Doc’s is considered the quintessential Georgia sports bar. Strong drinks, pool tables, and flags from the state’s favorite teams hanging all around, this Smyrna gem is the perfect place to eat, drink, play—and whatever else tickles your fancy. Located right up the street from Battery Park, this bar has one of the best menus around. Their Memphis Style Pulled Pork Nachos are fire, and if you’re up early enough, you can pop in for brunch on Saturdays and Sundays until 3 pm.

As soon as you walk into Twin Peaks, its lodge-inspired architecture makes you feel all warm and cozy inside—or maybe it’s the $3.99 shots. Either way, you're in for a helluva experience and a diverse menu that includes more than just your typical bar food. During the game, take a sip of their signature 29° beers, and during timeouts enjoy the top-notch service.

Thankfully “T.Mac” realized Tracy McGrady was never coming, so the ATL-born franchise changed its name back to Taco Mac, and as a result the swag and mojo have returned. They’ve still got one of the most diverse and solid draft beer lists in town, and every location—ITP and OTP—is spacious and surrounded by screens so that you never miss a kickoff, tip-off or flip-off from somebody rooting for opposing teams/losers.

What was once J.R. Crickets is now… um… basically still J.R. Crickets without the name. Which is actually a good thing, since the wings haven’t changed (still very good), and the crowd seems not to have even noticed the name change. Go for the wall-to-wall widescreen projectors, crazy-cheap drink pitchers that make you wonder if it’s even beer or just really good alcohol-infused sparkling water (which is kinda what cheap beer is anyway), and delicious tailgate-style eats.

HG is the perfect place for the casual sports fan or person who just heard on the news that a team is actually pretty decent this year. More refined than your typical neighborhood sports bar with cleaner restrooms and finer floor tiling, it’s the smart sports hang, where you watch people compete for entertainment but don’t have to lose your cool—if you don’t want to, at least.

There’s no wrong sport to watch at Midway, but it’s particularly nice for both types of football, American and otherwise, thanks to proper use of a quaint space and TVs on either side of wherever you sit.

This Battery mainstay has several bars in its self-described “25,000-square-feet of sheer awesomeness,” and across its three levels, you can do practically everything—from virtual reality and arcade games to bowling and ping pong—while enjoying practically every kind of meal you might crave — from breakfast to buckets of fried chicken.

Named after a guy who put a tavern/grocery on the corner of Piedmont and East Paces Ferry, Irby’s pays respect to a pioneer of pre-Buckhead Buckhead (“Irbyville”) and is a go-to sports hangout if you’re into history and homage. You’ll see milestone memorabilia of Atlanta sports moments, including a 1996 Olympics poster, newspaper clippings, and large black and white prints of Braves games rather than a light show of TV screens, but it’s enough coverage to keep you from rubbernecking.