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Thinking Man Tavern

4.4 (752) ·Bar ·$ entrées ~$13 ·Decatur, GA

Thinking Man Tavern in Decatur publishes breakfast, brunch, lunch and food menus with prices, 168 items in all, open daily (hours below).

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537 W Howard Ave, Decatur, GA 30030

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537 W Howard Ave, Decatur, GA 30030
Distance from central Decatur1.0 mi
Straight-line distance from the midpoint of our Decatur listings.
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Hours of Operation

Monday4 PM–12 AM
Tuesday11:30 AM–12 AM
Wednesday11:30 AM–12 AM
Thursday11:30 AM–12 AM
Friday11:30 AM–1 AM
Saturday11:30 AM–1 AM
Sunday11:30 AM–3 AM

Happy Hour & Drinks

Updated September 2026
Thinking Man Tavern does not currently offer a confirmed happy hour. The bar features full food and drink menus with prices across 168 verified items, available in full detail below.
Hawaii Five-O
Rhum J.M. Agricole Blanc 110 Proof White Rum, Bounty Dark Rum, Hibiscus Simple, fresh lime juice, Angostura & Tiki Bitters, soda water
$12
Hey Ya!
Old Fashioned with Four Roses Bourbon, Leopold Brothers Georgia Peach Whiskey, Stirrings Blood Orange Bitters
$11
Cowgirl in the Sand
Pueblo Viejo Blanco Tequila, Joseph Cartron Creme De Mure Blackberry Liqueur, housemade lemonade
$11
Paradise City
Gin Lane 1751 Cucumber Watermelon Mint Gin, Chareau Aloe Liqueur, fresh lime, mint simple, soda water
$12
Thunderstruck
Four Roses Bourbon, Joseph Cartron Apricot Liqueur, Fusetti Bitter, Dolin Chambéryzette Strawberry Aperitif
$12
Black Magic Woman
Murrell’s Row Tulsi Gin, Joseph Cartron Bergamote Liqueur, housemade blueberry lemonade
$12
Rockaway Beach
Daiquiri with Bounty Coconut Rum, Bounty White Rum, strawberry-infused Campari, simple syrup, fresh lime juice
$11
Blood and Thunder
El Tequileño Blanco Tequila, Rhum JM Liqueur D’Orange, blood orange juice, fresh lime juice, agave
$12
Drop It Like It’s Hot
Tanteo Habanero Tequila, fresh lime juice, ginger beer, pickled jalapeños
$11
Witchy Woman
Verde Amarás Mezcal, Amaro Ciociara, George Dickel Rye Whiskey, Angostura Bitters
$11
Purple Rain
Gimlet with Conniption Kinship Gin & housemade lime cordial
$11
Draft
WeldWerks Extra Extra Broccoli Hazy NEDIPA 10oz 8.3%
Collab w/ Other Half, mash up of Broccoli & Extra Extra Juicy Bits (Greeley, CO)
$8.5
Pipeworks Ninja vs Unicorn DIPA 10oz 8%
Unfiltered double IPA brewers w/ over 5 pounds of hops per barrel (Chicago, IL)
$7
Other Half Forever Ever Hazy NEIPA 10oz 4.7%
Low ABV crusher brewed w/ Mosaic, Cashmere, and Citra (Brooklyn, NY)
$7
Two Tides A Picture of Nectaron Hazy NEIPA 10oz 6.66%
Brewed w/ 100% Nectaron hops (Savannah, GA)
$7.5
Sacred Profane Pale Lager Lager 10oz 4.2%
Clean, crisp Czech-style pale lager (Biddeford, ME)
$6.5
Stiegl-Radler Shandy 16oz 2%
Beer mixed with real grapefruit juice, refreshing & crushable (Salzburg, Austria)
$7.5
Cherry Street That Coconut Porter Porter 10oz 6%
London Porter brewed w/ toasted coconut flakes, dates & vanilla (Cumming, GA)
$6
Pontoon Rainbow Smiggles Fruited Sour 10oz 7%
Berliner Weisse brewed w/ Skittles & Trix Cereal (Sandy Springs, GA)
$7.5
Bluejacket Warm Wishes Fruited Sour 10oz 6%
Double fruited w/ passionfruit, raspberries, cherries, & blood oranges (Washington, DC)
$8.5
Creature Comforts Athena Paradiso Fruited Sour 10oz 4.5%
Tart fruit ale w/ watermelon & sea salt (Athens, GA)
$6
De Garre Belgian Tripel 8oz 11%
House beer for the famous De Garre Pub in Bruges (Evergem, Belgium)
$9
Jester King Le Petit Prince Table Beer 10oz 3.8%
Farmhouse table beer brewed w/ local, wild yeast, a crushable saison (Austiin, TX)
$7
Hofbräu Original Helles Lager .5L 5.1%
Golden in color, full-bodied, and with a fine hop aroma (Munich, Germany)
$7.5
Oxbow Saison Rosé Farmhouse Saison 8oz 6%
Mixed-fermentation ale brewed w/ Pinot Noir grapes, cherries & berries (Newcastle, ME)
$8
Ayinger Bairisch Bavarian Pils Pilsner .5L 5.3%
Brewed with Hallertau hops from the Bavarian region (Aying, Germany)
$8
Estrella Damm Lager 16oz 4.6%
Pale lager brewed with mediterranean ingredients since 1876 (Barcelona, Spain)
$6
Lagunitas IPA American IPA 16oz 6.2%
A classic IPA since 1995, with balanced hops and malts (Petaluma, CA)
$6
St. Bernardus Abt 12 Belgian Quadrupel .25L 10%
Spike of clove with rich dark fruit. (Watou, Belgium)
$9
Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen Wheat Beer .5L 5.4%
From the oldest brewery in the world. (Freising, Germany)
$6.5
High Life Lager 16oz 4.6%
The Champagne of Beers (Milwaukee, WI)
$4
Latest Can Releases
Halfway Crooks Var Pilsner 12oz 4.7%
Bohemian-style Pilsner w/ Noble hops & malt-forward yeast (Atlanta, Georgia)
$6
Pabst Grilo’s Pickles Pickle Beer 12oz 4.7%
Bright, briny, and unapologetically dill-forward (San Antonio, TX)
$4
Creature Comforts Automatic American IPA 12oz 6%
Refreshing & drinkable IPA (Athens, GA)
$5
Six Bridges Sour Continuum Fruited Sour 12oz 5%
Sour ale brewed with Mango & peach (Johns Creek, GA)
$6
Indio Dark Lager 12oz 4.1%
Dark Vienna-style lager with golden malts & toasted caramel notes (Monterrey, Mexico)
$5
THC Spiked Beverages
Crescent 9
Non-alcoholic and vegan Flavors: Raspberry Lime 12oz / 10mg THC
$13
Daizy’s Social Soda
All-natural, non-GMO, gluten-free, vegan Flavors: Grape, Tropical Punch 12oz / 10mg THC
$13
St. Rains
Cannabis-Flavored with fruit juice. A more complex drink than your typical seltzer Flavors: Ojai Kush, OG Mango 12oz / 5mg THC
$11
Stigma Club Soda
Glacier water infused with purified THC & a light dash of minerals 12oz / 10mg THC
$13
Señorita Spicy Margarita
Non-alcoholic spicy marg with Mexican agave, lime, and jalapeno infused with THC 12oz / 10mg THC
$13
Wynk
Non-alcoholic seltzer infused with THC & CBD Flavors: Black Cherry Fizz 12oz / 5mg THC, 5mg CBD
$9
Wine
Sparkling
Wycliff Brut NV California
$6/$21
Whites
Montasolo Pinot Grigio 2018 Italy
$7/$24
Veramonte Sauvignon Blanc 2020 Casablanca, Chile
$8/$30
GEN5 Chardonnay 2019 Lodi, California
$8/$30
Roses
Barsao Rose 2020 Campo de Borja, Spain
$7/$26
Reds
CP Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 Paso Robles, California
$9/$33
Alias Pinot Noir 2019 Napa, California
$10/$36
Craft Agave Spirits Menu
Agave Spirits:
Siempre Plata
Co-founded by a woman from a family of female mezcal distillers
$8
Siempo Reposado
$10
Siempre Anejo
$13.5
La Gritona Reposado
Woman master distiller & an almost all female staff
$10
Tequila Ocho Plata
Voted “World’s Best Tequila” in 2020
$11
Tequila Ocho Reposada
$17
Curamia Blanco
Women owned & operated, focused on sustainability
$11
Jose Quervo Reserva De la Familia Platino
Artisan small batch agave from the oldest tequila distillery in the world
$9
El Viaje Raicilla
Once considered “Mexican moonshine,” Raicilla is a style of mezcal originating from Jalisco that utilizes various agave plants. The taste has floral & vegetal overtones without the smokiness of mezcal
$12
Quechol Sotol Texanum
Distilled from a desert shrub rather than agave, this Sotol is mild with flavors of black licorice
$12
Bozal Chino Verde Ancestral Mezcal
The complex palate demonstrates a balance of delicate fruit and rich notes of cherry, fig, and leather
$24.50
Bozal Tepeztate Single Maguey Mezcal
Flavors of papaya complemented by a touch of green pepper leading to a long, mineral forward finish
$16.50
Ilegal Mezcal Joven
Born in the back of a Guatemalan bar, the company champions progressive causes
$9
Bahnez Mezcal Joven
Farmer & family owned
$8
Prolijo Mezcal Espadín Joven
Produced in Oaxaca, Mexico using traditional Zapotec production methods dating back to 1897
$7
El Tequileño Blanco
Founded by a descendant of the Cuervo Family
$7
Pueblo Viejo Plata
Produced by one of the oldest distilleries in Mexico
$6.50
Tequila Flight
A neat half pour (0.75 ounces) of: Siempre Plata, Tequila Ocho Plata, La Gritona Reposado, Siempre Anejo
$21
Cordial Menu
House Fernet: Negroni Fernet
A true Italian Fernet, bitter with a hint of rhubarb, gentian, and aloe
$5
House Amaro: Amaro CioCiaro
Created in 1873, it tastes of cola, cloves, gentian, and a wisp of smoke
$6
House Aperitivo: Cappelletti
Bitter, sweet, and herbal, this wine-based aperitivo sits somewhere between Campari & Aperol. Try with soda or as a spritz
$6
Boomsma Cloosterbitter
Herbal with notes of mint, clover, and anise. Can be used as a Green Chartreuse substitute while those monks sleep
$6.5
Eda Rhyne Appalachian Fernet
Created with Western North Carolina herbs, notes of pine resin, sarsaparilla, and allspice
$8
Eda Rhyne Amaro Flora
Very bitter, with notes of roots & bark. Try with soda
$8
Eda Rhyne Amaro Obscura
Made from rhubarb root smoked over an open fire & autumnal plants. Smokey & fruity
$7.5
Eda Rhyne Bitter Tooth
An Appalachian take on a red bitter (ie Campari)
$7.5
See The Elephant Amaro
Arugula-based amaro crafted in Southern italy. Sweet and rich
$9
Jeppson's Malört
This iconic Chicago wormwood-based digestif is an experience
$6.5
Tuve Black Note Amaro
Sweet & delicate, with notes of cloves, cinnamon, and rhubarb
$7.5
Lucano Amaro
A complex amro that is sweet, spicy, and bitter at the same time
$7.5
Gancia Fernet
Made with over 27 herbs including saffron, mint, and licorice
$6
Montenegro Amaro
Bittersweet with floral & citrus notes
$7.5
Murrel’s Row Eno Amaro
Cola inspired, sweet to start with a bitter finish
$8
Meletti Amaro
Balanced amaro, not overly sweet or overly bitter
$6
Breckenridge Bitters
A blend of alpine herbs, bitter roots, and spicy dried fruit
$8
St George NOLA Coffee Liqueur
A mix of Ethiopian coffee, roasted French chicory, and Madagascar vanilla
$8
Herencia Espresso Tequila
100% agave tequila infused with Mexican coffee
$5.5
Five Farms Irish Cream
Farm-to-table, family-owned Irish Cream. Enjoy on the rocks
$8
J.M Shrubb
French Caribbean orange liqueur. A step up from “Grandma”’s
$8
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Frequently Asked Questions

Does Thinking Man Tavern have a cocktail or drinks menu?

Yes. Thinking Man Tavern lists 98 drinks on this page under Cocktails, Menu. Hawaii Five-O 12, Hey Ya! 11, Cowgirl in the Sand 11.

What food does Thinking Man Tavern serve?

Thinking Man Tavern publishes Brunch, Menu, 67 dishes. Dishes start at 1.50.

Does Thinking Man Tavern have dessert?

Yes, 3 on the menu. Chocolate Red Velvet Cake 7.5, Carrot Spice Cake 7.5, Churros 6.

Where is Thinking Man Tavern located?

Thinking Man Tavern is located at 537 W Howard Ave, Decatur, GA 30030.

Is Thinking Man Tavern good for groups?

Thinking Man Tavern is a Bar in Decatur. For large groups, we recommend calling ahead at (404) 370-1717 to check availability.

What type of restaurant is Thinking Man Tavern?

Thinking Man Tavern is a Bar located in Decatur, GA.

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