Five Paces Inn
41 Irby Ave NW, Atlanta, GA In Buckhead since 1955. One of Atlanta’s oldest bars and is home to the Old White Rugby Club.
photo: Atlanta History Center
Once surrounded by low-rise buildings and restaurants like Rio Bravo, Texas State Line (later One Star Ranch), and Henri's, Five Paces today counts three high-rise apartment buildings within a stone's throw and is part of a neighborhood in constant redevelopment. Despite the development and competition, Five Paces or "5P" as it's known, has managed to remain a popular dive bar destination for Buckhead residents old and young.
Former reality television personality and model Tribble Reese also spent nearly five years at Five Paces as its bar manager between 2010 and 2015. Five Paces was also featured in the song and video "One Night in Buckhead" in 1985.
Five Paces Inn is a dive bar frequently filled with Atlanta’s real estate hotshots and highbrow bankers—at least until the sun goes down and the college students come out.
Long a place for Atlanta’s rugby players and enthusiasts or after-game drinkers, the bar has evolved in many ways, including expanding into the two units on either side. Legend has it that patrons in the past who tried to stick around after closing time were literally thrown out into the street, in old-school saloon fashion.
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