The Original J.R. Crickets in Midtown Atlanta

10/06/2023

Stop by the bar every Tuesday at 8pm for Inside the NFL!

09/10/2022

Reminder for Sunday. Happy NFL season!

06/04/2021

See all those no-name, mystery "wing" restaurants on your delivery apps? Just say no.

How the pandemic, delivery apps, and a new breed of restaurant caused a chicken wing explosion.

05/09/2021

That classic lemony pepper hits just perfect sometimes.

02/14/2021

Happy Valentine’s Day! All credit to Atlanta_meme.

01/25/2021

Let’s go Buffalo!

01/24/2021

Ten wings, hot, with celery and bleu cheese. Coming to you with a classic this Saturday night.

12/25/2020

Merry Christmas Eve, Crickets fans. This night is always bittersweet for us at the restaurant. It was Christmas Eve of 2013 that our original location at 631 Spring Street caught fire and was damaged beyond repair. In the aftermath of the blaze, we were closed for months and it wasn't clear that we'd be able to reopen.

We are happy to have been able to carry on the legacy of the original store at our current location on North Avenue. From our family to yours, have a very Merry Christmas.

11/18/2020

Rest assured, Cricket fans, we will never do this.

10/30/2020

Thursday night football...

10/06/2020

We agree with Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms that Atlanta should be known for more than lemon pepper wings and strip clubs. We appreciate what she does to move the city forward substantively.

We're also proud that the city is known for great lemon pepper wings ;)

“It’s the reason I’m mayor,” she said. “I don’t know of any other city that has it the way we have in Atlanta. If we don’t remind people that this is more than shine in Atlanta, that there is a responsibility to uphold who we are and this legacy as a city … Atlanta will be known for lemon pepper wings and great strip clubs if we’re not careful. There’s a requirement of substance in this city, and it’s incumbent upon all of us to stress that—not just to our CEOs, but to anybody who wants to call this place home.”

With an election looming, what happens in Atlanta—a battleground flashpoint for the COVID-19 crisis, the fight for racial justice, and voter suppression—could be key to America’s future.