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2008 Index of Winners

Best Acoustic Music Club/Venue BOA Award Winner

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Eddie’s Attic (Featured)

Best Acoustic Music Club/Venue BOA Award Winner

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Eddie’s Attic (Featured)
Cutline: BODEGA NIGHTS: Critics Pick for Best After Hours/Late Night Spot Photo by Photo by Tara-Lynne Pixley

Best Restaurant for Late-Night Dining BOA Award Winner

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Bodega Nights Food Truck (Permanently Closed)

Best After Hours Spot BOA Award Winner

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Majestic Diner (Featured)
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Best Bartender/Mixologist BOA Award Winner

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MJQ Concourse (Featured)

Best Bartender/Mixologist BOA Award Winner

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Over Da Edge (Permanently Closed)

Best Bar to Hook Up BOA Award Winner

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Graveyard Tavern (Permanently Closed)
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Best Blues Club BOA Award Winner

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Northside Tavern (Featured)

Best Blues Ambassadors for Atlanta BOA Award Winner

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Tinsley Ellis

Best Barbecue BOA Award Winner

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Fat Matt’s Rib Shack (Where to Eat Recommendation)

Best Bowling Alley BOA Award Winner

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Midtown Bowl (Featured)

Best Burlesque Troupe BOA Award Winner

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Vagina Jenkins

Best Burlesque Troupe BOA Award Winner

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Dames Aflame

Best Cigar Bar BOA Award Winner

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Highland Cigar Co. (Featured)
Eschewing the smoke-filled backroom for a well-ventilated Inman Park storefront, HIGHLAND CIGAR CO. delivers the best of both worlds. Private humidors, a pre-mium international cigar selection and hand-rolled house cigars appeal to our inner Tony Montana, while the clear air, outdoor porch and knowledgeablemore...
Eschewing the smoke-filled backroom for a well-ventilated Inman Park storefront, HIGHLAND CIGAR CO. delivers the best of both worlds. Private humidors, a pre-mium international cigar selection and hand-rolled house cigars appeal to our inner Tony Montana, while the clear air, outdoor porch and knowledgeable staff please those who just want to give their lungs a good scare. With restaurants such as Parish, Fritti, Sotto Sotto and Zaya within walking dis-tance, Highland Cigar Co. is a great place to unwind after dinner and puff away your worries – be-cause every day above ground is a good day. less...

Best Cigar Bar BOA Award Winner

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Highland Cigar Co. (Featured)

Best Club/Party DJ BOA Award Winner

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DJ Klever

Best Club/Party DJ BOA Award Winner

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Brian Parris

Best Club Event BOA Award Winner

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Sloppy Seconds

Best Club Event Best of Atlanta Award

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Best Club Event BOA Award Winner

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Fringe Factory

Best Club Event Best of Atlanta Award

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Best Club Event BOA Award Winner

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Luxuria

Best Club Event Best of Atlanta Award

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Best Club Event BOA Award Winner

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Broke & Boujee

Best Comedy Club/Venue BOA Award Winner

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The Punchline Comedy Club (Featured)

Best Concert Venue BOA Award Winner

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Variety Playhouse

Best Concert Venue BOA Award Winner

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Variety Playhouse
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Best Country Music Club BOA Award Winner

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Wild Bill Wholesale (Permanently Closed)

Best Country Music Club BOA Award Winner

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Cowboys (Permanently Closed)

Best Dance Music Club BOA Award Winner

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El Bar @ El Ponce (Featured)

Best Dance Music Club BOA Award Winner

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MJQ Concourse (Featured)

Best Dive Bar BOA Award Winner

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Southern Comfort Restaurant (Permanently Closed)

Best Dive Bar BOA Award Winner

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Gravity Pub (Permanently Closed)

Best Drag Queen BOA Award Winner

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Mary Edith Pitts

Best Drag Queen BOA Award Winner

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Charlie Brown

Best Local Experimental Music Act BOA Award Winner

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Zano

Best Gay Bar BOA Award Winner

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Blake’s On The Park (Featured)

Best Gay Bar BOA Award Winner

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Mary’s (Featured)
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Best Local Music Blog BOA Award Winner

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Cable & Tweed

Best Nightlife Event BOA Award Winner

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141 Moreland Ave

Best Local Jazz Act BOA Award Winner

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Jaspects

Best Jazz Club BOA Award Winner

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Churchill Grounds Jazz Cafe (Permanently Closed)

Best Jukebox BOA Award Winner

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Elmyr
The CDs on the jukebox at EL MYR are an ever-shifting lot that reflect the eclectic tastes of Little Five Points. Metal, punk, disco, old-school country and old-school hip-hop spin side-by-side – just like the patrons who frequent the neighborhood burrito bar. Local CDs span from such classicmore...
The CDs on the jukebox at EL MYR are an ever-shifting lot that reflect the eclectic tastes of Little Five Points. Metal, punk, disco, old-school country and old-school hip-hop spin side-by-side – just like the patrons who frequent the neighborhood burrito bar. Local CDs span from such classic Atlanta names as Smoke to more recent offerings from Mastodon. The rest of the selec-tion features everything you ever want to hear by the likes of the Misfits, Tom Waits, Run-D.M.C., Public Enemy, the Kinks, Joe Strummer and dozens of others. Come for the burritos, stay for the mu-sic. less...

Best Jukebox BOA Award Winner

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The Righteous Room (Featured)

Best Karaoke BOA Award Winner

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10 High Club

Best Karaoke BOA Award Winner

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Mary’s (Featured)

Best Latin Club BOA Award Winner

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Loca Luna (Permanently Closed)

Best Lesbian Bar BOA Award Winner

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MSR My Sisters Room

Best Local Hip-Hop Act BOA Award Winner

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Yelawolf

Best art-punk band BOA Award Winner

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Vera Fang
Like a thief in the night, VERA FANG emerged from the house-show and DIY-gallery scenes with a debut 7-inch that rocked. The kids who comprise the group had been hanging out around town forever, but who knew they were lying in wait, ready to pounce when the local punk scene least expected it. Sunni Johnsonmore...
Like a thief in the night, VERA FANG emerged from the house-show and DIY-gallery scenes with a debut 7-inch that rocked. The kids who comprise the group had been hanging out around town forever, but who knew they were lying in wait, ready to pounce when the local punk scene least expected it. Sunni Johnson shreds her bass to pieces in ways that leave audiences wondering if her mother checked her scalp for the mark of the beast at birth. Vera Fang crafts sharp, sinister hooks and surrealist imagery that merges bits of fairy tale and feminism in a whirl of addictive punk dirges. www.myspace.com/verafangatl. less...

Best Local Producer BOA Award Winner

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Shondrae “Bangladesh” Crawford

Best Local Blues Act BOA Award Winner

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Mudcat

Best Blues Band in ATL Best of Atlanta Award

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Best Local Blues Act BOA Award Winner

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Breeze Kings

Best Blues Band in ATL Best of Atlanta Award

The Best Blues band in Atlanta | more...

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