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97 Estoria — Cold Outreach

Target: 97 Estoria (727 Wylie St SE, Atlanta, GA 30316 — Cabbagetown, right off the Krog Street Tunnel)

Tier: C — community / long-game

Channel: Email estoriaatl@gmail.com (primary — published on their Info page "for product endorsement, property rental, or event inquiries") + Instagram DM @97estoria (linked from their site). Phone 678.974.7919.

Contact: Travis McClellan (owner) — named in a CBS46/Atlanta News First April 2022 story ("Travis McClellan, the owner of 97 Estoria") and on LinkedIn ("Restaurant Owner at 97 Estoria"); UNVERIFIED as current owner, see Before sending.

Ref: E6 in targets.md (Web-sourced candidates 2026-05-28 batch)

Built: 2026-09-12

Context

97 Estoria is Cabbagetown's neighborhood dive — wings, burgers, local brews, a big patio, and a monthly arts and craft market on-site. Their own Facebook calls it "Dive Bar Chic." It sits on Wylie Street right off the Krog Street Tunnel, so the walls around it are the neighborhood's mural and street-art corridor, and there's a painted "ATL" ceiling piece inside. The patio has a history: it was expanded during the pandemic and, in April 2022, the city hit the bar with parking citations over it. The neighborhood rallied around the bar, and the owner fought to keep it. That's a place with a story and a community that actually shows up for it.

The video angle is the market day. A bar that turns its patio into an arts and craft market is a room a phone photo never catches — the tables going up, the makers, the regulars drifting in off the Tunnel. The gap isn't that the bar is unknown; it's that the feel of the place only lives in the room, not on a feed.

The offer: A free 60–90 second reel, shot on a market day. They own the footage, no strings on the first piece.

What I don't have: A confirmed decision-maker for 2026. Travis McClellan was the owner per CBS46 in April 2022 and still lists "Restaurant Owner at 97 Estoria" on LinkedIn, but the email below is a general inbox — the greeting stays generic unless Brandyn confirms he's still the owner.

Email (primary — estoriaatl@gmail.com)

Subject: The arts market at 97 Estoria

Hey —

Cabbagetown's bar with the monthly arts and craft market, right off the Krog Street Tunnel on Wylie. That's the thing a phone photo never catches: the tables going up, the makers, the regulars drifting in off the street. I make short documentary reels for independent Atlanta spots — Ghost Coast Video.

I'd like to shoot a free 60–90 second piece on a market day. You own the footage, no strings on the first one.

Worth a reply?

— Brandyn

ghostcoast.video

Instagram DM (secondary — @97estoria)

Hey — Ghost Coast Video, I do short film for bars and venues around Atlanta.

97 Estoria's the Cabbagetown bar that runs a monthly arts and craft market off the Krog Street Tunnel. That room's the thing a phone camera never catches — the tables, the makers, the patio. I'd like to shoot a free 60–90 second reel on a market day. You own the footage, no strings on the first one.

Worth a message back?

— Brandyn / ghostcoast.video

Before sending

1. The arts-market hook is load-bearing, but VERIFY it's still running. The site's Events page currently reads "There are no upcoming events at this time," so the monthly market is not listed there as of this session. The market claim comes from the original lead sourcing (targets.md E6 fit reason) and the dispatch brief — before sending, check @97estoria on Instagram or Facebook for recent market posts. If the market has stopped, pivot the opener to the patio / Krog Street Tunnel / street-art specifics, which are independently verified.

2. 97estoria.com is DEAD and hijacked. The domain now serves an Indonesian gambling/spam site. The bar's real website is estoriabar.com (Squarespace). Do not cite 97estoria.com anywhere.

3. Owner name from 2022. Travis McClellan is the owner per a CBS46 story (April 2022) and LinkedIn. Don't address him by name in the email — the published address (estoriaatl@gmail.com) is a general inbox — unless Brandyn confirms he's still owner in 2026.

4. Keep distinct from the other Cabbagetown-adjacent drafts. Little's Food Store (D9) is the grocery/grill/bottle-shop angle; Trackside Tavern (D10) is the late-night-dive-rebuilt-after-fire angle. This one is the arts-market / patio angle. Don't reuse their copy and don't batch-send all three.

5. No fabricated relationships or metrics. 97 Estoria is a cold prospect, not a client. No AI attribution.

6. Word counts: ~80 words in the email body, ~75 words in the DM. Both under cap.

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