatur (sold out), as well as the L5P Halloween Parade (free and always fun). There’s a slew of free community events throughout the weekend.

Get outside, this is as good as it gets.

Before we get into it, Happy Birthday to Anthem reader Brandon W. (10/17). Have a great one Brandon!

Ok, here’s this week’s Anthem 👇

🦪 Kick off Oyster South Landlocked weekend at Tio Lucho’s with an incredible Happy Hour Special: Friday from 5-7 pm, you’ll get 2 drink tickets and fresh, local oysters with a free RSVP.

🐟 Fred’s is known for its cheesesteaks, but the new G’s Fish Filet might steal the spotlight: cod, American cheese, pickles, and remoulade on a TGM Bread sesame bun, with salt and vinegar fries on the side.

🍹 Victory Sandwich Bar has a new cocktail called Cinder My Love, made with mezcal, Etna amaro, black walnut bitters, cinna-piña syrup, and lemon.

🌈 Side Saddle Wine Bar bartenders teamed up with spirit brands for a Pride Bartender Showdown running through 10/19. $1 from every drink goes to each bartender’s nonprofit, and the top seller earns an extra $200.

🍋 El Tesoro teamed up with the High Museum of Art for its 100th anniversary on the Ain’t No Thang, a lemon pepper margarita with Pedro Furtivo reposado, cognac, Alma Tepec liqueur, lemon, and honey, served with a salt, sugar, lemon, and pepper rim. It’s $13 at all three locations through 12/31.

🍗 Get to Bona Fide Deluxe before Sunday. Their Chicken Parmesan special stacks fried chicken thighs, marinara, mozzarella, and provolone on a garlic butter hoagie, and it’s only around this week.

☕ Vote early, caffeinate often. Your “I Voted” sticker gets you a free drip coffee at The Daily through 11/3.

🍫 Amano pours espresso caramel under a slab of chocolate torte and tops it with whipped cream. It also happens to be gluten-free.

🐑 Choate Family Farms lamb, a housemade benne bun, and gruyère. That’s the Monday night lamb burger at Last Dance.

👕 Thumbs Up Diner is hosting a T-shirt design contest for Atlanta-area artists, and the winning design goes on a Thumbs Up shirt. Submissions are due 11/11.

🥪 Friendly reminder to keep an eye on Flatiron’s Instagram for their daily specials. A recent one was an adobo-marinated grilled chicken sandwich with avocado, jack cheese, tomato, and lettuce on a pretzel bun. Drooling -Connor

🥐 Bread & Butterfly just launched Golden Hour from 2-4pm on weekdays, with $10 classic cocktails (Kir Royale, Gimlet, Martini, Manhattan) and bites like a $10 Grilled Gruyère and a $20 Pancake & Mimosa.

🦃 Kinship Butcher has Thanksgiving pre-orders open through 11/8, including Joyce Farms turkeys, Comfort Farms hams, Chatel Farms Prime rib roasts, and their own turkey stock.

⌚ If you’ve always wanted Sugarloaf in the afternoon, now’s the time to show up: They’re testing out new hours this week, shifting their schedule so they can stay open later.

🍂 Is it summer or fall? Gene’s doesn’t know either, so they’re making a Penicillin: blended Scotch, lemon, ginger, honey, and a smoky Peat Monster float.

🍄 La Semilla brought back an old favorite: fried lion’s mane from Catawba Mushroom Partners, served over a mole pipián verde made from Doña Ana’s family recipe.

🎃 Clockwork is making handmade tortellini with candy roaster squash, an heirloom first grown by the Cherokee that gets sweeter the longer it’s stored. It comes with Parmesan cream, Badger Flame beets, crispy sage, pepitas, and brown butter vinaigrette.

🍕 Phantom Pizza is popping up at Sceptre Brewing this weekend and their pepperoni comes from Spotted Trotter — consider me enticed - James.

🐸 Side Quest is bringing its Vietnamese and Lao family-style pop-up back to Mushi Ni on Monday, 10/19, from 6-10pm, with a few new dishes and drinks. Walk-ins are welcome, but reservations are encouraged.

🥩 The menu updates at Halfway Crooks look phenomenal — I’ve got my eye on those ribs. - James

🔭 10/15 - Astronomy on Tap Atlanta Turns 3 - Dr. Justin Robinson of Georgia State and Got Space is giving a talk called "1993-2003: The Decade of Discovery" in the Halfway Crooks biergarten from 8-9:30pm, then stargazing if the weather cooperates. | FREE | More Info

💿 10/15 - Vinyl Night - Bring your favorite records to Ale Yeah! tonight at 6pm, grab a beer, and they’ll give them a spin. All genres welcome, and it’s now a regular thing every third Thursday. | More Info

🥃 10/17 - Whiskey Festival - Atlanta Magazine’s got the booze! Now in it’s 11th year, they’ve got 45+ vendors offering premium whiskeys, at 15+ restaurants serving food at Pullman Yards. | $75+ | Tickets

🔧 10/17 - Car Maintenance Workshop - Learn to change a tire and jump a car before you actually need to. Kevy from DIY Auto Care is teaching a hands-on class at Eastside Church ATL at noon, hosted by Peach City Sapphics. Only 30 spots, sign-up required. | FREE | More Info & RSVP

🕷️ 10/17 - Spooky Market - Community Market ATL is bringing 25+ local vendors to the EAV Farmers Market space from 1-6pm, with art, vintage, tarot, books, ceramics, jewelry, baked goods, and drinks. | More Info

🤠 10/17-10/18 - Side Saddle Pride Rodeo - Side Saddle Wine Bar’s annual Pride weekend starts Saturday with free line-dancing lessons from Dance Out ATL (4-6pm) and a DJ on the patio until 10pm. Sunday brings free drag story time and crafts for kids (11am-1pm), then a Drag Brunch + Bingo hosted by Brigitte Bidet at 1pm. | Free, Brunch $25 | More Info

🧑‍🌾 10/17 - Unearthing Unleaded - Unearthing Farm and Market is BACK! After discovering lead in their soil, they underwent a huge restoration project to heal the soil. That hard work is now complete, and they’re ready to celebrate with music, vendors, food, kids activities, and workshops. | More Info | FREE RSVP Here

🪡 10/17 - Leathercrafting: Belt Making - Make your own leather belt at Decatur Makers from 2-7pm. It’s the last run of this class, and it’s almost full. | $40 | More Info

🚴 10/17 - Spindle Bike Swap - Looking for a new part? How about new brakes, pedals or other accessories? Head over to Spindle on Saturday to buy, sell, or trade bike parts with your fellow hoarders. | More Info

🚲 10/17 - ALSO E-Bike Test Spin - ALSO is bringing its TM-B e-bike to Three Taverns from 2:30-6:30pm for free test rides. Walk-ins are welcome, but they encourage signing up, and riders 21+ get a free beer token after their spin. 18+ only. | FREE | More Info & Sign Up

😂 10/17 - Atlanta Comedy Mixtape Recordings - A stacked lineup of Atlanta comics is recording live at 800 East Studios, and it’s free. You’ll need to RSVP ahead of time. | FREE | More Info & RSVP

👻 10/17 - 10/18 - L5P Halloween Fest - Alright folks, this is the big one. This is *the* defining Halloween event in Atlanta, culminating in the famous L5P Halloween Parade on Sunday at 1pm. Surrounding the parade are concerts, food pop ups, vendors, scavenger hunts, ghost tours, photo booths, and so much more. | More Info

🦪 10/18 - Landlocked 10 - If you love oysters, this event is for you. All of your favorite restaurants (maybe not literally but damn close!) take part, cooking up oysters in a variety of ways to raise funds for Oyster South, which provides resources to support oyster farmers, cultivate thriving communities, promote healthy waters. With that said, this year’s event is sold out, so you’ll just have to mark your calendars for 2027. More Info

😍 10/18 - Love Y’all Fall Fest - Once a year, Timothy Cox & Co. Realtors throw a huge party for the community. Last year, more than 500 neighbors showed up! Head over to Tucker Brewery for a family-friendly afternoon of live music, petting zoo, pumpkins, pony rides, bouncy house, and axe throwing. | More Info

Neighborhood: East Atlanta

About: Phoebe is a six year old Staffweiler (Rottweiler/ Amstaff) rescued after being abandoned during the pandemic. As a true pandemic adoptee and bully breed, she is a hardcore Velcro dog that must be touching or laying on top of you at all times. She enjoys napping, playing fetch (only with her red Kong ball), licking people, and asking for food.

Fun Fact: Many people doc Rottweilers tails and don’t know that they are actually quite long. Unfortunately, she came to us with a broken tail leaving it not only extremely long but with a hook shape at the end that sometimes catches around objects at her level. We call it her monkey tail.

Thank you to Caitlin for sharing Phoebe with us.

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🏀 After some contentious back and forth, the Atlanta Dream will host their WNBA Finals games at State Farm Arena, coming up on 10/21 and 10/24. Tickets for both go on sale Friday at 10 am at atlantadream.com.

🪡 The first renderings of The Stitch project were unveiled this week. The Stitch is a proposal to cap part of Atlanta's Downtown Connector with a park, with plans to begin street construction next year.

🚍 What does the Iran War have to do with school busses? Unfortunately, most of them run on diesel fuel, which is extremely expensive right now. School districts are consolidating routes, cutting trips and squeezing more efficiency out of their fleets.

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