Restaurants Coffee Houses And Bakeries
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1000 Faces Coffee
Price: $
Locations
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510 N. Thomas St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-534-8860 View Map
File Under: Coffee Houses. Features: Counter service, Wi-Fi. Hours: Seven days. • A coffee place that's very passionate about its coffee, which is roasted in the same building for maximum freshness. Also: tea, other drinks, bags of coffee, coffee accessories and light snacks. Coffees on offer change out frequently.
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Athens Bagel Co.
Price: $
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268 N. Jackson St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-543-5001 View Map
File Under: Sandwiches, Coffee Houses and Bakeries, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Catering, counter service, delivery, Wi-Fi. Hours: Breakfast and lunch. • Excellent bagels boiled and baked in-house in a wide variety of flavors. Temporarily closed for renovations but reopening in 2022.
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Barnes and Noble Café
Price: $
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3650 Atlanta Hwy. Athens, GA 30606. 706-354-1195 View Map
File Under: Coffee Houses and Bakeries. Features: Wi-Fi.
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Baskin-Robbins/Dunkin' Donuts
Price: $
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771 Prince Ave. Athens, GA 30606. 706-548-3444 View Map
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2081 Hog Mountain Road Watkinsville, GA 30677. 706-769-8363 View Map
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1045 Gaines School Road Athens, GA 30605. 706-353-7166 View Map
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1880 Epps Bridge Pkwy. Athens, GA 30606. 706-546-1635
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935 Highway 29 N. Athens, GA 30601. 706-548-6338
File Under: Ice Cream and Smoothies, Coffee Houses and Bakeries. Features: Drive-thru, Wi-Fi, counter service. • Prince Avenue (closed for now due to a fire), Epps Bridge Parkway and Highway 29 locations are Dunkin' Donuts only.
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Bee's Knees Bakery & Gifts
Price: $
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1850 Epps Bridge Pkwy. Athens, GA 30606. 706-353-3633 View Map
File Under: Bakeries, Sandwiches, Delivery. Features: Catering, counter service. • Cute independent bakery does cupcakes, custom cakes, cookies, cake pops, gooey bars and box lunches with a sandwich, cheese straws and a cupcake.
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Big City Bread Cafe
Price: $$
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393 N. Finley Street Athens, GA 30601. 706-353-0029 View Map
File Under: Bakeries, Something Different, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Beer and wine, catering, counter service, outside seating, delivery, Wi-Fi. Hours: Breakfast and lunch. • Long-time Athens favorite has a great patio popular with dogs and kids and lots of things on the somewhat French-accented menu that use the bread it bakes in-house. Biscuits, French toast, continental breakfast, omelets, great sandwiches, quiche, soups, burgers, small but good selection of beer and wine. Baked goods galore, including for special order.
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Bitty and Beau's Coffee
Price: $
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1540 Lumpkin St. Athens, GA 30605. 678-361-8184
File Under: Coffee Houses. Hours: Seven days. Features: Wi-Fi. • This coffee shop out of Wilmington, NC, employs people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and serves a range of coffee and espresso drinks, plus snacks like cinnamon rolls. Lots of charging stations.
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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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Buvez
Price: $
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585 Barber St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-850-0172
File Under: Coffee Houses and Bakeries, Bars, Sandwiches. Features: Full bar, counter service, outside seating, Wi-Fi, comedy, live music. • Boo-vay, not booves. European-style cafe with a light menu (pre-made sandwiches, pastries, snacks at $1 a scoop, snoballs, including boozy ones) and a lot of different beverages: coffee, tea, cool sodas, craft cocktails, wine, beer and aperitifs. Art shows and lots of fun events. Popular with kids.
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The Café on Lumpkin
Price: $$
Locations
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1700 S. Lumpkin St. Athens, GA 30606. 706-215-9240
File Under: Something Different. Features: Take-out, outside seating, beer and wine, catering, counter service. Hours: Breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea. • Breakfast until late afternoon, with pastries, burritos, sandwiches, good baked things; classic sandwiches, soups and salads at lunch; several different types of proper tea service from 3–5 p.m. (by reservation) with scones, clotted cream, tea sandwiches; and then snacks and light drinks in the early evening. Wide selection of teas.
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Cafe Racer Coffee + Donuts
Price: $
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3 Arnoldsville Rd. Crawford, GA 30630. 706-899-0210
File Under: Coffee Houses and Bakeries. Features: Drive-thru, pick-up. Hours: Breakfast and Thursday night dinner. • This itty-bitty drive-up donut stand outside Athens does intense donuts, real good coffee, biscuits piled with good ingredients, breakfast tacos and, on Thursday evenings, sloppy burgers and perfect fries. Watch its social media for details on specials and changes to hours. Athens location coming in 2022.
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Cecilia's Cake Shop
Price: $$
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610 N. Milledge Ave. Athens, GA 30601. 706-543-3308 View Map
File Under: Bakeries. Features: Catering. • Long-time Athens bakery has new ownership and has added cupcakes and cookies. Cakes made to order, including for special occasions like weddings and birthdays. Popular flavors include lemon, tres leches, hummingbird, mocha, caramel, coconut and red velvet. Purchase only. No seating.
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Celia's Bakery
Price: $
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9029 Hwy. 29 N. Hull, GA 30646. 706-850-2021
File Under: Bakeries. Features: Counter service, take-out. Hours: Wed–Mon. • Sweet and savory Mexican breads (sometimes with cream cheese and jalapenos), light and sweet cakes (whole and by the slice), coffee and more, all well priced and nicely made.
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Condor Chocolates
Price: $
Locations
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1658 S. Lumpkin St. Athens, GA 30606. 706-850-4803
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160 E. Washington St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-521-8966
File Under: Coffee Houses, Something Different. Hours: Open seven days. Features: Outside seating, Wi-Fi. • Locally based small-batch chocolate shop offers truffles, chocolate bars, coffee bars and more, plus drinking chocolate, coffee, gelato, ice cream sandwiches, toffee, etc. Vegan options. Downtown location has a coffee menu and big windows to watch the chocolate elves at work.
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Cravings
Price: $
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480 E. Broad St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-850-0049
File Under: Coffee Houses, Sandwiches. Features: Take-out, Wi-Fi. Hours: Lunch. • Low-key downtown restaurant does deli sandwiches (build-your-own or pick a combo), salads, soups and, surprisingly, bubble tea, plus sides like potato salad or chips and a range of coffee drinks.
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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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Hendershot's Coffee Bar
Price: $
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237 Prince Ave. Athens, GA 30601. 706-353-3050 View Map
File Under: Coffee Houses and Bakeries, Bars. Features: Full bar, catering, counter service, live music, art, Wi-Fi, outside seating. Hours: Open Mon–Sat. Lunch. • Coffee drinks, nitro coffee, teas and juices all day, plus baked goods from Independent and fun lunch (noodle bowls, burgers, Hong Kong French toast) from 11 a.m.–3 p.m. Lots of draft and bottled/canned craft beers, plus wine, craft cocktails and mocktails (some made with coffee).
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Ideal Bagel
Price: $
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815 W. Broad St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-353-0005 View Map
File Under: Bakeries, Sandwiches, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Counter service, outside seating, take-out. Hours: Breakfast and lunch. • Nice, small bagels, excellent house-smoked fish and sandwiches (either on bagels or on Luna bread) and made with meats sliced in front of you (capicola, roast beef, etc.) but also hummus, roasted veggies, sauerkraut and scrambled eggs. Kids meals.
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Independent Baking Co.
Price: $
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1625 S. Lumpkin St. Athens, GA 30606. 706-850-3550 View Map
File Under: Bakeries. Features: Outside seating, Wi-Fi. • Consistently delicious baked goods made by bread nerds with house-milled wheat. Also: delightful viennoiserie. No buttercream to be found, just good ingredients and an emphasis on proper technique. Choco Coffee and hot chocolate, plus house-milled flour and grits. Products available at a few other places around town.
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Insomnia Cookies
Price: $
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228 E. Clayton St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-623-6277 View Map
File Under: Bakeries. Features: Catering, delivery. Hours: Seven days.
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Jittery Joe's Coffee
Price: $
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UGA Miller Learning Center Athens, GA 30602. 706-549-2124 View Map
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27 Greensboro Hwy. Watkinsville, GA 30677. 706-769-4280 View Map
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1860 Barnett Shoals Road Athens, GA 30605. 706-354-8000 View Map
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1480 Baxter St. Athens, GA 30606. 706-548-1099 View Map
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1230 S. Milledge Ave. Athens, GA 30605. 706-208-1979 View Map
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297 E. Broad St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-613-7449 View Map
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1880 Epps Bridge Pkwy. Athens, GA 30606. 706-354-8900 View Map
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UGA Law School Athens, GA 30602. 706-549-2124
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UGA Science Library Athens, GA 30602. 706-549-2124
File Under: Coffee Houses and Bakeries. Features: Drive-thru (Baxter, Greensboro and Epps Bridge), outside seating, art, Wi-Fi. Hours: Vary by location. • The local coffee roaster now extends quite a bit beyond Athens, but the beans are still roasted on Barber Street. Lots of specialty roasts benefit different causes. Hot and cold drinks, premium teas and locally baked goodies.
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The Tasting Room at Jittery Joe's Roasting Company
Price: $
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425 Barber St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-227-2161 View Map
File Under: Coffee Houses and Bakeries. Features: Outside seating, Wi-Fi. Hours: Mon–Sat. • Fresh-roasted beans by the pound—whole or ground; cups of coffee, teas and shots of espresso, all out of a quonset hut where the actual roasting is done in an unprepossessing parking lot that hosts events.
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Joe and Sam's Café
Price: $
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1021 Jamestown Blvd. Watkinsville, GA 30677. 706-705-1400
File Under: Coffee Houses and Bakeries, Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Curbside pick-up, drive-thru, catering, counter service. Hours: Breakfast, lunch and dinner. • Jittery Joe’s coffee drinks, biscuits and breakfast plates in the a.m. in an airy, open space. Lunch and dinner feature classic sandwiches, soups, salads and kids menu. Baked goods, too.
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Kiki's Bakeshop
Price: $$
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20 Greensboro Hwy. Watkinsville, GA 30677. 706-769-6766
File Under: Coffee Houses and Bakeries. Features: Catering, counter service, take-out. Hours: Mon–Sat. • Watkinsville bakery does a wide variety of cakes and pies (order whole ones in advance), plus cookies, scones, cheese straws, cupcakes, quiches, pimento cheese, bread, muffins and more. Holiday menus. Will accommodate dietary needs.
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Krispy Kreme Doughnuts
Price: $
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3703 Atlanta Hwy. Athens, GA 30622. 706-208-0628 View Map
File Under: Coffee Houses and Bakeries. Features: Catering, drive-thru, Wi-Fi. Hours: Seven days.
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Molly's Coffee Company
Price: $
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8830 Macon Hwy., Bldg. 100 Athens, GA 30606. 762-499-2002
File Under: Coffee Houses and Bakeries. Features: Drive-thru. Hours: Seven days. • Darling independently owned coffee place does drip coffee, cold brew, lattes, tea, kombucha, mochas, bagels pastries from Kiki’s Bakeshop, all with an emphasis on sustainability and safety. Latte art and pop-ups.
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Nedza's
Price: $
Locations
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1591 S. Lumpkin St. Athens, GA 30606. 706-850-8331
File Under: Ice cream and Smoothies, Coffee Houses and Bakeries. Features: Delivery, catering, outside seating, beer. Hours: Breakfast and lunch. • Everything comes with a customized compliment, whether you're ordering a big savory biscuit, an elaborate crowaffle piled with toppings or a fancy donut. Also: coffee drinks, ice cream, vegan and gluten-free offerings, mimosas made with Creature Comforts' Athena.
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Nothing Bundt Cakes
Price: $
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1021 Dowdy Road Athens, GA 30606. 706-400-6950
File Under: Bakeries. Features: Catering, counter service, curbside pick-up, delivery. Hours: Mon–Sat.
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Poindexter
Price: $
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295 E. Dougherty St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-549-7020
File Under: Coffee Houses. • Coffee shop inside Graduate Athens hotel does grab-and-go breakfast snacks all day and coffee by La Colombe.
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Sabor Latino
Price: $
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2131 Hog Mountain Road Watkinsville, GA 30677. 706-705-6333
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1550 Oglethorpe Ave. Athens, GA 30606. 706-202-4097
File Under: Mexican and South American, Bakeries. Features: Delivery, full bar, take-out, outside seating (Oglethorpe). Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Looks like your standard Americanized Mexican from afar but is actually Uruguyan, with choripan, chivito, churrosco del sur and more hiding on the menu at both locations. Great baked goods, especially Latin American sweet breads (Watkinsville location), and tasty empanadas, both sweet and savory. Kids menu.
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Sips Espresso Café
Price: $
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1390 Prince Ave. Athens, GA 30606. 706-363-7211 View Map
File Under: Coffee Houses and Bakeries. Features: Outside seating, art, Wi-Fi. Hours: Seven days. • Small, independent coffee shop makes caffeinated beverages (including trendy stuff) with local coffees, plus has a variety of treats and other snacks like scones (sweet and savory). Good smoothies and plenty of loose tea options.
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Sweet Spot Coffee
Price: $
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149 Oneta St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-247-0421
File Under: Coffee Houses and Bakeries. Hours: Tue–Sat. • Darling space in the Chase Park warehouses packed with art, books and more. In-house-roasted small-batch coffee (available brewed or by bag of beans), tea, baked goods and other surprises.
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Sweetie Pie by Savie
Price: $
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150 E. Whitehall Road Athens, GA 30605. 706-850-9255 View Map
File Under: Coffee Houses and Bakeries. Features: Catering, take-out, curbside pick-up. Hours: Tue–Fri. Closes early Sat. • Asian-inflected bakery in a historic grocery does Eastern and Western baked goods, either custom order or from a selection each day. Impressive and elaborate cakes, croissants, cupcakes, mini pies, bar cookies, scones, mini quiches and more. Espresso and drip coffee. Gluten-free, dairy-free and vegan options available.
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Walker's Coffee & Pub
Price: $
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128 College Ave. Athens, GA 30601. 706-543-1433 View Map
File Under: Coffee Houses and Bakeries, Bars, Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Full bar, outside seating, counter service, art, Wi-Fi. Hours: Open seven days. • Local coffee and light food until the early afternoon (breakfast burritos and sandwiches, cheeseburger, BLT, PB&J, veggie quesadilla), bar by night. Six beers on draft and over 70 in bottles, including many microbrews.
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Zombie Coffee and Donuts
Price: $
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350 E. Broad St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-850-2526
File Under: Coffee Houses and Bakeries. Features: Delivery, outside seating, Wi-Fi, catering. Hours: Seven days. • Tell the folks behind the counter which toppings you want on your freshly made chocolate or vanilla doughnut (your choice of glaze, plus sprinkles, bacon, pecans, Fruity Pebbles and more). Iced coffee made with coffee ice cubes. Vegan, paleo and gluten-free options.
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