It’s Startup Drinks time again this Tuesday night — let’s celebrate! Why? Take your pick:

• It’s been cold
• Beer is proof that God exists and he loves us.
• Startup Drinks regular Tim Dorr just sold his company! (Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.)
• We live in Atlanta, where we don’t usually have to deal with this
• We’re back at one of our favorite places: 5 Seasons Brewery, Westside
• Why not? Olympic curling is finished, and Tuesday’s a slow night.

Mark your calendars and please click here to register:

Tuesday, March 2, 5pm until whenever

5 Seasons Brewery, Westside
1000 Marietta Street
Atlanta, GA 30318

I have reserved the mezzanine area for this event. That’s on the main level (not upstairs, like last time). Should be nice and cozy!

Insider tip: If you pull around behind the restaurant (via the parking lot on the left) and go up the ramp in the back, there’s a ton of free rooftop parking and an entrance to the bar. Just come downstairs.

Can’t make this one? There’ll be another one on the first Tuesday of next month. Watch for future announcements on @atlsuds on Twitter, or sign up for our email list here.

As always: no admission, no business, just fun.

Startup Drinks
A drinking group with a startup problem.

We have another fun location for this month’s Startup Drinks: Publik Draft House, in Midtown. Come on out and renew acquaintances with your startup and technology friends.

Publik Draft House is a cozy new bar, operated by the owners of Baraonda and Enoteca, located on Peachtree Street right next door to the Fox Theater. We have reserved the upstairs area as a private bar for our group.

Please sign up here.

Register for our email signup list here.

Date: Tuesday, Febuary 2, 2010
Time: 5pm until whenever
Location: Publik Draft House, 654 (map and directions)
Parking:

• On street (free or by meter)
• In the Georgian Terrace parking lot across the street (one hour free)

I am so excited — we have snagged an awesome location for our next Startup Drinks: Ri Ra Irish Pub, in Midtown. Should be a terrific place to recover from the holidays and reacquaint yourself with all your technology and startup friends.

Important note: We will be in the (private) Harbour Bar room — way in the back

If you’re not familiar with Ri Ra, I think you’re going to like it. It’s a new joint and pretty cool — great atmosphere, great menu, great beer and liquor selection, decor largely imported from Ireland, and reasonable prices. Definitely not your run of the mill Irish pub! They have agreed to give us the Harbour Bar room in the back with our own dedicated bar.

Please sign up here.

Register for our email signup list here.

Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Time: 5pm until whenever
Location: Ri Ra Irish Pub, Harbour Bar. Corner of Crescent and 12th Streets (map and directions)
Parking:

• On street (free or by meter)
• In the lot across Crescent($5)
• In the 1080 Peachtree Building (2 hrs free)

Thanks to everyone who came out in 2009. I hope you had a great time.

Startup Drinks will continue as usual on the first Tuesday of each month in 2010. We’re scouting locations for our first event on January 5th, so mark your calendars. And I’m taking suggestions for locations for 2010. If you know a great place, please write it in the comments below.

As always, our email signup list is open to any interesting startup folks in the Atlanta area. Sign up at http://bit.ly/atlsudslist

I wish you and yours a joyous holiday season, and look forward seeing you in 2010!

We’re at 5 Seasons Westside tonight from 5pm on. It’s a beautiful day to sit on the rooftop deck, gaze at the city lights, have a drink and meet interesting startup folks. Come on down!

Please click here to register:

5 Seasons Brewery, Westside, rooftop room
1000 Marietta Street
Atlanta, GA 30318

Parking: Drive into the parking lot to the left of the restaurant and go up the ramp in the back. You’ll find rooftop parking and an entrance that will take you directly to the event room.

Ah, the holidays approacheth. And just in time, it’s Startup Drinks again! Spend a great evening with other technology and startup folks. Make friends, drink a beer, and charge your batteries (to 11!) in preparation for the holiday onslaught. As usual, all the cool folks will be there. And me.

Mark your calendars and please click here to register:

Tuesday, December 1, 5pm on (until we’ve had enough)

5 Seasons Brewery, Westside
1000 Marietta Street
Atlanta, GA 30318

I have reserved the rooftop room for this event. It’s a great room with floor-to-ceiling windows and terrific views of the skyline. If the weather’s nice, we can go out on the outdoor deck. If it’s not, we’ll close the doors and stay cozy inside.

Insider tip: If you pull around behind the restaurant (via the parking lot on the left) and go up the ramp in the back, there’s a ton of free rooftop parking and an entrance that will take you directly to the event room.

Can’t make this one? There’ll be another one on the first Tuesday of next month. Watch for future announcements on @atlsuds on Twitter, or sign up for our email list here.

As always: no admission, no business, just fun.

Startup Drinks
A drinking group with a startup problem.

The November event, held at Ignition Alley last night, was a huge success. We had over 50 people for a night of drinks and conversation. About 20 new people came for the first time, so lots of new connections were made. A great time was had by all, from the early arrivals at 5pm to the hardy bunch who made it to Cameli’s for some awesome pizza afterward.

Photos are available here. Thanks to Paul Stamatiou for the shots.

In addition, the attendees brought and donated several boxes of books for Tech High, as part of Atlanta Helps’ November book drive. Thanks so much to Shannon Hubbell for organizing the book drive, and to everyone who contributed. (If you missed it, it’s not too late to contribute — check out the Atlanta Helps blog for details.)

Many thanks to our sponsors: Ignition Alley for the venue, and Regator for the beer!

The next event will be Tuesday, December 1, at a place to be announced soon. Join our mailing list, so you don’t miss our announcements. See you there!

It’s here! Startup Drinks is tomorrow night at Ignition Alley. As a special event, we’re asking for book donations to support Atlanta Helps and Tech High School. Bring a book to donate and receive a free beer, courtesy of Regator. (I know, the beer’s free anyway, but c’mon.)

For more details on the book donation, click here. For more details about the Startup Drinks event, click here. If you’re coming, be sure to sign up here so we have an accurate idea how many to expect.

It’s a great cause and a great way to help. You know you want to…

The next Startup Drinks will be Tuesday, November 3 at Ignition Alley, the coworking space on Ponce de Leon Avenue. This is a great opportunity to come and see Ignition Alley, which is a great new resource for anyone working in a startup or independently.

This is a BYOB event. See details below. Also, please click here to sign up, so we can plan for the right number of people.

Since Ignition Alley is not a bar, the very nice folks at Regator have agreed to provide some beer. For anything else (or if your beer consumption qualifies for the adjective “impressive” — you know who you are), please feel free to BYOB. For those purposes, there is a Green’s liquor store conveniently located right around the corner on Ponce.

Ignition Alley is located at 696 Somerset Terrace NE, just off Ponce de Leon. It’s near the Clermont Lounge, in case you know where that is. (For the respectable crowd, that’s just up the road east of City Hall East.) Parking is on the street, across Ponce in the parking lot for The Local, or in the Ford Factory/Kroger lot around the corner. Do not park at Dougan’s, they will tow. Parking instructions and map are available here.

As always, the event begins at 5pm and continues until whenever.

Gotta run now — further details, signup page, etc. coming soon. In the meantime, please mark your calendars. See you there!

The first Tuesday of the month is almost upon us. That means it’s time once again for Startup Drinks! The October Startup Drinks will be held at the Prado location of the 5 Seasons Brewing Company. As before, we will begin at 5pm and continue until we run out of (a) participants or (b) beer. (The latter occurrence being highly unlikely, since 5 Seasons brews its own.)

By popular request, I am moving the location around a bit. 5 Seasons should be a good location for all the OTPers in our group (you know who you are). It is located in the Prado complex, 5600 Roswell Road in Sandy Springs, just inside I-285. (Being technically ITP, I don’t want to hear any whining from the in-towners about how remote it is, either.) They have very good beer, a full liquor license, and an unusually good and eclectic food menu.

Last month’s event was a blast. This one promises to be no less so. It’s going to be a great time, so tell all your friends and don’t miss it!

Please sign up at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4550453/?ps=5