After the floor closes at Cobb Convention Center

Working the National Franchise Show, the Atlanta Shoe Market or another show at Cobb Convention Center, the old Cobb Galleria Centre? When the floor closes, The Battery Atlanta is across the sky bridge. Here's where to get a drink, hear live music or sit down to a late dinner, plus a hidden bar a short ride away. Go easy. The floor opens again in the morning.

Checked October 2026. Places change, so call ahead.

Park Bench. Dueling pianos and cover bands, with the whole room singing along. Open seven nights a week and late. 21 and up. The Battery Atlanta.

Coca-Cola Roxy. The Battery's concert hall for touring acts. Its calendar lists concerts on November 13 and 14, around the National Franchise Show, so check it against your own show dates. The Battery Atlanta.

Garden & Gun Club. The Southern magazine's own bar and dining room, open since 2018 across from the Truist Park entrance. Craft cocktails and a modern take on Southern classics. Book ahead on Resy if you're bringing a group. The Battery Atlanta.

ASW Distillery. An Atlanta distillery's tasting room, where you can see the stills that make its vodka and gin. Try the bourbon and rye while you're there. The Battery Atlanta.

El Super Pan. Chef Hector Santiago's Latin kitchen, rooted in Puerto Rican cooking. Mofongo, empanadas and cubanos, with frozen drinks at the bar. Open until 2am Friday and Saturday. The Battery Atlanta.

Punch Bowl Social. Bowling, karaoke, darts and arcade games under one roof, with the kitchen open until 1am Friday and Saturday nights. A good one for the whole booth team. It's 21 and up after 10pm on weekends. The Battery Atlanta.

The Atlanta Opera at Cobb Energy Centre. Here in November? Silent Night, the opera about the World War I Christmas truce that won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Music, plays November 7, 10 and 13 at 7:30pm and November 15 at 3pm. It's sung in four languages with English supertitles. Cobb Energy Centre is three blocks from the convention center. Cumberland.

Eleanor's at Muss & Turner's. A hidden speakeasy behind the cooler door of a deli by day and bistro by night that has called Smyrna home for 21 years. Ask about the tarot cocktail menu. Dinner runs until 9pm, and 10pm on Friday and Saturday. A short rideshare away. Smyrna.

Getting back: most of these are across the sky bridge from the convention center and the Renaissance Waverly connected to it. For Smyrna or a hotel farther out, plan a rideshare or ride with someone who isn't drinking. Bring your ID.

Here for the Atlanta Shoe Market in February? See our Atlanta Shoe Market page.

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