The restaurant is on Atlanta’s sordid Cheshire Bridge Rd. Amid the gay gossip in the air, you’ll see tables of blue-haired Southern ladies and men with walkers.
Gays of a certain age love this old-fashioned Southern restaurant for its down-home fried chicken and black-eyed peas. Soak your teeth into a prime ranch cut steak or bourbon marinated salmon and you'll love us for recommending this gem.Įverything about The Colonnade is a culture clash.
Offering a mix of American and Southern cuisine, The Nook's specialty is loaded tater tots, a choice to bring out the inner child in everyone. Located directly across from Atlanta's Piedmont Park, the restaurant offers both indoor and patio seating. The Nook is one of the best places in town to grab a bite and whet your palate. Many of Atlanta’s LGBT residents are transplants from other parts of the South, where being out isn’t quite as accepted. Highlighting the city’s diversity, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution called the city a hub for African-American gays, and you will find as many lesbians as gay men here, with plenty of nightlife and dining options for everyone. Stand Hotlanta’s gay and lesbian scene up to any big, metropolitan city and it will hold its own for sure - with a dose of good ol’ Southern hospitality to boot.Ītlanta’s gay community is concentrated in Midtown, but there are other pockets that attract gays and lesbians as well, such as Decatur, East Atlanta Village, Grant Park and Cabbagetown, Buckhead, and Ansley Mall/Cheshire Bridge. Other must-see’s in town are the Fox Theater, the Tabernacle, and the Variety Playhouse.
But there are plenty of other parks and nature spots to check out, including the Morningside Nature Preserve, the Atlanta Botanical Garden, and the BeltLine, a 22-mile public use trail on a former rail corridor.įor an excellent introduction to the major tourist sites, the Atlanta CityPASS program gives you access to attractions such as the Georgia Aquarium (the world’s largest indoor aquarium) the World of Coca-Cola, Zoo Atlanta, and CNN Studio Tours, all for a mere $76. When the weather is cool, gay travelers love a stroll through Piedmont Park, Atlanta’s largest, where it is not uncommon to see gay and lesbian couples holding hands. In terms of weather, Atlanta’s elevation at 1,000 feet above sea level makes it more temperate than other cities in the South, where sweltering temperatures can be overwhelming in the summer. Even if you’ve visited Atlanta in the last decade, you might not recognize it when you come back. All this change makes for an urban retreat that’s transforming by the minute. The result is a diverse city that’s bursting at the seams - in fact, Atlanta has one of the nation’s fastest-growing metro areas. These days, Atlanta is a melting pot of cultures, with new transplants from around the country and the world arriving every day. But gay travelers also revel the chance to unapologetically be themselves in a region of America that hasn’t always been accepting and welcoming. Dubbed the unofficial gay capital of the South, Atlanta draws LGBT travelers looking for world-class museums, shopping, and nightlife, as well as other celebrated trappings of urban life.