Restaurants Wine
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9d's Bar Plus
Price: $
Locations
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400 Clayton St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-461-0268 View Map
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, DJs/live music. • College kids sweat it out on the dance floor to (mostly) ’90s jams. Buy a tallboy, shot or mixed drink for dancing fuel. Also: Zima to go with the theme.
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Agua Linda Mexican Restaurant & Cantina
Price: $$
Locations
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2080 Timothy Road Athens, GA 30606. 706-543-0154 View Map
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1376 Prince Ave. Athens, GA 30601. 706-543-5711 View Map
File Under: Mexican and Latin American. Features: Full bar, catering, outside seating, delivery. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days. • A mix of Americanized Mexican and more authentic stuff in a family atmosphere. Normaltown location has a gorgeous rooftop bar with a mural and nice views. The restaurant's food truck (La Carreta) pops up around town, including at breweries, and has great birria tacos that are occasionally available at the brick-and-mortar locations.
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Akademia Brewing Co.
Price: $$$
Locations
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150 Crane Dr. Bogart, GA 30622. 678-726-2288
File Under: American, Breweries. Features: Full bar, 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 that is always changing (more than two dozen on tap at any given time). Beer features in many dishes, like ale-battered fried fish. Also: flatbreads, burgers, salads, biscuits + beer at brunch. Cocktails, wine, shots and cider, too.
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Allgood Lounge
Price: $
Locations
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256 E. Clayton St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-549-0166 View Map
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, outside seating. Hours: Opens earlier than most bars. • Two floors plus a rooftop tiki bar and TVs. Hundreds of drink options, including a build-your-own bloody mary bar. Twenty rotating beers, 55 whiskeys, 18 tequilas and over 200 bottled beers (including some nonalcoholic choices).
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Amici
Price: $$
Locations
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233 E. Clayton St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-353-0000 View Map
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8851 Macon Hwy. Athens, GA 30606. 706-850-1027 View Map
File Under: Pizza, Bars. Features: Trivia, catering, outside seating, take-out, delivery, full bar, Wi-Fi. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Two options are nearby for this small chain: downtown Athens and on Macon Highway in the Falls of Oconee shopping center. Pizza with a wide variety of toppings, renowned wings, sandwiches, pasta, salads and soup. Good craft brews.
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ARTini's Art Lounge
Price: $
Locations
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337 Prince Ave. Athens, GA 30601. 706-353-8530 View Map
File Under: Something Different, Bars. Features: Art classes, parking. • Local in-town paint-and-sip with beer and wine, plus nonalcoholic beverages if you need to concentrate on your sunset masterpiece. Open studio time if you don't want a structured class. To-go kits for private parties in your own space.
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Athens Cooks
Price: $$
Locations
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100 Prince Ave., Ste. 103 Athens, GA 30601. 706-623-3373
File Under: Something Different. Features: Catering, beer and wine. • Fancy cooking store retails plenty of goods for cheffing, baking and making cocktails as well as host gifts aplenty, but also does classes and serves breakfast and lunch. Charcuterie boards to go, housemade granola, coffee from 1000 Faces, beautiful soups and well-presented, tasty sandwiches.
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Athens Wok
Price: $
Locations
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493 E. Clayton St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-850-2695 View Map
File Under: Asian, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Take-out, delivery, beer and wine. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days. • Informal place focusing on quick-sauteed Thai, Chinese, Korean and Japanese dishes. The Thai curries are a highlight, but everything is fast and tasty.
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Automatic Pizza
Price: $$
Locations
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1397 Prince Ave. Athens, GA 30606. 706-850-2037
File Under: Italian and Pizza, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Beer and wine, counter service, delivery, outside seating, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Big slices of New York-style pizza made in pans brushed with garlic oil, plus delish but not giant subs, salads and cannoli all with quality ingredients. Vegan-friendly + gluten-free options.
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Bad Moon
Price: $
Locations
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246 E. Clayton St. Athens, GA 30601 . No # specified
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, outside seating. • Instagrammable, with lots of neon, disco balls and a light-up dance floor, ’90s music, karaoke. Choose from domestic and local standbys, or order a house specialty like the disco lemonade, jello shots or 1.5-gallon Moscow mule.
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Bar South
instagram.com/barsouthathensga
Price: $
Locations
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104 E. Washington St. Athens, GA 30601. No # specified. View Map
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, outside seating, live music. • Roomy bar beloved by Barstool Sports with TVs, pool tables, darts and foosball. Beer and mixed drinks across a wide range of taste and budget. Pool tournaments.
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Beef 'O' Brady's
Price: $$
Locations
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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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Big City Bread Cafe
Price: $$
Locations
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393 N. Finley Street Athens, GA 30601. 706-353-0029 View Map
File Under: Bakeries, Something Different, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Beer and wine, catering, counter service, outside seating, delivery, Wi-Fi. Hours: Breakfast, lunch, Friday dinner • Longtime Athens favorite has a great patio popular with dogs and kids. Biscuits, French toast, continental breakfast, omelets, great sandwiches, quiche, soups, burgers (veggie and non), small but good selection of beer and wine. Baked goods galore, including for special order. Friday night dinners are a chance for the kitchen to play around with more elaborate offerings.
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Blind Pig Tavern
Price: $$
Locations
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312 E. Washington St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-548-3442
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2440 W. Broad St. Athens, GA 30606. 706-208-7979 View Map
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2301 College Station Road Athens, GA 30605. 706-850-4919
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22 N. Main St. Watkinsville, GA 30677. 706-310-4450
File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken, Vegetarian Friendly, Bars. Features: Catering, outside seating, trivia, delivery, Wi-Fi. Hours: Lunch, dinner and late night, seven days. • Longtime Athens sports bar has several locations and a big menu including many vegetarian choices. Beer on tap and in bottles, including local brews. Standard cocktails plus a bloody mary bar on Saturday and Sunday.
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Boar's Head Lounge
Price: $
Locations
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260 E. Washington St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-369-3040 View Map
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, live music, outside seating. • Big, divey, multi-level student bar. Pool, beer pong, popcorn machines and more inside. Live music outside every Thursday and on game days. Regular specials on already inexpensive drafts and wells.
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Bourbon Street
instagram.com/bourbonstreetathens
Price: $
Locations
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333 E. Broad St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-369-1313 View Map
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, outside seating. • College bar encourages you to chug through Power Hour and party New Orleans-style all night. Pool upstairs. Cheap beer and champagne, nightly specials and liquor drinks, including hurricanes and fishbowls.
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Brett's Casual American Restaurant
Price: $$
Locations
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3190 Atlanta Hwy. Athens, GA 30606. 706-850-1395 View Map
File Under: American. Features: Beer and wine, curbside pick-up, catering, outside seating, delivery, take-out, Wi-Fi. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Family-oriented restaurant with a huge menu, great deals on kids meals and something for everyone, including celiac folks. Big salads, fried apps, tacos, burgers, grilled seafood and more.
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Bruxie
Price: $$
Locations
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311 E. Broad St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-850-1358
File Under: Chicken. Features: Beer, catering, delivery, take-out, wine. Hours: Seven days. • This franchise specializes in waffle sandwiches that enclose big, nicely cooked pieces of fried chicken. Somehow, it doesn't all turn soggy. Lots of other things, too: breakfast sandwiches (half size and full size), big milkshakes, sweet waffles, kids meals.
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Buddha Bar
Price: $
Locations
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431 E. Broad St. Athens, GA 30601. 404-271-8440 View Map
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar. • Less zen, more sake bombs that involve pounding on the table to make the shot fall into the drink. Skee-Ball in the back, lychee martinis, shots and beer. Lots of sports.
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Butt Hutt BBQ
Price: $$
Locations
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480 Macon Hwy. Athens, GA 30606. 706-850-8511 View Map
File Under: BBQ. Features: Full bar, live music, catering, outside seating, delivery, trivia, karaoke. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • The rare barbecue place that has both good smoked meats (especially pork and ribs) and a full bar. Sides like chicken mull, corn nuggets, fried okra, meat skins and a meaty potato salad are legit. Desserts are well thought of. Kids menu.
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Buvez
Price: $
Locations
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585 Barber St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-850-0172
File Under: Coffee Houses and Bakeries, Bars, Sandwiches. Features: Full bar, counter service, outside seating, Wi-Fi, comedy, live music. • Boo-vay, not booves, as in the French for "you drink." European-style cafe with a light menu (pre-made sandwiches, pastries, Swedish fish by the scoop, snoballs, including boozy ones) and a lot of different beverages: coffee, tea, cool sodas, craft cocktails, wine, beer and aperitifs. Popular with kids and grown folks alike.
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The Café on Lumpkin
Price: $$
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 (by reservation) with scones, clotted cream, tea sandwiches; and then snacks and light drinks in the early evening. Wide selection of teas. Gluten-free, dairy-free and vegan options.
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Cali 'N' Tito's
Price: $$
Locations
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1254 Cedar Shoals Dr. Athens, GA 30605. 706-355-7087 View Map
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1427 S. Lumpkin St. Athens, GA 30605. 706-227-9979 View Map
File Under: Mexican and Latin American. Features: Outside seating, beer, wine and margaritas (Eastside), delivery. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Both locations of this Athens original do Latin American food with a Peruvian influence: lomo saltado, big sandwiches, plantains (sweet and savory), yuca, tacu tacu (rice and beans topped with eggs) and much more. Lots of veggie choices. Eastside location is bigger and full of quarter-operated kiddie rides. Lumpkin has a small fee to BYOB.
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Carrabba's Italian Grill
Price: $$$
Locations
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3194 Atlanta Hwy. Athens, GA 30606. 706-546-9938 View Map
File Under: Italian and Pizza. Features: Full bar, curbside pick-up. Hours: Lunch and dinner.
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Centro Bar
Price: $
Locations
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400 E. Clayton St. Athens, GA 30601. 404-271-8440
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, outside seating. • Watch football on a big screen, dance under the disco ball and sign up for the weekly beer pong tournament. A balcony with its own bar wraps around the main floor. Full bar with specialty drinks like the East Clayton lemonade and key lime pie shots. DJs and karaoke.
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Chili's Grill & Bar
Price: $$
Locations
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183 Alps Road Athens, GA 30606. 706-613-5405 View Map
File Under: American. Features: Full bar, curbside pick-up, catering. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days.
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Chops and Hops
Price: $$$
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2 S. Main St. Watkinsville, GA 30677. 706-310-1101 View Map
File Under: American. Features: Full bar, catering, outside seating, reservations, Wi-Fi, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Steak and beer, but also seafood, chicken, ratatouille and burgers at this somewhat upscale Watkinsville restaurant. Tap takeovers, mocktails, southern veggies for sides and gluten-free items. App-y hour from 2–5 p.m. brings food and drink specials.
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Chuck E. Cheese
Price: $
Locations
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3654 Atlanta Hwy. Athens, GA 30606. 706-353-6715 View Map
File Under: Italian and Pizza. Features: Beer and wine. Hours: Seven days.
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Ciné
Price: $
Locations
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234 W. Hancock Ave. Athens, GA 30601. 706-353-3343 View Map
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, movies, art. • Yes, it's a movie theater, with a wide variety of indie flicks and classics on its two screens, but you can also go hang out in the bar and drink movie-themed cocktails or good beer, wine and liquor. Coffee, tea, sodas, local baked goods and fresh-popped popcorn, plus an art gallery run by ATHICA.
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City Bar
Price: $
Locations
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220 College Ave. Athens, GA 30601. 706-546-7612 View Map
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, outside seating, trivia. • Watch sports on big-screen TVs in a historic space with marble accents and chandeliers. Daily drink deals, plus the usual selection of beer, seltzers and trendy shots. Spiked hot chocolate in the winter.
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Classic City Eats
Price: $$
Locations
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1290 Greensboro Hwy. Watkinsville, GA 30677. 706-705-6434
File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Full bar, take-out, catering, karaoke. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Big menu with an emphasis on fried snacks and chicken (a good half-bird fried to order, chicken livers, wings), plus pizza. Lots of video games for grown-ups (Golden Tee) and kids (an arcade side room). Pool. Bar has draft, canned and bottled beer plus makes beachy drinks.
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Cloud
Price: $☆ Expanded Listing!
Locations
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164 E. Clayton St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-613-7771 View Map
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, live music. • Rainbow-lit bubble wall bar and a light-up dance floor has a club vibe, with a VIP section. Spacious layout, pool, TV and laser lights. Full bar with all the shots and bombs you could ask for, plus boozy slushies. Beer pong tournaments and DJs.
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Cozy Bar
Price: $
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179 N. Jackson St. Athens, GA 30601. No # specified.
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Beer and wine, live music. • Itty-bitty space on a side street downtown, with paper lanterns and flowers on tables, gets rowdy and crowded. Food is sometimes available. Domestics, Asian beers, wine and liquor (especially sake bombs).
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Cutters Pub
Price: $
Locations
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120 E. Clayton St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-247-1187 View Map
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, outside seating. • One of the largest bars in town, with a more grown-up, less college-heavy crowd than many bars around it. Pool, Skee-Ball, Golden Tee, foosball, darts, a photo booth and football on TV. Huge whiskey selection, befitting its Irish branding, Guinness on tap.
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Dos Palmas Mexican Grill
Price: $$
Locations
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3523 Atlanta Hwy. Athens, GA 30606. 706-353-7771 View Map
File Under: Mexican, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Full bar, catering, curbside pick-up, delivery, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days. • Americanized Mexican staples done well: tacos, burritos, nachos, fajitas, quesadillas, big burritos, enchiladas, queso, fish tacos, fried ice cream. Margaritas, lots of tequilas.
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Double Barrel
instagram.com/doublebarrelathens
Price: $
Locations
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429 E. Broad St. Athens, GA 30601 . No # specified
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, DJs, outside seating. • A college bar named for Athens’ famous non-working piece of Confederate memorabilia. TVs to watch sports and low prices (a wheel of deals). What you’d expect for drinks plus a cocktail named for UGA grad golfer Bubba Watson.
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Emmy Squared Pizza
emmysquaredpizza.com/location/athens-ga
Price: $$$
Locations
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199 Prince Ave. Athens, GA 30601. 762-315-4005 View Map
File Under: Pizza. Features: Beer and wine, catering, outside seating. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Fancy Detroit-style pizza franchise can make you a gluten-free pie. Also serves burgers, salads, mozzarella sticks, soy and sesame marinated cucumbers, family-style banana or chocolate pudding for dessert, all in the former location of The Grit.
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The Expat
Price: $$$$
Locations
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1680 S. Lumpkin St. Athens, GA 30606. 706-521-5041
File Under: Something Different, Bars, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Reservations, outside seating, take-out, full bar. Hours: Dinner. • Refined and intelligent restaurant with a beauteous bar has an Italian focus to its food, with anitpasti, burrata, housemade pasta (can be gluten-free), risotto and more. Offerings change regularly. Virgin cocktails made with as much love as the boozy ones, plus nice wines.
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Farm Burger
Price: $$
Locations
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100 Prince Ave., Suite 102 Athens, GA 30601. 706-850-3184
File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Delivery, outside seating, take-out, counter service, catering, beer and wine, vegetarian friendly. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days. • Locally originating burger chain does patties with 100% grass-fed, no-antibiotics, locally raised beef, pasture-raised pork, ground chicken or vegan ingredients. Lots of toppings, sides, kids menu, shakes and floats, burger + beer combos.
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The Farm Cart
Price: $$
Locations
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1074 Baxter St. Athens, GA 30606. 706-850-8150
File Under: Something Different. Features: Delivery, vegetarian friendly, outside seating, take-out, counter service, beer and wine. Hours: Breakfast and lunch. • Primarily biscuits, served all day, but not just traditional egg and cheese varieties. Nice ingredients like housemade pickles and jam. Lunch adds non-biscuit sandwiches and burgers plus specials. Baked goods in a case at the counter, good coffee.
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Flanagan's & Half Moon Pub
instagram.com/flanagans_athens
Price: $
Locations
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301 E. Clayton St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-208-9711 View Map
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, live music, outside seating. • Longtime Irish pub Flanagan’s and its downstairs sister bar get packed with students on late nights and weekends. Pool, daily specials on everything from cocktails to shots. Lots of whiskey, both on special and just regularly.
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The Flying Biscuit Café
Price: $$
Locations
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1180 Prince Ave. Athens, GA 30606. 706-850-5656
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1850 Epps Bridge Pkwy, Ste. 117 Athens, GA 30606. TBA
File Under: American. Features: Beer and wine, catering, outside seating, take-out, vegetarian friendly. Hours: Breakfast, lunch and weekend dinner.
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Garfias Mexican Restaurant
Price: $$
Locations
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225 Cherokee Road, Suite 1 Winterville, GA 30683. 706-899-0250
File Under: Mexican. Features: Full bar, outside seating, take-out, beer and wine. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • New Mexican place in Winterville has a big menu (with a section for kids) that includes your standard dips and quesadillas, fried and grilled fish, seafood soup, "tacos gringos" (hardshell with ground beef or chicken, lettuce and cheese), churros and lunch combos. Margs, aguas and horchata to drink.
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General Beauregard's
Price: $
Locations
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164 E. Clayton St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-521-5500 View Map
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, outside seating. • Controversy-courting downtown spot decked out in Civil War memorabilia. Southern-themed cocktails.
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Golden Dragon
Price: $$
Locations
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126 Alps Road Athens, GA 30606. 706-552-1688 View Map
File Under: Asian, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Beer and wine, delivery, catering, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Tons of standard Americanized Chinese options, including duck, seafood and some good tofu options. Dragon Dinners feature combinations of dishes for two to 10 people. Online ordering.
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Golden Sun Chinese Restaurant
Price: $$
Locations
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4375 Lexington Road Athens, GA 30605. 706-549-3388 View Map
File Under: Asian, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Beer and wine, delivery, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Countless classic options, loads of chef's specials and lunch specials. A lighter fare section offers steamed MSG-free meals low in sodium; lots of tofu choices.
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Grindhouse Killer Burgers
Price: $$
Locations
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1553 S. Lumpkin St. Athens, GA 30605. 706-612-9327 View Map
File Under: Burgers, Vegetarian Friendly, Bars. Features: Full bar, counter service, outside seating, delivery. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Small chain out of Atlanta does smashburgers with one patty or two (beef, turkey, beans and quinoa, or Impossible Burger), plus bar snacks, fried sides and boozy or virgin milkshakes. Nice upstairs outside seating.
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Groove Burgers
Price: $$
Locations
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1791 Oconee Connector Athens, GA 30606. 762-499-5699
File Under: Burgers, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Beer and wine, take-out, outside seating, delivery. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days. • Clever burgers (both meat and veggie), plus salads and hot sandwiches (pimento chicken, Italian beef), good sides (“street corn,” Brussels sprouts, fabulous onion rings) and milkshakes.
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Hendershot's Coffee Bar
Price: $
Locations
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237 Prince Ave. Athens, GA 30601. 706-353-3050 View Map
File Under: Coffee Houses and Bakeries, Bars. Features: Breakfast, full bar, catering, counter service, live music, art, Wi-Fi, outside seating. Hours: Open Mon–Sat. • Coffee drinks, nitro coffee, teas and juices all day, plus baked goods from Independent. Lots of draft and bottled/canned craft beers, plus wine, craft cocktails and mocktails (some made with coffee). Breakfast includes beignets, egg plates, a spam-based brekkie and more. Grab-and-go sandwiches and cheese plates. Loads of events.
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Hi-Lo Lounge
Price: $
Locations
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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: Lunch and dinner, seven days. • Family-friendly tavern is all things to all people, with lots of food (including a kajillion vegetarian and vegan options) as well as a major bar selection. Noodles, soups, chili, hot dogs, grain bowls, falafel. Great beers; also whiskeys, classic cocktails and juice for kids.
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Hidden Gem
Price: $
Locations
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615 Barber St. Athens, GA 30601. TBA
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar. • An offshoot of Normal Bar, to open on Barber Street later this year, with beer and wine but a focus on cocktails, with sodas made from scratch. Also: low-alcohol and no-alcohol cocktails, no TV and snacks that riff on classic bar offerings.
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Hilltop Grille
Price: $$$
Locations
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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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Johnny's New York Style Pizza
Price: $$
Locations
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1040 Gaines School Road Athens, GA 30605. 706-354-1515 View Map
File Under: Italian and Pizza, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Beer and wine, catering, delivery, outside seating, take-out, trivia, Wi-Fi. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days.
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Kelly's Jamaican Food
Price: $$
Locations
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1583 S. Lumpkin St. Athens, GA 30605. 706-208-0000 View Map
File Under: Something Different, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Beer, catering, counter service, outside seating. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Hefty portions of jerk chicken, oxtail, curry goat, barbecue ribs, salmon, spicy cabbage, spicy squash, rice and peas, fried plantains, mac and cheese, patties, super-sweet tea and cornbread, served with good cheer.
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La Cabaña Mexican Restaurant
Price: $$
Locations
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2061 Hog Mountain Road Watkinsville, GA 30677. 706-769-4490
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2971 Monroe Hwy. Watkinsville, GA 30677. 678-661-0571
File Under: Mexican and Latin American, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Full bar, Wi-Fi. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days. • Americanized Mexican in a stone-walled interior (both locations). Queso, burritos, combo plates, fajitas, quesadillas and lots of lunch specials. Yes, you can get a margarita or a Mexican beer, as well as a pineapple topped with chicken, chorizo and cheese. Kids menu.
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La Fiesta
Price: $$
Locations
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1395 College Station Road Athens, GA 30605. 706-549-5933 View Map
File Under: Mexican, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Full bar, catering, outside seating, delivery. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days. • Popular Americanized Mexican fare: burritos, enchiladas, fajitas, taquitos, nachos, tacos and quesadillas. Special entrees and combo plates. Margaritas, Mexican beers, domestics and house wines.
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La Montaña Mexican Restaurant
Price: $$
Locations
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4115 Lexington Road Athens, GA 30605. 706-850-6765
File Under: Mexican. Features: Take-out, full bar, live music. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days. • Big Americanized Mexican restaurant has a multi-page menu with all kinds of fajitas, quesadillas, burritos, lots of seafood. Grilled stuff is a highlight. Kids menu. Mariachi music sometimes.
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Last Resort Grill
Price: $$$
Locations
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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, full bar, vegetarian friendly. 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. Well-stocked 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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Little Kings Shuffle Club
instagram.com/littlekingsshuffleclub
Price: $
Locations
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223 W. Hancock Ave. Athens, GA 30601. 706-369-3144 View Map
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, trivia, live music, outside seating, Wi-Fi. • Grown folks' bar hosts music, comedy, trivia and frequent private events. Big patio with cornhole. A variety of bottled beers and rotating drafts that include seasonal brews. Wine and cocktails, too. Pop-up food offerings occasionally.
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Live Wire Athens
Price: $$
Locations
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227 W. Dougherty St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-543-8283 View Map
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, live music/DJs, outside seating. • This all-purpose performance/events venue has three stages—two inside and one in a large beer garden—and does a variety of events. A good assortment of craft and local beer, as well as budget-friendly options. Wine and cocktails, too. Food trucks sometimes.
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Locos Grill & Pub
Price: $$
Locations
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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: $$$
Locations
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2170 W. Broad St. Athens, GA 30606. 706-548-0054 View Map
File Under: American. Features: Full bar. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days.
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Los Primos Taqueria Express
Price: $
Locations
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7990 Macon Hwy. Watkinsville, GA 30677. 706-705-6195
File Under: Mexican and South American. Features: Drive-thru, delivery, beer and wine, outside seating. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Fast-casual Mexican, both drive-thru and dine-in, with surprisingly good tacos (both more traditional offerings on corn tortillas and things like a quinoa taco with a whole-wheat tortilla that is absolutely worth your time), enchiladas, burritos, rice bowls, kids menu, aguas frescas and more.
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Lumberjaxe
Price: $$
Locations
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510 N. Lumpkin St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-995-7405
File Under: Bars and Clubs. • Yup, you can drink and throw axes at targets. Also: TVs, games like giant Jenga and handcrafted wood tables. Local craft beer and wine.
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Madison Bar & Bistro
Price: $$
Locations
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500 College Ave. Athens, GA 30601. 706-546-0430 View Map
File Under: American, Bars. Features: Reservations, outside seating, live music, room service, take-out, Wi-Fi. Hours: Breakfast and dinner, seven days. • Hotel Indigo’s restaurant serves croissant sandwiches and omelets for breakfast, plus a full dinner, with steak, salmon, sandwiches, salads and even a kids menu. Nice cocktails.
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Maepole
Price: $$
Locations
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1021 N. Chase St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-850-3600
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1880 Epps Bridge Pkwy., Suite 207 Athens, GA 30606. No # specified.
File Under: American, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Outside seating, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days. • Virtuous and tasty quick service, now franchised and expanding elsewhere. Start with brown rice, quinoa, sweet potatoes or salad greens. Add a protein, two veggie-forward sides and a housemade sauce. Menu changes seasonally. Condor Chocolates and cookies for dessert. Kids meals. Gluten-free choices. Everything is recyclable or compostable. Epps Bridge/Oconee location opening later this year.
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Magnolias
Price: $
Locations
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312 E. Broad St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-543-0797 View Map
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, outside seating. • Two-story bar in a historic building keeps long hours, has free pool upstairs, a great view of downtown and campus and TVs for sports. The usual array of brews behind the bar; house drinks tend to be sweet and beachy, plus low-priced bottles of wine. Dog friendly.
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Mama Ning's Thai
Price: $$
Locations
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2 S. Main St. Ste.101 Watkinsville, GA 30677. 706-705-1012
File Under: Asian. Features: Take-out, catering, beer and wine, delivery. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Delicate, not oversugary Thai food in the middle of downtown Watkinsville: satay, tom yum, curries, eggplant basil, noodles, Thai tea, boba. Cake from Sweetie Pie by Savie. Kids menu. Makku rice beer.
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Manhattan Café
Price: $
Locations
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337 N. Hull St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-369-9767 View Map
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, outside seating, DJs. • Eclectic decor in a dimly lit, divey interior popular with townies. Zapp's potato chips pair well with specialty drinks, including a whole selection of hot ones in cold weather, listed on handwritten signs. Cocktails, beer, wine, sangria and sake.
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Marker 7 Coastal Grill
Price: $$$☆ Expanded Listing!
Locations
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1195 S. Milledge Ave. Athens, GA 30605. 706-850-3451 View Map
File Under: American. Features: Full bar, outside seating. Hours: Lunch, dinner and brunch. • Coastal 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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Martino's Italian Restaurant
Price: $$$
Locations
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2061 Hog Mountain Road, Suite K Watkinsville, GA 30677. 706-705-6243
File Under: Italian. Features: Delivery, outside seating, take-out, beer and wine, catering. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Family-owned, friendly local Italian place with lots of booth seating has all the stuff you'd expect: baked ziti, linguini pomodoro, veal marsala, tiramisu. Kids menu. Italian wine.
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Mell's Place
Price: $
Locations
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4648 Atlanta Hwy. Athens, GA 30622. 706-548-0830 View Map
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, cash only. • Escape the downtown scene for the oldest bar in the area, built in 1952. The atmosphere is warm and unfussy with pool, video games and karaoke. Cold domestic beer and liquor drinks.
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Mellow Mushroom
Price: $$
Locations
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320 E. Clayton St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-613-0892 View Map
File Under: Italian and Pizza, Vegetarian Friendly, Bars. Features: Catering, delivery, outside seating, trivia, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days. • Lots of toppings and specialty pies, plus pretzels made with the same dough, salads, subs, calzones and munchies; good beer selection.
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The National
Price: $$$$
Locations
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232 W. Hancock Ave. Athens, GA 30601. 706-549-3450 View Map
File Under: Something Different, Bars, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Reservations, catering, curbside pick-up, outside seating, Wi-Fi, full bar. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • This place always pleases, whether for date night or an upscale lunch. The menu is Spanish/Mediterranean-inspired, with lots of vegetables (try the "power lunch") and high-quality ingredients. Roasted chicken with za'atar, Portuguese custard tarts, pizzettes and a lot more. Great wine list and cocktails. Hosts occasional pop-ups from small operations.
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Nighthawks Lounge
instagram.com/nighthawkslounge
Price: $$
Locations
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175 Tracy St. Athens, GA 30601. TBA
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, outside seating. • Newly opened, this bar from Jerry and Krista Slater of The Expat features fancy cocktails, great wine and cold beer alongside a few snacks and weekly appearances by Flat Circle, a Chicago tavern-style pizza pop-up.
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Normal Bar
Price: $
Locations
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1365 Prince Ave. Athens, GA 30601. 706-548-6186 View Map
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, outside seating, live music. • Chill neighborhood bar in Normaltown with a great patio with firepits in the winter and a dimly lit interior with plenty of space. Craft and local beers and handcrafted cocktails, plus boiled peanuts for snackin'.
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Nowhere Bar
Price: $
Locations
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240 N. Lumpkin St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-546-4742 View Map
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, live music. • Old-school dive bar with a big painting of its late founder, Sky Hertwig, is like traveling back in time. Darts, pool and lots of live music. Plenty of beers on draft, with the usual suspects behind the bar.
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The Old Pal
Price: $
Locations
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1320 Prince Ave. Athens, GA 30606. 706-850-4340 View Map
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, outside seating, take-out. • New owners. Same commitment to real good cocktails. Cocktail menu changes seasonally and includes both classics and new things. Deep list of good spirits, plus some judiciously chosen wines and beers. Occasional snacks or pop-ups.
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The Olive Garden
Price: $$
Locations
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3666 Atlanta Hwy. Athens, GA 30606. 706-227-2225 View Map
File Under: Italian and Pizza. Features: Full bar, catering. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days.
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Osteria Athena
Price: $$$
Locations
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323 E. Broad St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-353-3911
File Under: Italian. Features: Catering, dinner, full bar, take-out. Hours: Dinner. • Grown-up restaurant serving Italian standards with a nice view of UGA's North Campus out the second-story windows. Housemade pasta for primi; proper entrees for secondi; carpaccio among the antipasti. Gluten-free options. Italian beer and wine.
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Outback Steakhouse
Price: $$$
Locations
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3585 Atlanta Hwy. Athens, GA 30606. 706-613-6015 View Map
File Under: American. Features: Full bar, curbside pick-up. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days.
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Outtakes
Price: $
Locations
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1793 Oconee Connector Athens, GA 30606. 706-355-9152 View Map
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196 Alps Road Athens GA 30606. 706-546-1012
File Under: American. Features: Beer and wine (Oconee), full bar (Alps). Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days. • Full-service movie theater restaurant. University 16 location does burgers, chicken sandwiches, flatbreads and tacos with movie-themed names. Beechwood location has full bar only (no kitchen). Mostly domestics on draft, imports and domestics in the bottle, wine and cocktails.
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Pauley's Original Crepe Bar
Price: $$
Locations
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134 E. Clayton St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-549-0034 View Map
File Under: Something Different, Vegetarian Friendly, Bars. Features: Outside seating, Wi-Fi. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Crepe-based restaurant by day (with savory and sweet options, plus non-pancake-based foods) turns into a busy bar by night with beer, wine and vodka-heavy cocktails.
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Peking Restaurant
Price: $$
Locations
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2725 Atlanta Hwy. Athens, GA 30606. 706-549-9333 View Map
File Under: Asian, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Beer and wine, delivery, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Elaborate decor and Chinese-American standards. Big menu covers all the standards, with lots of vegetarian options. Sizzling rice soup comes with many of the pre-set dinners, and soups in general are more interesting than you would expect.
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Peppino's
Price: $
Locations
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950 Whitehall Road Athens, GA 30605. 706-613-1616 View Map
File Under: Italian and Pizza, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Beer and wine, counter service, take-out, outside seating. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Owned by the same folks as Little Italy, so the food is similar (New York-style pizza, enormous subs), but the vibe is different and more family-oriented. Italian salads, pasta of the day, stromboli, tiramisu and cheesecake.
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The Pine
Price: $$$
Locations
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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. First Friday 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 quiche, burgers, sandwiches, waffles. Oysters, tapas and cheese plates. First Friday lunch pop-ups.
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The Place
Price: $$
Locations
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229 E. Broad St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-850-2988
File Under: Downhome, Bars. Features: Outside seating, full bar, take-out. Hours: Lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch. • More refined takes on Southern standards, like shrimp and grits with gouda. Big salads, chicken and waffles (not just at brunch), shrimp burger, collard spring rolls. Cocktails that play on things like peanuts and Coke.
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Poquitos
Price: $
Locations
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195 Prince Ave. Athens, GA 30601. 706-850-8706
File Under: Mexican and South American. Features: Beer, counter service, outside seating, wine, take-out, vegetarian friendly. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days. • Get an elaborate michelada preparada, a pambazo (a torta soaked in red sauce) and some wet wipes, and you'll be thrilled. Lots of taco fillings, including an array of vegetarian choices that go beyond beans. Good, cold tres leches cake. Beer buckets.
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Rafferty's Restaurant & Bar
Price: $$
Locations
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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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The Rail Athens
Price: $
Locations
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1120 Mitchell Bridge Road Athens, GA 30606. 706-354-7289 View Map
File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken, Bars. Features: Outside seating, live music, trivia. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Bar with food, pool tables, dart boards, slot machines and big-screen TVs. Food includes burgers, wings, sandwiches, nachos and fries.
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Red Lobster
Price: $$$
Locations
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1956 W. Broad St. Athens, GA 30606. 706-549-5376 View Map
File Under: American. Features: Full bar. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days.
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The Roadhouse
Price: $
Locations
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137 N. Lumpkin St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-613-2324 View Map
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, live music, outside seating. • This dive bar “serving hangovers since 1991” features neon beer signs and friendly bartenders.
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Rodeo Night Club
facebook.com/rodeoathensnightclub
Price: $
Locations
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1700 Commerce Road Athens, GA 30607. 678-780-0676
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, DJs/live music. • Nightclub/music venue off the beaten path, focusing on Latin music. Ladies get in free regularly. Big dance floor, flashing lights, heavy bass, sometimes a mechanical bull.
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The Rooftop
Price: $
Locations
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215 N. Lumpkin St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-850-7670 View Map
File Under: American, Vegetarian Friendly, Bars. Features: Counter service, outside seating, live music, catering. Hours: Dinner. • Bar/restaurant on top of the historic Georgia Theatre is open during and just before shows, with food from pop-up restaurants.
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The Rook and Pawn
Price: $$
Locations
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294 W. Washington St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-543-5040
File Under: Bars and Clubs, Something Different. Features: Full bar, counter service, outside seating, take-out, delivery. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days. • Board-game café with plenty of food: hot and cold sandwiches, pizza made with pita, salads, cheese plates, bowls of salty and sweet snacks, kids menu, coffees. Games for rent or purchase, and drinks soft and hard.
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The Root
Price: $$
Locations
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1235 S. Milledge Ave. Athens, GA 30606. 706-395-6278
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, live music. • This bar in the basement of The Pine has a particularly great selection of whiskey, including Scotch, and access to its big sibling's food menu. Plenty of craft beer (not just local stuff) and specialty shots.
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The Royal Peasant
Price: $$
Locations
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1675 S. Lumpkin St. Athens, GA 30606. 706-549-7920 View Map
File Under: Something Different, Bars. Features: Full bar, outside seating. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • English pub with a bitty kitchen does legit British food: housemade crisps, bangers and mash, shepherd's pie, curries. Also, good burgers (lamb and beef). Soccer on the telly. U.K. beers, dry ciders, craft brews, wine, whiskey and cocktails.
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Sake Mama
Price: $
Locations
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166 E. Clayton St. Athens, GA 30601. No # specified.
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar. • Club-type scene, complete with DJ. Knock some shots off chopsticks and hit the dance floor. A neon menu offers over 20 types of sake bombs. Beer, too. Big TVs for sports.
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The Savannah Room
hotel.uga.edu/dining-in-athens/savannah-room
Price: $$
Locations
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1197 S. Lumpkin St. Athens, GA 30602. 706-338-8781 View Map
File Under: American, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Full bar, Wi-Fi, take-out, delivery. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • UGA Hotel restaurant has been around for ages, serving strawberry ice-cream pie and celestial chicken, but also does shrimp and grits, salads, meatloaf, southern vegetables and more.
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Shokitini
Price: $$$
Locations
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251 W. Clayton St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-353-7933 View Map
File Under: Asian, Vegetarian Friendly, Bars. Features: Karaoke, full bar, outside seating, delivery. Hours: Dinner, seven days. • Party sushi bar with private karaoke rooms. Lots of rolls and sashimi as well as surf and turf, noodles, fried tofu and apps. Hot and cold sake, saketinis, wine, mostly domestic beer but a few Japanese brews.
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Silver Dollar
facebook.com/silverdollarathens
Price: $
Locations
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262 College Ave. Athens, GA 30601. 706-389-0531 View Map
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, DJs, outside seating, live music. • Not really western-themed, despite the name, just a classic college bar with a covered outdoor patio that's often dog friendly. Ten beers on tap, well drinks and daily specials. Beer pong and cornhole tournaments and the Dawgs on TV.
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Siri Thai Cuisine
Price: $$
Locations
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1040 Gaines School Road Athens, GA 30605. 706-850-3500 View Map
File Under: Asian, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Beer and wine, catering, delivery, outside seating, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Noodles (available with various proteins), rice entrees, soups, salads, curries and a Thai dessert selection. Spice level can be serious. A couple of Thai beers among the domestics, sakes and a section of organic wines.
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Sundown Saloon
Price: $
Locations
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50 Gaines School Road Athens, GA 30605. 706-850-1177 View Map
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, DJs, outside seating, Wi-Fi. • A rare Eastside bar, this no-frills watering hole has DJs sometimes, pool always. 25 and up. A couple beers on draft and the usual domestics in bottle, wells behind the bar.
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Tapped Athens
Price: $$
Locations
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297 Prince Ave., Ste. 19 Athens, GA 30601. 404-538-4369
File Under: Something Different, Bars. Features: Wine. Hours: Tue–Sat. • Wine bar with 24 selections on tap, served from an Enomatic in various sizes or buy a bottle. Regular tasting events. Biscuits on the first Saturday of the month; snackies to accompany wine.
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Taqueria del Sol
Price: $
Locations
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334 Prince Ave. Athens, GA 30601. 706-353-3890 View Map
File Under: Mexican. Features: Full bar, catering, counter service, outside seating, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Chef-crafted taqueria with a focused menu. Pork, brisket, fried chicken, carnitas, fish and veggie tacos, plus weekly specials and a blue-plate special. Great selection of premium tequilas, build-your-own margaritas and bottled beers.
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Taqueria la Parrilla
Price: $$
Locations
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1431 Capital Ave. Watkinsville, GA 30677. 706-310-9991 View Map
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2439 Jefferson Road Athens, GA 30607. 706-549-4977 View Map
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855 Gaines School Road Athens, GA 30605. 706-548-5040 View Map
File Under: Mexican, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Full bar (Jefferson and Gaines School), beer and wine (Watkinsville), delivery, catering, outside seating. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days. • Locally owned small chain Mexican restaurant has chips-and-salsa-type standards and will give you fried ice cream on your birthday, but also serves Mexican-style tacos and good tortas. Kids menu. Margaritas, Mexican beers, regular bottled stuff and pitchers.
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Taqueria Tsunami
Price: $$
Locations
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1791 Oconee Connector Athens, GA 30606. 706-353-0040
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320 E. Clayton St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-621-7999 View Map
File Under: Asian, Mexican and South American, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Outside seating, take-out, delivery, full bar. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Small Atlanta-based chain does Asian/Latin fusion tacos: bulgogi and shiitake, teriyaki chicken with pineapple pico de gallo, tofu with sesame-soy vinaigrette and more. Apps, bowls and salads. Margaritas, cocktails, sangria and craft beers.
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Taste of India
Price: $$$
Locations
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1040 Gaines School Road Athens, GA 30605. 706-559-0000 View Map
File Under: Something Different, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Beer and wine, delivery, catering, outside seating, take-out, vegetarian friendly. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Big menu of Indian standards, from samosas and pakoras to poori, chat, tandoori and many vegetarian and vegan options. Get your entree made with veggies, paneer, tofu, chicken, lamb, goat, fish or shrimp. Lassis, chai and Indian tea, wine and beer.
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Taziki's Mediterranean Cafe
Price: $$
Locations
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227 Prince Ave. Athens, GA 30601. 706-247-7619
File Under: Something Different, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Beer and wine, catering, counter service, delivery, outside seating, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days. • Mediterranean quick-service franchise does gyros, entree-size salads and "feasts" (grilled veggies or protein, salad, side). Soups, baklava, daily specials, family take-home meals, hummus and spicy pimento cheese, too.
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Ted's Most Best
Price: $$
Locations
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254 W. Washington St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-543-1523 View Map
File Under: Italian and Pizza, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Beer and wine, outside seating, take-out, delivery, Wi-Fi. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days. • Beauteous personally sized pizzas are as far from chain pizza as you get, carefully prepared with thinly sliced fancy toppings. Also other Italian-ish items and great salads. Gluten-free options. Desserts in the refrigerated case. Good beer in cans, on draft and bottles, a few wines by the glass. Large patio with a sandbox for kids.
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Texas Roadhouse
Price: $$
Locations
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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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Thai Spoon
Price: $$
Locations
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149 N. Lumpkin St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-548-9222 View Map
File Under: Asian, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Beer and wine, take-out, delivery, outside seating. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Big menu runs from fresh Thai salads to satay, spicy basil duck, lots of seafood and vegan options, plus gluten-free stuff, with lots of eggplant, basil, chilis and curry, all customizable to your taste. Kids menu. Beer and wine, Thai iced tea and Thai iced coffee.
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Toppers International Showbar
toppers-international-showbar.business.site
Price: $
Locations
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100 N. Jackson St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-613-0504 View Map
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, exotic dancing. • Athens’ only strip club sometimes does a male revue. Full bar with prices for high rollers and budget drinkers alike.
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Trappeze Pub
Price: $$
Locations
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269 N. Hull St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-543-8997 View Map
File Under: American, Vegetarian Friendly, Bars. Features: Full bar, outside seating, Wi-Fi. Hours: Lunch, dinner and late night, seven days. Sunday brunch. • Big menu of food and beer with lots of vegetarian choices: loaded mac and cheese, southern fish and chips, tabbouleh salad, housemade pickles, a vegan Reuben, buffalo tofu taco, plus scores of unusual, well-described beers in the bottle and on tap. There's also wine and nice cocktails.
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Utage Athens Sushi Bar
Price: $$
Locations
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440 E. Clayton St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-227-9339 View Map
File Under: Asian, Vegetarian Friendly, Bars. Features: Full bar, delivery, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Lunch combos have more variety than at many other restaurants. Lots of specialty rolls (the sushi part of the menu is huge), but also good udon and ramen bowls, yakitori, tonkatsu, teriyaki, fried rice and more. Hot and cold sake, Japanese (and American) beers, wine, sake bombs and martinis.
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Viva! Argentine Cuisine
Price: $$
Locations
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247 Prince Ave. Athens, GA 30601. 706-850-8284 View Map
File Under: South American, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Beer and wine, catering, delivery, frozen drinks, outside seating, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Our one and only Argentinean restaurant, with zingy chimichurri sauce, beef, a variety of empanadas (including a samosa-inspired one), hearty soups, lots of vegetarian options and cute cupcakes.
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Walker's Coffee & Pub
Price: $
Locations
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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, bar by night. Six beers on draft and over 70 in bottles, including many microbrews.
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White Tiger
Price: $$
Locations
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217 Hiawassee Ave. Athens, GA 30601. 706-353-6847 View Map
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64 N. Main St. Watkinsville, GA 30677. 706-705-6115
File Under: Something Different, Downhome and BBQ, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Catering, counter service, delivery, take-out, art, outside seating, table service, full bar (Watkinsville). Hours: Lunch and dinner, weekend brunch (Watkinsville). • Original location is in an old-timey grocery with high ceilings and a ton of outside seating under fairy lights. BYOB. New candy-colored "Deluxe" edition is in Watkinsville with cocktails, beer, wine and dance party bathrooms. Both serve amazing cheeseburgers, pork and tofu barbecue and excellent veggie sides.
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Wonderbar
instagram.com/wonderbarwonderbar
Price: $
Locations
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240 E. Washington St. Athens, GA 30601. No # specified. View Map
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, DJs, live music. • Video games, board games and rock, paper, scissors tournaments, plus snacks. Sweet specialty drinks like a Yoohoo Mudslide, and shots flavored like Sour Patch Kids.
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Woodford
Price: $
Locations
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120 E. Washington St. Athens, GA 30601. No # specified.
File Under: Bars and Clubs. Features: Full bar, DJs, outside seating, trivia. • Craft and draft beer, specialty cocktails including Stiegl grapefruit soda mixed with vodka, TVs for sports, trivia. Dog friendly.
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The World Famous
facebook.com/theworldfamousathens
Price: $$
Locations
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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, delivery, art, full bar, live music. Hours: Lunch, dinner and late night. • Half bar, half restaurant, with hearty, fun food (poutine, meatball banh mi, General Tso's tofu), 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.
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Your Pie
Price: $$
Locations
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196 Alps Road Athens, GA 30606. 706-549-3179 View Map
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1430 Capital Ave. Watkinsville, GA 30677. 706-705-1510
File Under: Italian and Pizza, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Beer and wine, catering, counter service, delivery, Wi-Fi. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days. • Locally-based franchise does personal- and full-size customized pizzas. Lots of topping, sauce and cheese choices, as well as several doughs. Vegan and gluten-free choices. Panini, pasta, bread bowl salads, gelato, beer and wine.
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