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The Tabernacle

  • September 19, 2006
  • Rated 4 of 5 by Sierra from Chicago, Illinois
The Tabernacle

The Tabernacle started out life as a church, hence the name. Somewhere along the name it was a House of Blues, hence the eclectic decor, which is a kind of voodoo-meets-Keith Haring.

This is an interesting venue; we came here for a private party put on by SOE for Fan Faire in April 2006. The upstairs space has a really nice stage, with standing room and two large bars on the main floor and limited seating up on the balcony. Good gracious, is this place *LOUD*, however; if you want to talk to your friends or your date, forget it. Their operating mode seems to be "if your eardrums don't break, then we're not loud enough."

Downstairs is another smaller stage and a small bar, as well as the bathrooms. For the party we attended, the basement was packed - the attendees seemed to like the Metalsome Mondays live rock karaoke better than the bands upstairs. (I felt bad for the bands upstairs; they were rockin' their hearts out and sounded great, but almost nobody was watching them!)

Great venue for a private party. My only complaint was that they emptied us out at midnight instead of 1am, not sure the exact reason, whether it was a noise complaint or what. Walking distance to a lot of the downtown hotels. Alcohol prices were okay - made me thankful I'm not much for drinking.

And it gets HOT inside. Dress to be cool temperature-wise, and let the dress-to-impress vibe be secondary.

From journal A Weekend in Hotlanta

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