Commune

Commune opened on 8 May 2024 at 6 Olive Street in Avondale Estates, inside the Olive + Pine development, from Zopi Kristjanson and the music producer and DJ Chris Devoe. It is a wine bar and a hi-fi listening room in equal measure, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Henri Hollis caught what makes the room work: a listening bar in a windowless space carved out of a cinder block warehouse could have felt like eating inside a cheap subwoofer, and instead it feels like a midcentury sound engineer's living room.

The wine list is curated by Steven Grubbs, the James Beard-nominated sommelier formerly of Empire State South, and runs esoteric but sanely priced by the glass and the bottle. The kitchen, under executive chef Autumn Jade, changes almost daily; Hollis praised the staff as well-trained, knowledgeable guides through a menu that is efficiently descriptive rather than showy. Music runs nightly - DJ sets and live performances spanning jazz, funk, Afrobeat, Italian film soundtracks, bebop, psych rock and post-punk.

A listening room is a genuinely good format for not drinking, and it is worth saying why. The evening has a centre of gravity that is not the bar: people are there to hear something, conversation runs quieter, and nobody is tracking what is in your glass. That removes most of the social friction of being the sober person in the room, which is usually the actual obstacle rather than the drink itself.

Commune keeps a standing N/A Drinks category rather than improvising on request. As of August 2026 it runs to a St. Agrestis Phony Negroni, an Oddbird Blanc de Blanc - a de-alcoholised sparkling chardonnay - an Aplos Ume Spritz, Athletic Brewing's Upside Dawn golden ale and Marzia sparkling mineral water, with a separate tea list of blood orange hibiscus, a lion's mane and tulsi blend called Clarity, Dragonwell green tea and Earl Grey creme. One item on that same list needs flagging plainly: the Afterdream Tropical THC Tonic contains hemp-derived THC. It is alcohol-free, but it is not non-intoxicating, and anyone here because they are avoiding intoxication rather than alcohol specifically should order around it. It is a wine bar first and the list is short, so this is a place to go for the room and the records with a decent drink in hand, not a destination zero-proof programme. Open Tuesday to Saturday evenings.