The club was a regular venue for up-and-coming international bands and was award winning for playing music styles Indie, Beat, Garage, Punk, Psychedelic Pop, Northern Soul, Deep Funk and at times Drum and Bass.

National and international artists held their private aftershow parties or gave unannounced concerts like Pete Doherty and Die Toten Hosen.

Retrieved 2023-12-21. In 2013 The Atomic Café was the first venue to receive the newly-established Program Award of the German Federal Government (highest category).

It wasn’t due to external pressures like gentrification or redevelopment; rather, the closure was caused by the owners missing the critical deadline to extend their lease.

[12] From September 2023 until July 2024 The Atomic Café has been relaunched as a fortnightly pop up club night in Munich's cultural centre Gasteig.