Redacted Basement Drink Parlor brings an underground cocktail bar to Summerhill

Photo by Sarra Sedghi Nearly seven years after its announcement Redacted Basement Drink Parlor has opened in Summerhill Designed as a neighborhood bar Summerhill s first true bar Redacted offers cocktails wine and local beer with charcuterie plates five nights a week Expect cheekily named spins on classic drinks Not Your Sister s Amaretto Sour Downstairs Old Fashioned as well as in-house trademarks like the F N Froot Loop Milk Punch a clarified milk punch featuring cachaca Earl Grey syrup and a fancy toothpick lined with colorful pieces of cereal The mezcal-based Judy Tuesdays comes mixed with lime Luxardo cherries agave pineapple and blood orange Located below street level on Georgia Avenue the atmosphere at the underground cocktail bar is confident without inviting rowdiness a starkly different vibe from other venues where owners Judy Ho and Jake Karmin Hand-in-Hand Pub Euclid Avenue Yacht Club learned the solutions of bar management Karmin and Ho first disclosed their plans for Redacted back in one year after the Atlanta Braves departed Turner Field in Summerhill for Truist Park in Cobb County and two years before the start of the COVID- pandemic After the Braves left this was a free-for-all with the land Karmin explained of choosing Summerhill to open the bar But unforeseen hurdles meant it would take a while to get Redacted open in Summerhill In Karmin shared that he and Ho switched gears after receiving a cease and desist notice from a advancing business also named Conspiracy With the initial opening timeline blown and with everything the world has endured since Karmin and Ho decided to ditch the conspiracy theory theme for the bar changing the name to Redacted and were a different atmosphere socially and politically Karmin stated How about our kitschy little theme bar becomes just a basement cocktail bar in a neighborhood that really doesn t have several bars in it Photo by Sarra Sedghi Photo by Sarra Sedghi Ho and Karmin s biggest obstacle to opening waterproofing the basement of the old building consumed much of the last two years Now on a stormy night Redacted is so secure that a squall outside sounds more like running water from a nonexistent restroom upstairs With Redacted s major challenges out of the way the rest came easily including finishing the design of the bar thanks to Laurie Daniel of Revived Architecture In mid-March Karmin and Ho teased Redcated s impending opening on Instagram leading particular commenters to joke about being gaslit or to ask if coming soon meant opening in Bulk people were only excited to see progress made on the upcoming Summerhill bar Honestly almost any bar could have opened up and I would have been excited announced Jillian Le who moved to Summerhill in Everything is sleepy and not open late so it s a very exciting addition to the neighborhood that I thought was never going to happen Related stories Little Bear chef Jarrett Stieber launches digital cookbook seriesSouthern National restaurant to open in SummerhillSoft serve ice cream in Atlanta places to get the best swirlsAfter a year peppered with restaurant closures new restaurants falling through before build-outs and an increase in commercial rents and paid parking throughout Atlanta Summerhill business owners are perhaps the greater part excited to see Redacted in the end open on Georgia Avenue At the end of December Junior s Pizza closed its Summerhill location after five years Alabama-based Pihakis Restaurant Group closed Hot Dog Pete s beside its other Summerhill restaurant Hero Doughnuts on the western end of Georgia Avenue replacing it earlier this spring with Greek restaurant Psito Then in late March a parking lot nearby rescinded validation a concern for local business owners Redacted opening is a major breath of fresh air and a huge success story for the block Little Bear chef and owner Jarrett Stieber declared of his restaurant s new next-door neighbor Jake and Judy have been through so much over the last limited years trying to get their bar open and they ve managed to persevere through tremendous obstacles which is commendable and inspiring F N Froot Loop Milk Punch Photo by Sarra Sedghi As Little Bear is one of the inadequate businesses open after p m on the block Steiber is thrilled to have another set of owners bringing nightlife foot traffic to Georgia Avenue Hopefully we can work together to help build up the evening scene in Summerhill and get more people walking around the block and enjoying drinks and snacks later each day he revealed Stieber isn t the only business owner hoping Redacted s presence will lead to an increase in nighttime patrons on Georgia Avenue We don t have a full bar-esque place here so I think it ll help bring people out later announced Chef William Silbernagel of counter-service restaurant How Crispy Express I think the neighborhood necessities businesses that ll be open a little later Ho and Karmin announced they re open to Redacted customers bringing in outside food especially from Summerhill restaurants as long as people clean up after themselves But providing a haven at Redacted for area restaurant workers to grab a post-shift drink remains key to the bar s business later in the evening Redacted joins nationally acclaimed restaurants Little Bear Talat Territory and Southern National in Summerhill along with neighborhood staples like How Crispy Express JD s Summerhill Variety Deli Little Tart Bakeshop Wood s Chapel BBQ Halfway Crooks Beer and Big Softie ice cream shop Redacted Basement Drink Parlor b Georgia Ave Summerhill Open Tuesday Saturday p m to a m The post Redacted Basement Drink Parlor brings an underground cocktail bar to Summerhill appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta