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    The 11th Pin

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Beer/Wine, Catering, Counter Service. Hours: Dinner, Lunch.
    Standard bowling alley food inside Showtime Bowl: chicken fingers, fries, pretzels, wings, pizza. Beers by the bucket include local and craft brews, or you can do hard seltzers in bulk.

    1785 Bar & Grill

    File Under: Bars and Clubs, Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Delivery, Full Bar, Live Music. Hours: Dinner, Late Night, Seven Days.
    Big college bar with pool tables that gets its name from the year UGA was chartered. Occasional DJs. Also serves food (fried apps, burgers, flatbreads, wings in a lot of flavors, wraps, tacos), which means it's open Sundays. Margarita towers, pitchers of domestics. Poker Mondays, Taco Tuesdays, Wing Wednesdays.

    American Deli

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Counter Service, Delivery. Hours: Dinner, Lunch, Seven Days, Vary By Location.
    Big college bar with pool tables that gets its name from the year UGA was chartered. Occasional DJs. Also serves food (fried apps, burgers, flatbreads, wings in a lot of flavors, wraps, tacos), which means it's open Sundays. Margarita towers, pitchers of domestics. Poker Mondays, Taco Tuesdays, Wing Wednesdays.

    Baddie's Burger House

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Beer/Wine, Catering, Counter Service, Drive Thru, Outside Seating. Hours: Dinner, Lunch.
    Small menu done well: smashburgers topped with caramelized onions, cheese, housemade pickles and zippy house sauce; fries; banana pudding in a few different flavors. Watkinsville location has a drive-thru. Normaltown location newly opened.

    Bee's Knees Bakery & Gifts

    File Under: Coffee/Tea Houses and Bakeries, Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Catering, Counter Service, Delivery. Hours: Dinner, Lunch.
    Cute independent bakery does cupcakes, custom cakes, cookies, cake pops, gooey bars and box lunches with a sandwich, cheese straws or chips and a cupcake.

    Big City Bread Cafe

    File Under: Coffee/Tea Houses and Bakeries, Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken, Something Different. Features: Beer/Wine, Catering, Counter Service, Delivery, Outside Seating, Vegetarian Friendly. Hours: Breakfast, Lunch, Seven Days, Weekend Brunch.
    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 evening dinner service.

    Billy Meadow's Station

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Counter Service. Hours: Breakfast, Lunch.
    Old-school hot doggery in the country makes a steamed dog with coleslaw on a toasted bun like no other. Also grilled cheese, corned beef and chicken salad.

    Blazer's-N-Hull

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Counter Service, Outside Seating. Hours: Closed Sundays, Dinner, Lunch.
    Wings and chicken fingers to go, with 16(!) different sauces and a wide variety of customizations (extra wet, extra crispy, etc.). Also: burgers, corn dogs, meaty salads, fried shrimp, onion rings, fries and fried apple pies on the side. Other locations are in Statham, Lexington, Commerce, Elberton, Hartwell and Royston. Online ordering.

    Blind Pig Tavern

    File Under: Bars and Clubs, Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Catering, Delivery, Full Bar, Outside Seating, Trivia, Vegetarian Friendly. Hours: Dinner, Late Night, Lunch, 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. Each location has its own specials.

    Bruxie

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Beer/Wine, Catering, Counter Service, Delivery. Hours: Breakfast, Dinner, Late Night, Lunch, 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. Each location has its own specials.

    Buffalo Wild Wings

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Catering, Delivery, Full Bar. Hours: Dinner, Lunch, Seven Days.
    National wings chain/sports bar is geared to the fantasy and real football crowd. Burgers, salads, hefty desserts, wraps, dips and tots as well as wings and tendies. Kids menu. Expected to open in 2025.

    Buvez

    File Under: Bars and Clubs, Coffee/Tea Houses and Bakeries, Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Catering, Counter Service, Full Bar, Live Music, Outside Seating, Vegetarian Friendly. Hours: Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, Seven Days.
    Boo-vay, not booves, as in the French for "you drink." European-style cafe with a lot of different beverages all through the day: coffee, tea, cool sodas, craft cocktails, wine, beer and aperitifs. PBR + a howdy for $8. Healthy snacks, some sandwiches (breakfast, lunch and dinner), plus alcoholic and booze-free snoballs. Popular with kids and grown folks alike.

    Cafe Racer Coffee + Donuts

    File Under: Coffee/Tea Houses and Bakeries, Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Catering, Drive Thru. Hours: Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch.
    Potato donuts that rotate flavors seasonally, good coffee, big biscuits, breakfast burritos and tacos until 2 p.m., then a break and a switch to dinner with smashburgers, chicken and excellent fries and soft-serve. Drive-thru or walk-up. There's also a food truck for catering and pop-ups. Another Athens location, on the Greenway on Oconee Street, is in the works.

    Cheba Hut

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Catering, Counter Service, Delivery, Full Bar, Vegetarian Friendly. Hours: Dinner, Late Night, Lunch, Seven Days.
    Weed-themed sandwich shop is really committed to the bit, but the food ain't bad. Sandwiches with a wide variety of fillings, including a bunch of vegetarian options, are your best bet. Also: salads, snacks, sweets, drinks.

    Chibugan Cafe & More

    File Under: Asian, Coffee/Tea Houses and Bakeries, Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Counter Service, Outside Seating. Hours: Dinner, Lunch.
    Filipino food as well as classic American deli sandwiches, coffee, bubble tea (milk only), ice cream and light and colorful slices of cake. Pick up a pack of cracker nuts and some noodles while you're at it.

    Classic City Eats

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Catering, Full Bar, Trivia. Hours: Dinner, Lunch.
    Sports-bar vibes and big menu with an emphasis on fried snacks and chicken (a good half-bird fried to order, chicken livers, wings), plus pizza. Games for grown-ups (Golden Tee, pool) and kids (an arcade side room). Bar has draft, canned and bottled beer plus makes beachy drinks.

    Clocked!

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Beer/Wine, Delivery, Outside Seating, Vegetarian Friendly. Hours: Dinner, Late Night, Lunch, Seven Days.
    Local favorite does beef and veggie burgers (made with good ingredients and creative toppings: bacon jam, peanut butter, gouda, etc.) plus grilled cheese, tater tots and milkshakes (including boozy ones). Gluten-free options and a big patio.

    Daily Groceries Co-op

    File Under: Coffee/Tea Houses and Bakeries, Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Counter Service, Outside Seating, Vegetarian Friendly. Hours: Lunch, Seven Days.
    Grab-and-go sandwiches (lots of vegan and vegetarian options), sides (kale pesto, mac and cheese, tuna salad), salads and soups, plus slices of cake from the baker who used to be at The Grit. Eat on the patio or take home. Custom-order cakes, too.

    Farm Burger

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Beer/Wine, Catering, Counter Service, Delivery, Outside Seating, Vegetarian Friendly. Hours: Dinner, Lunch, 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.

    Firehouse Subs

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Catering, Delivery, Outside Seating. Hours: Dinner, Lunch, 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.

    Five Guys

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Delivery, Outside Seating. Hours: Dinner, Late Night, Lunch, 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.

    Freddy's Frozen Custard and Steakburgers

    File Under: Frozen Treats, Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Delivery, Drive Thru. Hours: Dinner, Lunch, 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.

    The Grill

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Beer/Wine, Vegetarian Friendly. Hours: Dinner, Lunch.
    Burgers (Impossible and meaty), fries (dunk 'em in feta dressing), classic milkshakes, sandwiches, kids menu in this longtime Athens institution that's been serving since 1981. No longer open 24 hours but still a classic, with lots of vegetarian options.

    Grindhouse Killer Burgers

    File Under: Bars and Clubs, Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Counter Service, Delivery, Full Bar, Outside Seating, Vegetarian Friendly. Hours: Dinner, Lunch.
    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.

    Groove Burgers

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Beer/Wine, Counter Service, Delivery, Outside Seating, Vegetarian Friendly. Hours: Dinner, Lunch, 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.

    Gyro Wrap

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Beer/Wine, Counter Service, Delivery, Vegetarian Friendly. Hours: Dinner, Lunch, Seven Days.
    We know it's a chain, but it's our chain. Longtime Athens franchise, with its own identity and a cult following, has moved around the corner from its original location. Curly fries, gyros, salads, etc., plus a bar upstairs with a view of campus and wallpaper based on old Athens band posters.

    HoneyBaked Ham Co. & Café

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Catering, Delivery. Hours: Closed Sundays, Dinner, Lunch.
    We know it's a chain, but it's our chain. Longtime Athens franchise, with its own identity and a cult following, has moved around the corner from its original location. Curly fries, gyros, salads, etc., plus a bar upstairs with a view of campus and wallpaper based on old Athens band posters.

    Ideal Bagel

    File Under: Coffee/Tea Houses and Bakeries, Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Counter Service, Outside Seating, Vegetarian Friendly. Hours: Breakfast, Lunch, Seven Days.
    New owners are still doing nice 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.). Also hummus, roasted veggies, sauerkraut and scrambled eggs. Kids meals.

    J. Buffalo Wings

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Counter Service, Outside Seating. Hours: Dinner, Lunch, Seven Days.
    New owners are still doing nice 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.). Also hummus, roasted veggies, sauerkraut and scrambled eggs. Kids meals.

    Jersey Mike's

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Catering, Delivery. Hours: Dinner, Lunch, Seven Days.
    New owners are still doing nice 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.). Also hummus, roasted veggies, sauerkraut and scrambled eggs. Kids meals.

    Jimmy John's Gourmet Subs

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Catering, Counter Service, Delivery, Drive Thru, Outside Seating. Hours: Dinner, Lunch, Seven Days.
    New owners are still doing nice 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.). Also hummus, roasted veggies, sauerkraut and scrambled eggs. Kids meals.

    Joe and Sam's Café

    File Under: Coffee/Tea Houses and Bakeries, Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Catering, Counter Service, Drive Thru. Hours: Breakfast, Closed Sundays, Lunch.
    Jittery Joe’s coffee drinks, biscuits and breakfast plates in the a.m. in an airy, open space. Lunch features classic sandwiches, soups, salads and kids menu. Baked goods, too.

    Krimson Kafe

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Catering, Counter Service, Outside Seating, Vegetarian Friendly. Hours: Lunch.
    Sweet little cafe in Watkinsville does deli sandwiches (including pimento cheese, egg salad and hummus) and salads, both lettuce-based and mayo-based. Order ahead online if you like.

    Larry's Giant Subs

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Catering, Counter Service, Delivery, Vegetarian Friendly. Hours: Dinner, Lunch, Seven Days.
    Sweet little cafe in Watkinsville does deli sandwiches (including pimento cheese, egg salad and hummus) and salads, both lettuce-based and mayo-based. Order ahead online if you like.

    Marti's at Midday

    File Under: American, Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Catering, Counter Service, Delivery, Outside Seating, Vegetarian Friendly. Hours: Lunch.
    Longtime Athens lunch spot guided by the spirit of its late founder is popular for catering, too, as well as for take-home entrees and casseroles that are great for new parents or anyone who doesn't want to cook. Big salads, scoops of pimento cheese and chicken salad, sandwiches, sweets.

    McAlister's Deli

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Catering, Counter Service, Outside Seating. Hours: Dinner, Lunch, Seven Days.
    Longtime Athens lunch spot guided by the spirit of its late founder is popular for catering, too, as well as for take-home entrees and casseroles that are great for new parents or anyone who doesn't want to cook. Big salads, scoops of pimento cheese and chicken salad, sandwiches, sweets.

    Meltwich

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Counter Service, Full Bar, Vegetarian Friendly. Hours: Dinner, Lunch.
    A grilled-cheese franchise that incorporates ingredients like ketchup-sriracha drizzle, plus burgers, phillys, loaded fries, chicken sandwiches and a whole "plant-based" section of the menu. Opening this fall.

    The Original Hot Dog Factory

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Catering, Counter Service. Hours: Dinner, Lunch, Seven Days.
    Located in Wire Park, gourmet hot dog franchise does things like the Taco Dog, Jamaican Jerk Chicken Dog, Sea Dog or more traditional like the All American or Detroit Coney.

    Panera Bread

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Catering, Counter Service, Delivery, Vegetarian Friendly. Hours: Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, Seven Days.
    Located in Wire Park, gourmet hot dog franchise does things like the Taco Dog, Jamaican Jerk Chicken Dog, Sea Dog or more traditional like the All American or Detroit Coney.

    The Rail Athens

    File Under: Bars and Clubs, Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Full Bar, Outside Seating, Trivia. Hours: Dinner, Late Night, Lunch, Seven Days.
    Bar with food, pool tables, dart boards, slot machines and big-screen TVs. Food includes burgers, wings, sandwiches, nachos and fries.

    Raising Cane's

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Counter Service, Drive Thru. Hours: Dinner, Lunch, Seven Days.
    Bar with food, pool tables, dart boards, slot machines and big-screen TVs. Food includes burgers, wings, sandwiches, nachos and fries.

    Redstone Market & Butcher

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Beer/Wine, Catering, Counter Service, Outside Seating. Hours: Breakfast, Lunch, Seven Days.
    Fancy new market/butcher also does breakfast and lunch every day, with biscuits, a brisket breakfast burrito, burnt ends hash, blueberry maple sausage, smash burgers, barbecue as a sandwich or by the pound, mac and cheese, fried green tomatoes and cobbler.

    Schlotzsky's Deli

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Catering, Counter Service, Delivery, Drive Thru, Outside Seating, Vegetarian Friendly. Hours: Dinner, Lunch, Seven Days.
    Fancy new market/butcher also does breakfast and lunch every day, with biscuits, a brisket breakfast burrito, burnt ends hash, blueberry maple sausage, smash burgers, barbecue as a sandwich or by the pound, mac and cheese, fried green tomatoes and cobbler.

    Starland Lounge & Lanes

    File Under: Bars and Clubs, Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Full Bar, Outside Seating. Hours: Late Night.
    A large, two-level bar with duckpin bowling lanes upstairs as well as other games. Domestic and import bottles and cans, tons of craft beer, wine and a good selection of bourbon, including some rare options. Grill and snack bar with burgers and dogs operates from 10 p.m. to close. Popcorn.

    Sully's Steamers

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Counter Service, Vegetarian Friendly. Hours: Breakfast, Dinner, Late Night, Lunch, Seven Days.
    Steamed bagel sandwiches containing meats, cheeses, pizza ingredients and some veggies, arranged into "legendary," "classic" and "healthy(ish)," plus a kids section.

    Team Biscuits and Burgers

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Catering, Counter Service, Drive Thru, Outside Seating. Hours: Breakfast, Lunch.
    Heavily football-themed place that does biscuits with sausage, bacon, bologna, steak, chicken, country ham, tenderloin, smoke-link or salmon. Beef, chicken, salmon and shrimp burgers. Wings available in large quantities geared to tailgating.

    Three Buddies

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken, Something Different. Features: Counter Service, Vegetarian Friendly. Hours: Dinner, Late Night, Lunch, Seven Days.
    Halal quick-service does burgers, phillys, chicken tenders, pasta, steak with a baked potato, Thai fried rice with basil—a real cornucopia of possibilities. Also: wings, soft-serve ice cream, vegetable sides. Truly something for everyone.

    Touchdown Wings

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Counter Service, Delivery. Hours: Dinner, Lunch, Seven Days.
    Halal quick-service does burgers, phillys, chicken tenders, pasta, steak with a baked potato, Thai fried rice with basil—a real cornucopia of possibilities. Also: wings, soft-serve ice cream, vegetable sides. Truly something for everyone.

    The Traveling Hobo Cafe

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Outside Seating. Hours: Dinner, Lunch.
    Ginormous two-hands-required burgers are the focus (bison, lamb, lots of toppings, regular specials), but you can also get other sandwiches, hot dogs, fried apps, wings and salads. Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options. Kids menu. Cheesecake for dessert.

    Whataburger

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Counter Service, Drive Thru. Hours: Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch.
    Ginormous two-hands-required burgers are the focus (bison, lamb, lots of toppings, regular specials), but you can also get other sandwiches, hot dogs, fried apps, wings and salads. Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options. Kids menu. Cheesecake for dessert.

    Willie B's Chicken Coupe

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Counter Service, Drive Thru, Outside Seating. Hours: Dinner, Lunch, Seven Days.
    Locally owned simple chicken finger place that also has fries, toast and sauce. That's about it. Well seasoned and cooked to order.

    Winghouse Grill

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Beer/Wine, Outside Seating. Hours: Dinner, Lunch.
    Wings, fried stuff, burgers, hot dogs, chicken sandwiches and a couple of salads. Kids meals include a cookie. Homemade cake.

    Wingster Café

    File Under: Asian, Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Counter Service, Delivery. Hours: Dinner, Late Night, Lunch, Seven Days.
    Wings and chicken tenders are the bread and butter of this unassuming strip mall place near the dorms, but it also has a large menu of homestyle Korean favorites: dosirak, tteokbokki, soups, kimbap, bibimbap, manju, macarons.

    Wingstop

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Counter Service. Hours: Dinner, Lunch, Seven Days.
    Wings and chicken tenders are the bread and butter of this unassuming strip mall place near the dorms, but it also has a large menu of homestyle Korean favorites: dosirak, tteokbokki, soups, kimbap, bibimbap, manju, macarons.

    WNB Factory

    File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Features: Catering, Outside Seating. Hours: Dinner, Lunch, Seven Days.
    Wings and chicken tenders are the bread and butter of this unassuming strip mall place near the dorms, but it also has a large menu of homestyle Korean favorites: dosirak, tteokbokki, soups, kimbap, bibimbap, manju, macarons.

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