Guidebook for Atlanta

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Guidebook for Atlanta

Food Scene

A good neighborhood bar and restaurant with decent food (try the poutine!) and a good selection of drinks, including craft beers. It also had a great patio for those sunny afternoons and a bottomless Mimosa/Bloody Mary on weekends
19 locals recommend
Kaleidoscope Bistro & Pub
1410 Dresden Dr
19 locals recommend
A good neighborhood bar and restaurant with decent food (try the poutine!) and a good selection of drinks, including craft beers. It also had a great patio for those sunny afternoons and a bottomless Mimosa/Bloody Mary on weekends
Great pizza joint, with very good sandwiches
100 locals recommend
Mellow Mushroom
2950 New Paces Ferry Rd SE
100 locals recommend
Great pizza joint, with very good sandwiches
Great ambiance in this little restaurant that serves hand spun pizza from their imported oven
Vero Pizzeria
1441 Dresden Dr
Great ambiance in this little restaurant that serves hand spun pizza from their imported oven
Large sports bar with extensive menu and drink selection. Around 30 taps on draft
66 locals recommend
Hudson Grille
942 Peachtree St NE
66 locals recommend
Large sports bar with extensive menu and drink selection. Around 30 taps on draft
Imaginative sushi. Not the cheapest, but very good.
6 locals recommend
The One Sushi+
2523 Caldwell Rd NE
6 locals recommend
Imaginative sushi. Not the cheapest, but very good.
Mid-Upscale restaurant with a good ambiance and patio dining too
19 locals recommend
Haven Restaurant and Bar
1441 Dresden Dr NE
19 locals recommend
Mid-Upscale restaurant with a good ambiance and patio dining too
Upscale Italian eatery - not serving your "usual" spaghetti meat sauce. Handmade pastas and other entrees. Great bar too as well as outdoor dining for nicer weather
10 locals recommend
Valenza
1441 Dresden Dr
10 locals recommend
Upscale Italian eatery - not serving your "usual" spaghetti meat sauce. Handmade pastas and other entrees. Great bar too as well as outdoor dining for nicer weather
Great breakfast joint. Open for lunch too, but closed at dinner
24 locals recommend
J. Christopher's
1438 Dresden Dr NE
24 locals recommend
Great breakfast joint. Open for lunch too, but closed at dinner
Great desserts
6 locals recommend
Sugar Shack
4058 Peachtree Rd NE
6 locals recommend
Great desserts
Has a 'Wine Valley' feel, with a fresh menu and 'secret' bar down the back
9 locals recommend
Terra Terroir
3974 Peachtree Rd
9 locals recommend
Has a 'Wine Valley' feel, with a fresh menu and 'secret' bar down the back

Shopping

No explanation needed. But you do need a membership!
44 locals recommend
Costco Wholesale
2900 Cumberland Mall
44 locals recommend
No explanation needed. But you do need a membership!
Good sized grocery store - open 24 hours
190 locals recommend
Kroger
1799 Briarcliff Rd NE
190 locals recommend
Good sized grocery store - open 24 hours
Large Mall with most stores and restaurants. And Phipps is just opposite
1440 locals recommend
Lenox Square
3393 Peachtree Rd NE
1440 locals recommend
Large Mall with most stores and restaurants. And Phipps is just opposite
High end designer stores and boutiques
716 locals recommend
Phipps Plaza
3500 Peachtree Rd NE
716 locals recommend
High end designer stores and boutiques

Entertainment & Activities

Grab dinner and a movie (plus an adult beverage)
47 locals recommend
CinéBistro
Town Boulevard
47 locals recommend
Grab dinner and a movie (plus an adult beverage)
One of the best movie theaters around, with large reclining seats and bar service
79 locals recommend
AMC Phipps Plaza 14
3500 Peachtree Rd NE
79 locals recommend
One of the best movie theaters around, with large reclining seats and bar service
Large chain gym
91 locals recommend
LA Fitness
3232 Peachtree St NE
91 locals recommend
Large chain gym

Getting Around

MARTA line to get you to the airport, downtown, Buckhead, etc..
28 locals recommend
Brookhaven - Oglethorpe University Transit Station
4047 Peachtree Rd NE
28 locals recommend
MARTA line to get you to the airport, downtown, Buckhead, etc..

Everything Else

Busy private airport, just to watch the planes. Has a kids park decent restaurant on site too.
11 locals recommend
DeKalb-Peachtree Airport
2000 Airport Rd
11 locals recommend
Busy private airport, just to watch the planes. Has a kids park decent restaurant on site too.

Parks & Nature

Local park
8 locals recommend
Blackburn Park
3493 Ashford Dunwoody Rd
8 locals recommend
Local park
535 locals recommend
Stone Mountain
535 locals recommend

Essentials

Small local store with nicer items
85 locals recommend
Savi Provisions
287 Elizabeth St NE
85 locals recommend
Small local store with nicer items
Peachtree Immediate Care - Brookhaven
4400 Peachtree Rd NE
Walk in clinic
Reliable dry cleaning with drive thru window
Rita's Cleaners
1382 Dresden Dr NE
Reliable dry cleaning with drive thru window
And pharmacy - open 24 hours
8 locals recommend
Rite Aid
3964 Peachtree Rd NE
8 locals recommend
And pharmacy - open 24 hours