Foxtrot Liquor Bar

Ahhh... Anyone remember Cosmopolitan Lounge back in the days... One half of the merged Cosmo Lava Lounge. What a shitshow that joint was... I think I had fun there through all those years in the mid 2000's, I just don't seem to remember much during those times with all the booze, broads and club treats that blanketed the midtown club scene back then... Atlanta was at a time and place where the beer flowed like wine, where beautiful women instinctively flocked like the salmon of Capistrano. But those days are over, we grew up and grew a muffin top... And Cosmo is now no more. Now, comes a new era, a new scene, a new space... A new joint called the Foxtrot Liquor Bar. The inside has been totally revamped and steered more towards the sophisticated cocktail crowd... Don't worry, the guidos and ginzos will still have their fist pumping club next door at Lava with all the roofie laced cosmo drinks they desire but seriously, what self-deprecating schmuck has been there since the mid 2000's... Let's get back to Foxtrot for a minute. The interior with an old English fox hunt club feel is warmer, cozier and unpretentious than the previous club lounge space. They also have an outdoor bar with plenty of seating and you get to watch all the mooks next door doing the white man's overbite to Drake's Hotline Bling over the barrier of bushes... It's like listening to Forrest fucking Gump sing, makes you want to put 26/30 shrimp in your ears. They got a pretty decent cocktail menu/program and a limited food menu... Let's sample a bite or two.

Duck Confit Eggrolls, housemade kimchi, spicy Chinese mustard sauce. For a gwailo version, it wasn't half bad... Had decent flavor inside and the fried blistered wrapper was crispy. I didn't witness any kimchi on the dish and I don't know about the Chino mustard sauce... That didn't add much to enhance the eggrolls. They can stand on their own without additional additives.

House Made Pierogies, collard greens, mashed taters, ham hock broth, black-eyed pea salad, pickled veggies. Ok, these were good, dam decent... Just needed a couple more pierogies on the dish. It's comfort food right here.

Poutine, short rib, crispy home fries, housemade farmer's cheese, beef gravy. The poutine is back! But this doesn't look like one at all... The giant cubes of fried taters were good just by themselves but as a poutine, it doesn't work. No one wants to be cutting them up into bite size pieces in a poutine, it's like finger food... You just want to jam fork fulls of it into your facegash without having to think too hard about it, repeatedly. The flavor and ingredients were all there, just don't go too bold on the giant tater blocks.

Hoisin Glazed Lollipop Wings, toasted sesame and scallion. You know this is gonna be sweet with that hoisin glaze... And it was but cheekan lollipops are just plain good. Even though it was a bit on the sweet side, this was still totally edible... Especially, while sucking down some decently made cocktails.

Roasted Cauliflower, smoked chile aioli, charred pepper. This was the surprise of the night... C'mon, pouch, a boring plain Jane dish of cauliflower? ...So you may think, motherfuckers. But this was simple and toothy and hit all the right notes while imbibing on some boozey liquids. Good side dish.

I like what they have done to the space, I like the cocktail menu and the food menu, it's not over the top with a million items and outrageous prices... It feels just right for this space and vibe. The bartenders are not cocksuckers and the cook does a good job with the small dedicated menu. Since, we had a blast doing the Pokemon shot at Thai 26, we triple dog dared the bartender to make a Metroid shot that we made up from thin drunken air... Who the fuck knows what was in that but that shit fucked me up. But is this place that good? Fuck no, they still got some kinks to work out but I think they will address all the minor problems without any issues... The only thing I worry about for this joint is will they get enough support and traffic from the surrounding hood with all the new apartment buildings that have gone up and going up. They are lucky that they are not right on Crescent or else it will be ghetto real quick. I really don't hang out in this part of midtown anymore because it is douche central but I would come back here every now and then just to see how they're doing and report back to my one fan.

46 13th St NE
Atlanta, GA 30309