Restaurants American
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Add Drug Store
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Price: $☆ Expanded Listing!
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1695 S. Lumpkin St. Athens, GA 30606. 706-548-2239 View Map
File Under: American. Hours: Breakfast and lunch. Features: Counter service. • Opened in 1961, this soda fountain and lunch counter inside a Five Points pharmacy hasn’t changed much since then. Grab a stool and watch the cooks make your fries and bitty burgers. Real cherry and vanilla sodas, plus malts, milkshakes and floats. A serious bargain.
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Akademia Brewing Co.
Price: $$$
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150 Crane Dr. Bogart, GA 30622. 678-726-2288
File Under: American, Bars and Clubs. Features: Beer, live music, trivia. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days. Brunch. • Unlike most breweries, this one has a full restaurant of its own as well as a really wide variety of brews. Beer (available in flights) is featured in many dishes, and the menu goes beyond fried cheese to actual entrees (and flatbreads, burgers, seafood, pasta).
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American Deli
Price: $
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2139 W. Broad St. Athens, GA 30606. 706-395-6615
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3700 Atlanta Hwy. Athens, GA 30606. 706-543-3009
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1055 Gaines School Road Athens, GA 30605. 706-714-1212
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1880 Epps Bridge Pkwy Athens, GA 30606. 706-540-7707
File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner.
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Beef 'O' Brady's
Price: $$
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1860 Barnett Shoals Road Athens, GA 30605. 706-850-1916 View Map
File Under: American, Bars. Features: Catering, outside seating, trivia, delivery, Wi-Fi. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days.
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Brett's Casual American Restaurant
Price: $$
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3190 Atlanta Hwy. Athens, GA 30606. 706-850-1395 View Map
File Under: American. Features: Beer and wine, curbside pick-up, catering, outside seating, delivery, take-out, Wi-Fi. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Family-oriented restaurant with a huge menu, great deals on kids meals and something for everyone, including celiac folks. Big salads, fried apps, tacos, burgers, grilled seafood and more.
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Bulldog Bistro
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Price: $
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1197 S. Lumpkin St. Athens, GA 30602. 706-338-8781 View Map
File Under: American, Coffee Houses and Bakeries. Features: Take-out, outside seating, full bar. Hours: Breakfast, lunch and dinner. • This restaurant inside UGA’s Georgia Center does a wide variety of dishes throughout most of the day, including some grab-and-go stuff and made-to-order breakfast. Bar snacks, Savannah Room favorites like celestial chicken, Thai chicken salad, burgers and more.
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Catch 22 Gastropub
Price: $$
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1021 Parkway Blvd. Athens, GA 30606. 706-549-6333 View Map
File Under: American. Features: Full bar, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • This hashtag-happy gastropub welcomes "thirst seekers, hopgazers, palate pushers" and plays fast and loose with flavors like sriracha and blue cheese. Good beer selection, regular specials, street tacos, lots of fusion.
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Charlie Graingers
Price: $
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1791 Oconee Connector Athens, GA 30606. 706-521-5767
File Under: American. Features: Counter service, outside seating, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Hot dogs, brisket and barbecue.
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Cheddar's Casual Cafe
Price: $$
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2040 Oconee Connector Athens, GA 30606. 706-353-0217
File Under: American. Features: Full bar, outside seating. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days.
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Chili's Grill & Bar
Price: $$
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183 Alps Road Athens, GA 30606. 706-613-5405 View Map
File Under: American. Features: Full bar, curbside pick-up, catering. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days.
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Chops and Hops
Price: $$$
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2 S. Main St. Watkinsville, GA 30677. 706-310-1101 View Map
File Under: American, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Full bar, catering, outside seating, reservations, Sunday brunch, Wi-Fi. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Although the name prioritizes beer and meats, there's more to this Watkinsville restaurant. Tap takeovers, mocktails, lots of fresh vegetables and gluten-free items, soup emphasis in cold weather.
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Chuck’s Fish
Price: $$$
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220 W. Broad St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-395-6611
File Under: Something Different. Features: Catering, full bar, outside seating, reservations, take-out. Hours: Dinner. • Upscale place with an emphasis on seafood, including a large, well-executed sushi menu. Land animals, too. Signature cocktails with sake or Japanese whiskey as well as standards. Big for date night.
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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
Price: $$
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1913 Epps Bridge Pkwy. Athens, GA 30606. 706-208-0304 View Map
File Under: American. Hours: Breakfast, lunch and dinner, seven days.
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Em's Kitchen
Price: $
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975 Hawthorne Ave. Athens, GA 30606. 706-206-9322 View Map
File Under: American, Bakeries. Features: Catering, counter service, curbside pick-up, delivery, outside seating. Hours: Breakfast and lunch. • Family-run eatery inside Hawthorne Drugs does a surprisingly good Cuban sandwich as well as other southern lunch standards (pimento cheese and the like), plus breakfast plates, milkshakes, hot dogs and more. Kids menu and a super family-friendly atmosphere.
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Five Bar
Price: $$$
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269 N. Hull St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-543-5515 View Map
File Under: American, Bars. Features: Full bar, curbside pick-up, delivery. Hours: Dinner, weekend brunch. • Five entrees, five desserts, five apps and so on. Seafood from Destin is a point of emphasis, but you can also get a ribeye or fried chicken. Jazz brunch on weekends. Five specialty cocktails from the bar.
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The Flying Biscuit Café
Price: $$
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1180 Prince Ave. Athens, GA 30606. 706-850-5656
File Under: American. Features: Vegetarian friendly, outside seating, take-out, catering, beer and wine. Hours: Breakfast, lunch and weekend dinner. • Atlanta franchise does breakfast all day: eggs, pancakes, biscuits (duh), scrambles, tacos, waffles. If you don't like breakfast food, there are also sandwiches, wraps, salads and burgers. Vegan and gluten-free choices. Draft beer, mimosas, micheladas and a sake Bloody Mary.
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The Garden Grille
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Price: $
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390 E. Washington St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-353-6800 View Map
File Under: American. Features: Full bar, buffet, catering, Wi-Fi. Hours: Breakfast. • Inside the Hilton Garden Inn.
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George's Lowcountry Table
Price: $$$
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420 Macon Hwy. Athens, GA 30606. 706-548-3359 View Map
File Under: American. Features: Full bar, catering, reservations, outside seating, take-out, delivery. Hours: Dinner and Sunday brunch. • Gulf and low country classics: étouffée, shrimp and grits, sherry crab bisque, oysters (raw, fried, grilled), jambalaya, redfish and much more. Good wine list from all over, beer and Southern-accented cocktails.
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Hi-Lo Lounge
Price: $
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1354 Prince Ave. Athens, GA 30606. 706-850-8561
File Under: American, Bars, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Full bar, take-out. Hours: Breakfast, lunch and dinner. • Family-friendly tavern is all things to all people, with lots of food for all three meals (including a kajillion vegetarian and vegan options) as well as a major bar selection. Noodles, fish and chips, chili, hot dogs, fried cheese, frittatas, coffee, pastries. Great beers; also whiskeys, classic cocktails and juice for kids.
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Hilltop Grille
Price: $$$
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2310 W. Broad St. Athens, GA 30606. 706-353-7667 View Map
File Under: American, Bars. Features: Reservations, live music, full bar, outside seating. Hours: Lunch and dinner, Tue–Sun. Monday dinner. • Country club-ish place does classic American food with a bit of a Southern accent, like meatloaf, steak sandwich, crab cakes and gumbo. A fair amount of fried stuff but salads, too. Big desserts. Nice patio. Earlybird specials.
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home.made
Price: $$$
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1072 Baxter St. Athens, Georgia 30606. 706-206-9216 View Map
File Under: American, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Catering, delivery, take-out, full bar. Hours: Dinner. • Refined, Southern-inspired menu experiments all the time, creating things like fig leaf bruléed burrata and kudzu lemonade. Lots of vegetables, including the amazing tomato pie, and a good bit of New Orleans influence. You can also buy casseroles, sides, snacks and take-away meals. Bright cocktails, good wine list and beer selection.
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J&J Flea Market
Price: $
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11661 Hwy. 441 N. Athens, GA 30607. 706-613-2410 View Map
File Under: American, Mexican. Features: Outside seating, counter service. • Wander around the flea market inside and outside and find some eats while you’re there. La Michoacana…es Natural has its ice cream/paleta truck there most weekends. Options inside include Taqueria Mi Tierra and a place that offers pizza and other crowd-pleasing foods.
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J. Christopher's
Price: $$
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1650 S. Lumpkin St. Athens, GA 30606. 706-850-3520
File Under: American. Features: Outside seating, delivery, Wi-Fi. Hours: Breakfast and lunch.
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Last Resort Grill
Price: $$$
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184 W. Clayton St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-549-0810 View Map
File Under: American, Vegetarian Friendly, Bars. Features: Outside seating, art, curbside pick-up. Hours: Dinner and weekend brunch. • Crowd-pleasing restaurant mixes Southern and Southwestern cuisine; veggie and vegan choices, plus fish and seafood are highlights. Large dessert case. Plan ahead for lines at brunch. Good bar, with American vodkas, gins and vermouths, as well as Armagnac, ice wine, Madeira, sherry and a long list of wines. Large outdoor dining area.
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Lindsey's Culinary Market
Price: $$
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520 N. Thomas St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-353-0558 View Map
File Under: American, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Catering, take-out, counter service. Hours: Lunch and early dinner (open until 6 p.m.). • Salads (chicken salad, pimento cheese and the like, plus bowls of greens and vegetables), soups, lots of veggies that change daily. Cookies, brownies, fancy chocolates, candy and gift items available, too. Holiday menus. Occasional wine dinners.
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Little City Diner
Price: $$
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135 Cherokee Road Winterville, GA 30683. 706-742-7590 View Map
File Under: American. Features: Counter service, curbside pick-up, delivery, take-out, outside seating, vegetarian friendly, catering. Hours: Breakfast, lunch and weekend brunch. • The Little City in question is Winterville, just outside Athens. Southern breakfast and brunch include biscuits, eggs, quiche and Red Mule grits. Lunch means sandwiches on housemade breads, burgers and salads. Good desserts, coffee and veggie options.
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The Local 706
Price: $$
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1676 S. Lumpkin St. Athens, GA 30605. 706-207-8700
File Under: American, Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, outside seating, trivia. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Sports bar and grill in the middle of Five Points. Lunch is meat and three. Dinner brings flatbreads, sandwiches, burgers, salads, fried cheese, wings and kids menu. Also, Southern-themed cocktails. Heated outside dining.
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Locos Grill & Pub
Price: $$
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2020 Timothy Road Athens, GA 30606. 706-549-7700 View Map
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1985 Barnett Shoals Road Athens, GA 30605. 706-208-0911 View Map
File Under: American, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Curbside pick-up (Timothy), delivery, live music (Timothy), trivia, catering, Wi-Fi, outside seating. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days. • Locally based sports bar chain has a big menu with lots of vegetarian choices, deli sandwiches, burgers, salads, grilled cheese and chili combo, wings and fish tacos.
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Longhorn Steakhouse
Price: $$$
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2170 W. Broad St. Athens, GA 30606. 706-548-0054 View Map
File Under: American. Features: Full bar. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days.
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Madison Bar & Bistro
Price: $$
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500 College Ave. Athens, GA 30601. 706-546-0430 View Map
File Under: American, Bars. Features: Reservations, outside seating, live music, room service, take-out, Wi-Fi. Hours: Breakfast and dinner, seven days. • Hotel Indigo’s restaurant serves croissant sandwiches and omelets for breakfast, plus a full dinner, with steak, salmon, sandwiches, salads and even a kids menu. Nice cocktails.
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Maepole
Price: $$
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1021 N. Chase St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-850-3600
File Under: American, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Outside seating, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days. • Virtuous and tasty fast food. Start with brown rice, quinoa, sweet potatoes or salad greens. Add a protein, two veggie sides and a housemade sauce. Menu changes seasonally. Condor Chocolates for dessert. Kids meals. Gluten-free choices. Everything is recyclable or compostable.
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Marker 7 Coastal Grill
Price: $$$☆ Expanded Listing!
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1195 Milledge Ave. Athens, GA 30605. 706-850-3451 View Map
File Under: American. Features: Full bar, outside seating. Hours: Lunch, dinner and brunch. • Beachy fish shack does Georgia and Gulf seafood with mostly open-air seating: lightly fried baskets, peel-and-eat shrimp, oysters (raw or cooked), grilled or blackened entrees and sides like coleslaw and hush puppies. Burgers and chicken tacos, too. Beachy cocktails.
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Newk's Eatery
Price: $
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1850 Epps Bridge Pkwy. Athens, GA 30606. 706-543-5700
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700 Baxter St. Athens, GA 30605. 769-230-4003
File Under: American Features: Catering, curbside pick-up, delivery, dinner, lunch, take-out. Hours: Seven days. • Baxter Street location coming soon.
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The Office Sports Bar and Grill
Price: $$
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135 W. Washington St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-521-5898
File Under: American. Features: Delivery, full bar, trivia. Hours: Lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch. • Fancy-ish sports bar promotes itself as "a guilt-free place to say, 'I'm at the Office.'" Burgers, wings, pork chops, steakhouse sides. Breakfast burger at brunch. Domestic and craft beer, specialty cocktails named things like "the Sexy Intern."
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Outback Steakhouse
Price: $$$
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3585 Atlanta Hwy. Athens, GA 30606. 706-613-6015 View Map
File Under: American. Features: Full bar, curbside pick-up. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days.
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The Pine
Price: $$$
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1235 S. Milledge Ave. Athens, GA 30605. 706-395-6278
File Under: American, Bars. Features: Full bar, outside seating. Hours: Dinner and weekend brunch. Occasional lunch. • Mostly a bar, with a nice wine list, regular wine tastings and discounts for members of its wine club, but also a restaurant. Champagne brunch on weekends has egg dishes, hash and gougères. Oysters and cheese plates, plus lunch pop-ups.
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Porterhouse Grill
Price: $$$
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459 E. Broad St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-369-0990 View Map
File Under: American, Bars. Features: Curbside pick-up, outside seating, live music. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Independently owned steakhouse also does crab cakes, chicken, shrimp scampi and other things that aren’t red meat as well as a la carte sides. Lunch includes a fried green tomato sandwich, grilled salmon BLT and she-crab soup. Desserts divided into edible and drinkable. Port and cognac for after dinner.
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Rafferty's Restaurant & Bar
Price: $$
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15 Huntington Road Athens, GA 30606. 706-613-0045 View Map
File Under: American. Features: Full bar, catering, Wi-Fi. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days.
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Red Lobster
Price: $$$
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1956 W. Broad St. Athens, GA 30606. 706-549-5376 View Map
File Under: American. Features: Full bar. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days.
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The Rooftop
Price: $
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215 N. Lumpkin St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-850-7670 View Map
File Under: American, Vegetarian Friendly, Bars. Features: Counter service, outside seating, live music, catering. Hours: Dinner • Bar/restaurant on top of the historic Georgia Theatre is open during and just before shows, with snacks and heartier things (tacos, burgers, nice salads).
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The Savannah Room
Price: $$
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1197 S. Lumpkin St. Athens, GA 30602. 706-338-8781 View Map
File Under: American, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Full bar, Wi-Fi, take-out, delivery. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • UGA Hotel restaurant has been around for ages, serving strawberry ice-cream pie and celestial chicken, but also does shrimp and grits, salads, meatloaf, southern vegetables and more.
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South Kitchen and Bar
Price: $$
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247 E. Washington St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-395-6125
File Under: American, Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, catering. Hours: Weekend brunch, lunch and dinner. • Historic former hotel with a menu of small and large plates, all with big flavors: sweet potatoes, chicken-fried tofu, duck fat tater tots, candied bacon, that kind of thing. Gluten-free stuff. Rotating draft beers in full or half pours, good wines by the glass (and bottle) and regularly changing craft cocktails with housemade ingredients.
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Square One Fish Co.
Price: $$$
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1298 Prince Ave. Athens, GA 30606. 706-353-8862
File Under: American. Features: Full bar, outside seating. Hours: Dinner and Sunday brunch. • Seafood, both on the raw bar (oysters, seafood tower, tuna tartare) and cooked (blackened salmon, étoufée, snow crab clusters). Also land-based choices, wedge salad. Brunch includes omelets, fish tacos and oyster shooters. Good, refreshing cocktails.
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Texas Roadhouse
Price: $$
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1021 Dowdy Road Athens, GA 30606. 706-613-1300
File Under: American. Features: Full bar, take-out, reservations. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days.
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The Traveling Hobo Cafe
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Price: $$
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20 Greensboro Hwy. Watkinsville, GA 30677. 706-310-4323
File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Ginormous two-hands-required burgers are the focus (bison, lamb, lots of toppings, regular specials), but you can also get other sandwiches, hot dogs, fried apps, wings and salads. Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options. Kids menu. Cheesecake for dessert.
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Wok Star
Price: $$
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225 Cherokee Road Winterville, GA 30683. 706-742-2555 View Map
File Under: American, Asian. Features: Delivery, take-out, vegetarian friendly. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Trust us: there is legit Chinese food in this Winterville shopping center restaurant that also serves hamburgers. Ask for the Chinese menu and you'll find duck, yu xiang eggplant, hot and spicy boiled fish, mapo tofu, cumin lamb and more. The folks in the kitchen may not always have everything listed, but they're great at adapting on the fly.
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The World Famous
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Price: $$
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351 N. Hull St. Athens GA 30601. 706-543-4002 View Map
File Under: American, Bars, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Counter service, curbside pick-up, delivery, art, full bar, live music. Hours: Lunch, dinner and late night. • Half bar, half restaurant, with hearty, fun food (frito fried chicken with jalapeno slaw, chicken and waffle club, tacos), lots of veggie choices and regular specials. Creative cocktails, well-priced beer (including lots of canned craft brews), wine, housemade nonalcoholic sodas and a great chalkboard that often demonstrates townies' secret love of UGA football.
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