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Hotel Clermont’s Restaurant, Bars and Cocktails
Check Out at the Hotel Clermont’s Bars Article
HOTEL CLERMONT: After hours in limbo Article
The Hotel Clermont
The “Hotel Clermont” has been given an extensive makeover and is destined to be one of Atlanta’s coolest boutique hotels. After a multi-million dollar renovation, the hotel features cool rooms, a rooftop bar overlooking the beltline, Ponce City Market and a view of Atlanta from the East side. The Hotel is likely draw a healthy skepticism from those who are concerned about Atlanta’s gentrification of yet another landmark but it is hard to find critics who can say the the Clermont Motor Lounge was destined for anything but a wrecking ball:
Dangerous Moves: All bad things must come to an end Article
Mayor of Ponce throws down at the Clermont Motor Hotel-
Walking down Ponce de Leon Avenue, it’s 6 a.m. and all the good people are getting ready for church. Me, not so much. I’m heading back to my room at the Clermont Motor Hotel. A hotel that’s as spiritual as it is profane. A place that isn’t much a destination, more a punctuation. An ending. Unglamorous and real as it can be.-
The...
| more...The Clermont Hotel was built in 1924 as an apartment building and ended up being an inexpensive hotel. It served its purpose as an apartment building and then turned into an inexpensive hotel with a club in the basement that drew in the curious. The club has been known as the Anchorage Club, Gypsy Club, The Continental Room, the Atlanta Playboy Club and the Jungle Club. In 1968, the Clermont Lounge opened.
In the 1970s, long after the hotel had lost its shine, touring bands playing clubs like Funochios and Richards, would stay at the Clermont. The hotel offered a better bargain than fancier places like the Georgian Terrace. Lynyrd Skynyrd stayed at the hotel when they first started playing Atlanta clubs. The selection of hotels in the 1970s was limited to locally owned places. The fancy digs were at the Biltmore - Bob Dylan stayed there when he was in town. By the late 1970s/early 1980s, the Georgian Terrace got seedier (and cheaper) and began to take the touring band business away from the Clermont. The touring punk bands started staying at the Clermont.
The hotel closed in 2009 after the City health department nailed the Clermont for multiple violations of code. No telling what was in those sheets. The Lounge continued to operate in the basement and has been a big part of many CLers upbringing. The stripper Blondie and a cool vibe drew in Atlanta’s hipster scene after hours most nights.
We’ve also written the Clermont’s obituary a few times and its run-ins with the health, property tax and other agencies who were trying to keep the hotel in line. Below are a series of the best articles we’ve done on the Clermont plus those in the AJC and publications with interesting perspectives worth taking a look. We’d encourage you to start with these three definitive pieces on the Clermont:
50 YEARS - 1988: Staying at the Clermont Hotel when it was a Dive Article
Clermont Hotel Story Pitch Article
Do not disturb... please! Article
Cover Story: Step inside the Clermont Hotel (2) Article
Behold, more photos from inside the Clermont Hotel! Article
The last 10 Hotel Clermont articles in CL
See a list of all CL articles on Hotel Clermont here
- The Hotel Clermont 08/01/2018
- HOTEL CLERMONT: After hours in limbo 07/12/2018
- Check Out at the Hotel Clermont’s Bars 07/10/2018
- QUICK BITES: Tiny Lou’s is now open in Hotel Clermont, Iron Age Steak House plans to open another location, and more 06/15/2018
- Quick Bites: Hotel Clermont’s new French restaurant dubbed Tiny Lou’s, ARI Korean Steakhouse comes to Johns Creek, Ponce City Market gets a “boutique bodega” and more 11/07/2017
- Quick Bites: The Clermont Lounge FINALLY reopens, Bar Mercado debuts, Scofflaw Brewing Company celebrates one year and more 09/12/2017
- Quick Bites: Clermont Lounge delays reopening yet again, Alpharetta plans a new food hall, two new beverages hit Atlanta and more 07/27/2017
- Quick Bites: Clermont Lounge returns? Shingo Gokan wins big, Ebrik expands and more 07/25/2017
- 5 things do to: Clermont Lounge Employees Benefit 03/16/2017
- Quick Bites: Chrome Yellow Trading Co. taps Eat Me Speak Me chef, Clermont Lounge closes for six weeks, and more 01/03/2017
Hotel Clermont Articles in Atlanta Media
- Clermont Hotel Shut Down - Strippers Unaffected, AJC, December 17, 2009
- Famed Clermont Hotel Sold to Developers, AJC, January 9, 2013
- “We’re All Freaks: My Three Years at the Clermont Lounge”, Bitter Southerner, October 1, 2013
- Clermont Hotel documentary is nearly complete, Atlanta Magazine, August 14, 2015
- Capone on Ponce: the Making of an Urban Legend, WABE, January 2, 2014
Hotel Clermont Map, Events and Hours
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Rooftop Guest Chef Dinner ft. Joey Ward + Spencer Gomez
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Oak Steakhouse Rooftop Pop-up at Hotel Clermont
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KETTLE BLACK x SEOUL CHIKIN ROOFTOP POP-UP
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“Dogs & Dogs†at Hotel Clermont: An Adoption Event with Angels Among Us Pet Rescue
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Dream Warriors Foundation Bubbly + Bingo
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Atlanta Film Festival: Tuesday Night Hangout at Clermont Hotel Rooftop
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“Above Where the Ladies Dance†– Last Chance to See Photo Exhibition by Cyril Bailleul
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A Summer Night on Ponce
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Rooftop Taco Food Truck @ Hotel Clermont
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