Guidebook for Athens

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Guidebook for Athens

Food Scene

Board games, great beer, delicious food... what more could you want?
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The Rook & Pawn
294 W Washington St
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Board games, great beer, delicious food... what more could you want?
Best pizza in town.
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Automatic Pizza
1397 Prince Ave
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Best pizza in town.
Breakfast, Lunch, Donuts!
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Ike & Jane
1307 Prince Ave
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Breakfast, Lunch, Donuts!
A wonderful local coffee shop, where there's often great live music playing
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Hendershots Coffee
237 Prince Ave
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A wonderful local coffee shop, where there's often great live music playing
Athens' famous and delicious vegetarian restaurant
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The Grit
199 Prince Ave
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Athens' famous and delicious vegetarian restaurant
Delicious Mexican food.
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Agua Linda Taqueria
1376 Prince Ave
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Delicious Mexican food.
Fresh-baked bread, pastries, and espresso
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Independent Baking Co
1625 S Lumpkin St
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Fresh-baked bread, pastries, and espresso
Bean-to-Bar Ecuadorian chocolate. Try the sipping chocolate!
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Condor Chocolates
1658 S Lumpkin St
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Bean-to-Bar Ecuadorian chocolate. Try the sipping chocolate!
Perfect for a nice lunch or fancy dinner. The stuffed dates are amazing.
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The National
232 W Hancock Ave
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Perfect for a nice lunch or fancy dinner. The stuffed dates are amazing.
Delicious, fast, and inexpensive!
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Taqueria Del Sol
334 Prince Ave
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Delicious, fast, and inexpensive!
One of the best brunch spots in Athens.
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Heirloom Cafe and Fresh Market
815 N Chase St
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One of the best brunch spots in Athens.
A local coffee roaster
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1000 Faces Coffee
510 N Thomas St
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A local coffee roaster
The best burgers in Athens!
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Clocked
259 W Washington St
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The best burgers in Athens!
Delicious personal pizzas, paninis, salads, and calzones.
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Ted's Most Best
254 West Washington Street
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Delicious personal pizzas, paninis, salads, and calzones.
It may be fast food, but Cookout is about as tasty and budget-friendly as fast food can get. Huge selection of delicious milkshakes!
Cook Out
1917 W Broad St
It may be fast food, but Cookout is about as tasty and budget-friendly as fast food can get. Huge selection of delicious milkshakes!
Fantastic biscuit brunch
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The Pine Bar
1235 S Milledge Ave
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Fantastic biscuit brunch
A great local coffee shop that's expanding all over the Southeast
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Jittery Joe's Coffee
1230 S Milledge Ave
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A great local coffee shop that's expanding all over the Southeast
Delicous bagels, and only a couple blocks away. Try the bacon-tomato cream cheese!
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Ideal Bagel Co
815 W Broad St
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Delicous bagels, and only a couple blocks away. Try the bacon-tomato cream cheese!
Tasty BBQ!
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Saucehouse BBQ
830 W Broad St
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Tasty BBQ!
One of Athens' fanciest restaurants. Great for a special occasion; the food is amazing!
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Five and Ten
1073 S Milledge Ave
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One of Athens' fanciest restaurants. Great for a special occasion; the food is amazing!
An all-around, great local restaurant that straddles the line between casual and fancy. Also a great dessert spot; they always have a ton of cakes on display!
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Last Resort Grill
174-184 W Clayton St
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An all-around, great local restaurant that straddles the line between casual and fancy. Also a great dessert spot; they always have a ton of cakes on display!
Quite possibly my favorite lunch spot in Athens.
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Thai Spoon
149 N Lumpkin St
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Quite possibly my favorite lunch spot in Athens.
Delicious sushi!
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Utage Sushi Bar
440 E Clayton St
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Delicious sushi!
Slightly off the beaten path for visitors, but this is actually the best (and best value) sushi in town.
Inoko Sushi Express
1860 S Barnett Shoals Rd
Slightly off the beaten path for visitors, but this is actually the best (and best value) sushi in town.
A delicious and more budget-friendly breakfast/lunch place; it's more upscale for dinner.
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Big City Bread Cafe
393 N Finley St
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A delicious and more budget-friendly breakfast/lunch place; it's more upscale for dinner.
Delicious Cuban restaurant with mostly outdoor seating. Cash/check only!
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Cali N Tito's
1427 S Lumpkin St
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Delicious Cuban restaurant with mostly outdoor seating. Cash/check only!
A lovely little British pub that's almost always got a soccer game on the TV.
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The Royal Peasant
1675 S Lumpkin St
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A lovely little British pub that's almost always got a soccer game on the TV.
Sustainably sourced meat-and-three (plenty of non-meat options too); great outdoor seating
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Maepole
1021 N Chase St
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Sustainably sourced meat-and-three (plenty of non-meat options too); great outdoor seating
Great seafood and upscale sushi
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Chuck's Fish Athens
220 W Broad St
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Great seafood and upscale sushi
Delicious rotating menu of tacos in Five Points
14 helybéli ajánlásával
el Barrio tacos & tequila
1331 S Milledge Ave
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Delicious rotating menu of tacos in Five Points
Bubble tea and poke, right across from the UGA campus
Bubble Cafe
247 E Broad St
Bubble tea and poke, right across from the UGA campus
Athens' first cafe serving British-style High Tea! Also great for breakfast and lunch
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Lumpkin Cafe
1700 S Lumpkin St
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Athens' first cafe serving British-style High Tea! Also great for breakfast and lunch
Upscale, family-style Chinese/Asian-fusion restaurant. So delicious.
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Dinner Party
1664 S Lumpkin St
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Upscale, family-style Chinese/Asian-fusion restaurant. So delicious.
UK-style pub
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The Royal Peasant
1675 S Lumpkin St
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UK-style pub
Great breakfast, lunch, and weekend brunch, and it's only a few blocks from our house
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Donderos' Kitchen
590 N Milledge Ave
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Great breakfast, lunch, and weekend brunch, and it's only a few blocks from our house

Drinks & Nightlife

Amazing craft beer selection and delicious food! Great for lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch.
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Trappeze Pub
269 N Hull St
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Amazing craft beer selection and delicious food! Great for lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch.
Try the Athena, Tropicalia, Bibo Pilsner, Reclaimed Rye, or whatever special beer they're brewing... and the best part is that it's only a short walk home. Usually open Tues-Fri 5-8pm & Saturdays 1-4pm, and they host a small farmer's market on Wednesdays.
149 helybéli ajánlásával
Creature Comforts Downtown Taproom and Brewery
271 W Hancock Ave
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Try the Athena, Tropicalia, Bibo Pilsner, Reclaimed Rye, or whatever special beer they're brewing... and the best part is that it's only a short walk home. Usually open Tues-Fri 5-8pm & Saturdays 1-4pm, and they host a small farmer's market on Wednesdays.
Great beer (always an interesting draft selection), cocktails, and delicious pub food. Their Cincinnati chili is delicious, and they have lots of vegetarian/vegan options.
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Hi-Lo Lounge
1354 Prince Ave
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Great beer (always an interesting draft selection), cocktails, and delicious pub food. Their Cincinnati chili is delicious, and they have lots of vegetarian/vegan options.
Great atmosphere, tasty cocktails, and you can have pizza delivered from next door.
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Normal Bar
1365 Prince Ave
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Great atmosphere, tasty cocktails, and you can have pizza delivered from next door.
They always have a ton of different, great beers to try, and they've got a great yard in which to throw a frisbee or otherwise hang out on a nice day. There's often live music! Usually open Wed & Thurs 5:30-7:30pm, Fri & Sat 1:00-7:30pm, and Sunday 1:30-3:30pm.
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Terrapin Beer Company
265 Newton Bridge Rd
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They always have a ton of different, great beers to try, and they've got a great yard in which to throw a frisbee or otherwise hang out on a nice day. There's often live music! Usually open Wed & Thurs 5:30-7:30pm, Fri & Sat 1:00-7:30pm, and Sunday 1:30-3:30pm.
Great mixed drinks and excellent pub food. Try the pork steamed buns or chicken & waffles!
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The World Famous
351 N Hull St
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Great mixed drinks and excellent pub food. Try the pork steamed buns or chicken & waffles!
Part bar, part nightclub, part live music venue... It just depends on the night. Usually a good place for dancing on the weekends!
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Mama's Boy Restaurant
197 Oak Street
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Part bar, part nightclub, part live music venue... It just depends on the night. Usually a good place for dancing on the weekends!
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Georgia Theatre
215 N Lumpkin St
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40 Watt Club
285 W Washington St
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Delicious beer and ample outdoor seating in the heart of Normaltown! An easy walk from our house.
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Athentic Brewing Company
108 Park Ave
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Delicious beer and ample outdoor seating in the heart of Normaltown! An easy walk from our house.

Entertainment & Activities

Athens' art house cinema
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Ciné
234 W Hancock Ave
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Athens' art house cinema
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Beechwood Cinemas
196 Alps Rd
6 helybéli ajánlásával

Arts & Culture

Georgia's longest-running community theatre (60+ years); produces great plays and musicals throughout the year.
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Town and Gown Players
115 Grady Ave
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Georgia's longest-running community theatre (60+ years); produces great plays and musicals throughout the year.
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Georgia Museum of Art
90 Carlton St
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Shopping

A fantastic locally-owned bookshop.
18 helybéli ajánlásával
Avid Bookshop on Prince Ave.
493 Prince Ave
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A fantastic locally-owned bookshop.
A lovely vintage shop! They have reasonably priced vintage clothes, bags, and jewelry.
14 helybéli ajánlásával
Agora Vintage
279 E Broad St
14 helybéli ajánlásával
A lovely vintage shop! They have reasonably priced vintage clothes, bags, and jewelry.
Bean-to-bar chocolate shop with chocolate and coffee from Ecuador
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Condor Chocolates
1658 S Lumpkin St
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Bean-to-bar chocolate shop with chocolate and coffee from Ecuador

Essentials

Daily Groceries is a locally-owned and run grocery store. It's small, but has the basics, and they're almost all farm-fresh and/or organic!
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Daily Groceries Co-Op
1190 Prince Ave
37 helybéli ajánlásával
Daily Groceries is a locally-owned and run grocery store. It's small, but has the basics, and they're almost all farm-fresh and/or organic!
The closest big grocery store.
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Kroger
191 Alps Rd
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The closest big grocery store.
A grocery store that tends to have more organic/expensive foods. They have a great hot bar.
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Earth Fare
1689 S Lumpkin St
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A grocery store that tends to have more organic/expensive foods. They have a great hot bar.

Parks & Nature

The garden and greenhouse are beautiful, and there are also great hiking trails around the gardens.
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Georgia Állami Botanikus Kertje
2450 S Milledge Ave
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The garden and greenhouse are beautiful, and there are also great hiking trails around the gardens.
There's a pool, a zoo (Bear Hollow), a pond, and some nice trails to walk around.
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Emlékpályaudvar
293 Gran Ellen Dr
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There's a pool, a zoo (Bear Hollow), a pond, and some nice trails to walk around.
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Sandy Creek Nature Center
205 Old Commerce Rd
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They've got tennis courts, a pool, a big field for pick-up sports of any type. In the summer, the local farmer's market is held here on Saturday mornings.
29 helybéli ajánlásával
Bishop Park
705 Sunset Dr
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They've got tennis courts, a pool, a big field for pick-up sports of any type. In the summer, the local farmer's market is held here on Saturday mornings.
A lovely, small park/garden on UGA's north campus. It's a great spot to sit outside and read on a nice day.
9 helybéli ajánlásával
Founders Memorial Garden
9 helybéli ajánlásával
A lovely, small park/garden on UGA's north campus. It's a great spot to sit outside and read on a nice day.