An elegant, fancy, somewhat expensive...SPORTS restaurant?

Psalm 149:1
"Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise in the assembly of the faithful."

After picking up my incredibly cool (though at the time, sunburnt, sleepy and grumpy) brother from a tennis camp, I took him and his roommate to the ESPNZone restaurant. This entire edifice was covered with sports paraphernalia, from columns decorated with basketballs, volleyballs, soccer balls and footballs to an inside, wainscotted room covered with notable jerseys.

The boys loved it, as you might imagine.

In the dining area, there were 16 television programs (yes, all covering sports) and one gigantic screen. We even had a mini-television at our table! It reminded me of the CNN tour (see earlier post) when the tour guide explained to us that the directors watch multiple screens and select which one to cut to or fade in. We did the same with our small screen, first watching horse polo, then poker, then some SC Gamecocks football press conference.

Upstairs the boys blew some cash (insert disapproving sisterly look here) on arcade games, everything from bowling to water-skiing (nothing like the real thing, friends) to ping-pong.










We also discovered that the restroom stalls each feature a television--I guess no one wants to miss any part of the games. Bit disconcerting though.

It was certainly interesting, and a fun part of Atlanta--but maybe more fun if there was a particular game to watch. Oh, and the food? Very, very good--typical sports fare (burgers of all varieties) as well as consolation food for whatever poor girls were taken here on dates (salads and sweet desserts).

Back to the abbreviated Idiot's Guide to Atlanta!