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Flashback photos: Manuel Maloof and his Tavern, 1978-2015

The late politician and bar owner turned his neighborhood tavern into an Atlanta institution. With Manuel's Tavern closing for a major overhaul, a bit of our city's history will never be the same. The bar will return, but this marks the end of an era.

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Democrat Manuel Maloof with donkey, outside Manuel's Tavern, part of Maloof's re-election campaign for CEO of DeKalb County, Atlanta, Georgia, October, 1987. Louie Favorite/ Atlanta Journal-Constitution staff

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