The Hummingbird

Terrible beer selection.  No food (though they'll be glad to let you have something delivered).  I don't really know why this place still exists.  There are half a dozen better music venues/bars downtown alone.  

Two stars instead of one because it reminds me of hanging out in my friend's basement in high school, the friend whose parents didn't care about him and let him do whatever he wanted.

i'm not from here but i stopped in for a drink, well one turned into a few and i met some great people. they had a band playing and they were one of the best blues bands i've heard in years.

Great place to meet up with friends in the afternoon, but I generally don't come here on weekends.  Happy hour is pretty happy... but sometimes the occasional outspoken druggie hipster patron can scare regular people like me away.  Call me crazy, but if someone's gonna openly break controlled substance laws, I want to be in a different room as them.

When I first moved to Macon I went to the bird at least 4 times a week just to meet up with people and have a couple beers, but if I'm gonna do it big on the weekend, I don't see the point of paying a cover between 5 and 15 dollars in addition to my 50 to 100 dollar bar tab.  

sure there's music, but if a band is good enough to bring in a crowd, pay them out of the excess booze sails.  if they aren't good enough, why would you book them?  I'll always take the "no cover" option, and ironically the "no cover" bars generally have better prices on booze also.  maybe i'm cheap, but i've always thought covers were meant for people who don't spend money once they're inside... like the people under 21 that still get in.