C. Ellet's holds the corner at 2605 Circle 75 Parkway in The Battery Atlanta, looking straight at Truist Park, and its bar is the most serious drinking destination in the district. Chef Linton Hopkins and sommelier Gina Hopkins opened the steakhouse in 2017, and the whiskey wall has anchored it since.
Anyone who wants a proper pour before or after a Braves game will love it. Anyone looking for cheap pregame rounds will not, because this is a white-tablecloth steakhouse bar with prices to match.
The room runs polished and loud on game nights: a long marble bar, a club room, and a patio that faces the ballpark plaza. The official menu leads with classic cocktails and what the restaurant describes as an extensive bourbon and whiskey collection, and the raw bar gives the seat real food without committing to a steak.
Order a bourbon from the deeper shelves and ask the bartenders to steer; the list rewards a question more than the cocktail menu does. Classic cocktails sit in the $15 to $18 range and martinis arrive cold and correct. The wine list, built by a sommelier rather than a spreadsheet, is the quiet strength.
Hours run 11:30am to 10pm Monday through Thursday, to 11pm Friday, 11am to 11pm Saturday, and 11am to 9pm Sunday. On Braves home dates the bar fills two hours before first pitch and stays full after the final out, so a non-game evening is the play for an actual seat.
Who it is for: a pre-game drink that outclasses the stadium pour, a business dinner that starts at the bar, and bourbon drinkers working through a list. Skip it on game nights if you want quiet, and skip it entirely if you came for craft beer; the Battery has other rooms for that.
Best time to go is a weeknight without baseball, when the bar holds locals from the Cumberland offices and the whiskey conversation gets the staff's full attention. Reservations through the restaurant cover tables; the bar itself seats walk-ins.
The pedigree is the differentiator. Hopkins built his name on Holeman and Finch's burger-and-bourbon counter culture, and C. Ellet's scales that bar-first instinct into a steakhouse. See where it sits in our best whiskey bars in Atlanta ranking, or compare across the city in the Atlanta bar guide.
Sources: C. Ellet's official site (c-ellets.com, 2026); OpenTable; Yelp (updated June 2026); TripAdvisor; BatteryATL venue directory.
