Both Thai and Chinese food are served here and there are plenty of lunch specials starting at $5.65. Egg rolls are $1.25 and soups start at $2.50. Try the basil chicken or the tom ka soup. Read more.
A hidden gem in the downtown lunch scene. You can't even get good pho in Midtown. Can be crowded but there's a second dining room downstairs or take your lunch to Woodruff Park
Order menu item B3, and say yes to spicy. Cubes of gently fried, chewy-in-a-good-way tofu come bathed in rust-colored peanut sauce and served over slick vermicelli noodles. Read more.
One of the last holy places where you can smoke in a bar in Atlanta still. The drinks and cheap and the food is easy.
It's got a quirky, vegetarian-friendly menu, but the laid-back, smoky nighttime bar scene is what brings in scruffy Cabbagetown regulars. Read more.
Find surprises in dishes like collard green egg rolls, flavored with smoky bacon and served with fish sauce; or duck confit, delicately mounded on a limp, pumpkin puree-slathered corn pancake. Read more.
Eastern North Carolina-style chopped barbecue is spot-on, moist and tender, with crunchy bits, it’s bathed in a perfectly peppery vinegar sauce. Read more.