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Sister Louisa's Church of the Living Room and Ping Pong Emporium, or simply Church, is a bar on Edgewood Avenue in the Old Fourth Ward of Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States. [1] [2] [3] It is owned by Grant Henry. In 2014, a sister location opened in downtown Athens. [4]
Edgewood Avenue near Boulevard and "Church" bar Edgewood Avenue near Boulevard at night 1883 map showing Foster Street, before Edgewood Avenue existed. Edgewood Avenue is a street in Atlanta, Georgia, United States which runs from Five Points in Downtown Atlanta, eastward through the Old Fourth Ward.
The famous Varsity 'V' sign as seen from the Downtown Connector. The Varsity is a restaurant chain in Atlanta, Georgia. [2] The main branch of the chain was the largest drive-in fast food restaurant in the world, [3] taking up two city blocks and accommodating up to 800 diners.
Condé Nast Traveler says the fine dining restaurant has an "ultra fine" wine list. [4] Approximately two dozen artworks are displayed inside, including paintings by Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, and Vincent van Gogh. [5] [6]
On Hunter Street (now Martin Luther King Jr. Drive), white business owners once lived behind their stores, but in the 1940s, black owners started taking over these businesses. [20] In 1947 Paschal's Restaurant, an Atlanta soul food landmark and meeting place for civil rights leaders, opened in its original location on West Hunter Street. [20]
Street level view of the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel. The first building on the site was the first official Georgia Governor's Mansion in Atlanta, a Victorian-style home purchased by the state in 1870 at the southwest corner of Peachtree Street and Cain Street (later International Boulevard, now Andrew Young International Boulevard).
West Midtown is directly west of Midtown Atlanta, hence that name.The name for the area is a matter of debate. [4] The name "West Midtown" is used by the neighbors' association in Home Park, the largest constituent neighborhood, [5] the West Midtown Business Association, [6] and Westside Provisions, a privately run commercial district. [7]
The restaurant was opened by Lucy Jackson, a self-taught cook from Carrollton, Georgia, in 1947 on what was at the time called Hunter Street, now Martin Luther King Drive. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] At that time Hunter Street was one of only two streets in Atlanta where Black entrepreneurs were allowed to open businesses and where Black diners were welcome in ...