First time staying in Atlanta. Any food recs? Rather keep it cool and local if you happen to know of anything.

And I'm staying near Emory/Ga Tech area.

The wife has been on a health food kick for a while now. Can't complain too much because she has dropped weight and so have I. A couple of options for pretty healthy food, one of which uses local foods, are Farm Burger and True Food Kitchen. True Food Kitchen is in Lenox Mall, and is kind of a trendy, hipster place, but the food was really good. Farm Burger has locally grown food and is pretty tasty. One side note - don't be afraid to go to a restaurant in a strip mall here. It is really odd, but a lot of really good restaurants are in strip malls, contrary to anything I experienced living anywhere else.

Thanks for the response. We wound up trying a place in Decatur called Southern Food Revival...holy balls did we luck out. The rib and absolutely loved it.

Not a food rec, but if you have time and are into that sort of thing, the Georgia aquarium is awesome.

Don't mean to hijack thread, but what about in Athens? Going there next week for work and would love to try some awesome GA food!

Not a food suggestion, but seek out the beer by Creature Comforts Brewery in Athens. Their Tropicalia IPA is great.

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The cheap local fast food joint (aside from Chick-Fil-A, which is different than what we see in Texas), is the Varsity. It's greasy burgers, dogs with chili like sauce, and the like, but my father in law (from Atlanta area) makes sure we all go there every trip.

We hit the Varsity while in town for the experience. The food is not anything to write home about, but it's a must do while in town. Glad I went.