Welcome Back 57th Fighter Group!

Good News! Good News! 57th Fighter Group Restaurant is open again! I started going to 57 when I moved to Atlanta in 2005 and immediately fell in love with it. (Especially for after-work cocktails on the patio!) It took some time to convince my Happy Hour buddies to give this place a go, but once I did.....they were hooked! Much to our dismay, it closed about 6months later and we have been in mourning since!

Not to long ago a little birdie told me it may be opening again, and true enough! The restaurant has a WWII theme, inside and out and it definitely adds to the ambiance. There are fire places throughout the restaurant and bar areas, plenty of space and a dance floor. The bar-area patio at this place just can't be beat! Approximately 20 tables on the patio allow for front-row view of the planes taking off and landing, and fire pits to boot!

As much as I love this place for cocktails, I was anxious to taste the new menu because, quite frankly, the menu with the old establishment wasn't to impressive. So it was off to lunch this past week and I was very impressed! My friend and I had a steak and cheese sub and Reuben respectively, so we each gave the other half of our sandwich and we were good to go! We both said we weren't certain which sandwich we liked better.

Also this past week, we had what I like to call an "after-hours-networking-opportunity" with some work friends because one of us was moving on to greener pastures. It was supposed to be 75 degrees on Thursday so I thought we'd give 57 a go. All 20 of us:) I have to say our server,Rebecca, did famously. She kept all 20 tabs separated (God love her!) and handled our group like a pro.

I'll be anxious to give the dinner menu a go, which I'm almost certain will be sometime soon:)

We had a wonderful evening, so thank you 57....welcome back!