Here's another one for the list. Octane coffee bar and lounge in Atlanta. It's on the west side of town, just beyond the Georgia Tech campus (1009-B Marietta Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30318). Very excellent drinks - baristas know what they're doing, coffee is counter culture. I had a couple of cappuccinos with great milk and art (ACF cup...)
It's a pretty laid back place, probably fairly studenty. A lot of Macs on the wifi, playing The Smiths. The coffee side of things is complemented with a bar, so you could spend a lot of time in here (upper, downer, upper, downer...) Seems like they have barista competitions here on the "Thursday night throwdown".
I think I'll be back. I wasn't expecting to find somewhere like this here.
Phil
http://www.octanecoffee.com/
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