Hmm, ingredients for a Traffic Light may vary. Pour carefully.
That was quick: the first story found on the internet told the tale of Harrison's demise, From the Atlanta Business Chronicle, 2003:
The best bar in the heyday of Atlanta as a singles' haven closed, if memory serves, at 2 a.m. Harrison's on Peachtree was so crowded on Friday nights in the 1970s that the furniture was removed for that evening. The tradition was so strong that men and women who met at Harrison's and have since divorced now resume the search at places like the Park Bench in Buckhead.
Business at Harrison's, at Clarence Foster's, and a few other top spots was great and good. It was never awful. But had they been able to stay open until 4 a.m., they would have been different places -- drawing a far different customer.
Harrison's finally was done in by owner Steve Fuller's decision to open a second location in the Galleria and by the brutal crackdown on drunk drivers in the 1980s. Suburban growth at that time fueled neighborhood saloons from which the drive home was shorter and less risky.
Those early success stories didn't prompt calls for longer pouring hours. It was understood that nothing good was going to happen in the wee hours.
So, another victim, like Clarence Foster's, of the Buckhead situation.
Looking up the address on google maps, it's now a place called Elleven45 Lounge.
Traffic Light
- 1/2 oz. grenadine
- 1/2 oz. creme de menthe
- 1/2 oz. peppermint schnapps
- 1/2 oz. Galliano
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