What a fun place! I came here for a dance party after a wedding and had a blast! Every great classic song you could think of was played for the wedding, including a lot of Jackson 5. As for the drinks, maybe I'm too used to the high prices of San Francisco, but I found them to be a steal. $6 for a strong mint julep? Amazing! Â If I'm ever back in Athens I'll be sure to find my way back to Little Kings!
Review Source:This is as close to a gay bar (I could call it a tolerance bar?) that I think athens is gonna have. It has delightfully hipster-y (the artwork, pbr, wood paneling and patrons) but the music is usually pretty good (80's, 90's and now) but sometimes they have a DJ who has not equalized his peavey's for the space and it's not fun if he's playing and you really just wanted to have a beer and talk with your friends. (LOUD. PUNK. NOBODY'S DANCING TO THIS.)
The booze is reasonably priced though and the bartenders are always nice.
So if you're not wearing a tiny sequined dress or a navy blazer, cross over the khaki divide and come on over here.
This place can get insanely crowded (See Athens Cabaret Showgirls night), so depending on who you ask that may be a good or bad thing. Â But, the atmosphere is excellent and they have karaoke once a month, which I like to rock. There is a definite eclectic mixture of people that go here, mostly in the non-undergrad-frat-type category. There are couches and tables and fun fluffy chairs to sit in. Â And as an added bonus GUMMY BEARS at the bar!!!!!!
Review Source:I like coming to this place to get away from the normal downtown Athens swill. The atmosphere is unique and on the hipster side. However there is a great back porch with an awesome wrought iron fence and camp trailer. They have three cornhole sets which can be fun to play as the sun goes down and put some cheap beer in your body.
Bottom Line: great place to chill and be different in Athens.
A Hipsters Wet Dream, Little Kings is truly a paradise for a townie or a student in transition to becoming one.
Pretty much every time I have been has been...well... an experience.
WUOG 90.5 FM, the student run radio station often holds events here, and I can see why.
I mean with cheap PBR... I mean who can blame them? (And now I'm sorry that sarcasm doesn't show up in text)
Anyways. If you like music that can be prevalent in the Athens area, and you're looking for cheap beer and an "interesting" atmosphere, this could be your place.
Yet even then I'd suggest going to a number of other places, that aren't so out of the way, and which has cheap beer as well as good beer.
Sorry this just isn't the place for someone like me, especially as a regular. Still for a bar out of the way it can have some interesting programs, like belly dancers, frat rappers, etc. in their outside performance space. Don't take my word for it though, for it's close enough, that if you're downtown, you can go and see for yourself.
Super friendly, laid back and fun bar. Â While chatting with a friend about hoppy New England microbrews, an older dude sitting next to us pushed his pint over to me and told me to try Athens-style hoppy beer. Â I don't think I would ever drink from a complete stranger's beer back home, but I figured this is how they do in the South (right?? right??). Â Anyway, he looked like Sam Eliot so I trusted him and boy am I glad I did! Â Terrapin is one of my new favorite beers. Â
The next night we went was even better. Â Although the friend I was visiting knows everyone within a five mile radius of the town, my other out of towner friend and I were able to make the acquaintances of many new buddies even when townie friend left. Â Is everywhere down here this friendly? Â
So much fun. Â Cheapish drinks, friendly people, and if the DJ on Saturday was any indication, fun fun danceable music.
My story of the last time I went to Little Kings will be the best review I can give.
I walked in with several friends, all male, most of them queer, and immediately became paranoid that I had BO. Â After checking both of my armpits (safe!) a cute nature boy danced backwards toward me, wafting patchouli and armpit. Â Secure in the knowledge that 1) it wasn't me and 2) if it were, no one would care, I led my out of town guests into the crowd. Â The DJ was playing an all Madonna marathon (the time before it was person in a gorilla suit with 8tracks, and before that it was a burlesque troop) on the stage, and so we danced merrily. Â Well, the shy one in the group relaxed in the old furniture that lines the walls, but the rest of us attempted to dance. Â The chubby guy with the beer gut joined for a while, joyful, drunk, unashamed, and friendly. Â We danced, and he eventually danced off to the bathroom. Â The exotic exchange student boy danced through with a group of admiring ladies and we smiled at each other. Â My friends and I jumped around like idiots, sweating away and bumping into people, happily. Â The bathrooms didn't even scare me into trying to hold it a little longer! Â The highlight was when an attractive young women with euro-dreds bellydanced backwards and whisper-yelled into my ear "YOU HAVE A BANGING BOOTY!!" Â She said it a second time, smiled happily, and danced away. Â A pure compliment with no ulterior motive is a lovely find at 2a on a Saturday. Â
I love Little Kings.
Forget spending big bucks at Delta: At Little Kings, you get transported for free.
Or, almost free.
Tonight, we drank $1.50 beer and watched Christopher (Without His Liver) strum his ukulele, with sounds of live violin and melodica in the back. It wasn't really the cheap beer that made us feel like we were suddenly in a new space, but Christopher's melodic tunes. Quiet, musical, and understated, we suddenly felt like we were at some lonely isle in the Mediterranean, where people are poor but the stars are so full and so many they bring tears to the eyes and everything is complete.
In between bands, I found myself in the back wooden bench area, smoking cigarettes, running into people I didn't know. Christopher gave me a yellow cassette with his songs. I was happy. This place is a village, and these people are loving, welcoming, open. The community. I forgot what it's like.
Then came the Gemini Crickets. Lead singer and chick barely strumming the electric guitar are married and happily sharing nights like this one over music. Later she told me she's just now starting to learn the guitar. She was beaming. And then those drums. The sound, like it's piercing through your heart. The energy. The lights. The love.
I've loved Little Kings for a long time. Whether it's bands, poetry readings, or a benefit for some good cause that takes place, the bonds between those that frequent here are undeniable.
So is the wonderful music and the one and only feel of Athens.
Opened by the same folks who run the Manhattan Cafe, this place is quite different but has the same easygoing vibe and lots of charm. Â The building has a long, beautiful wood bar--one that now has hard alcohol as well as beer and wine. Â (For a while there, their license limited their sales to beer and wine.) Â Beautiful floor-to-ceiling windows run the length of the building; in pleasant weather (read: most of the year in temperate Georgia), the windows are left open in the breeze. Â Warm woods, nice, cumfy furniture, and laid-back bartenders who are friendly and efficient. There's a stage, too, so expect to hear music some nights of the week.
The outside section of the bar is such a treat. Â Instead of using the parking lot area as a parking lot, the staff blocked it off and has it set up as a patio. Â Sounds a bit ugly, but it's really rather charming. Â Tiki lights hang above the many tables, and once in awhile they set up a makeshift stage for bands to play outdoors. Â (I've only seen this once or twice, so I'm not sure if it'll happen again.) Â Also present? Â Perhaps the most exciting thing ever! Â CORNHOLE. Â Don't know what this game is? Â I think you might be better armed not knowing. Â Just show up, order a drink, and mosey on outside for some friendly competition. Â I'll bet tossing a beanbag onto a wooden board is fifty times harder than you'd ever expect.
The bar is on the "edge" of downtown, which means it's a ten-second walk to the Manhattan in one direction or to Athens Cine in the other direction. Â Check it out for sure.
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