Scenes from around Atlanta.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Ormsby's

1170 Howell Mill Rd

This place recently opened and already it's pretty popular.  Upstairs is the restaurant and bar, downstairs bar & games (though you can also order food).  The games include: pool, darts, shuffleboard, indoor bocce, arcade.  Indoor bocce?  That's kind of special.  The idea is cool and the place is nice.  Folks seem to like the beer list, though there's a real lack of cider options.  Prices are reasonable and apart from the arcade and pool ($1.50 per game), the games are free.

The downside?  Not enough of the good stuff.  Only 2 pool tables?  I felt a bit like a lurker waiting to get "next"--same holds with the bocce and shuffleboard.  I never got to the bocce and the chalkboard sign-ups should be accompanied by a PA system.  The "arcade" aspect?  All old school, as advertised, but only 2 games.  They did have a good amount of televisions for spectators.  

On a weeknight or another weekend after a bit of a downstairs remodel (at least one more pool table and shuffleboard table each, fewer dining tables), I'd go back.

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