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doug48 Says: pictured is the university of georgia president's house. also known as the benjamon h. hill house this beautiful greek revival home was built in 1856. the president's house is listed on the national register of historic places. to learn more about this historic home visit...
Brijb20 Says: Athens Welcome Centre is situated just North of the Downtown area on the Junction of College and Dougherty. It's an impressive old building, actually the Church-Waddel-Brumby House, built in 1820, and when we visited,( May 2005 ),it was in the process of restoration. Now I...
bocmaxima Says: Bring a DD. Seriously.$10 gets you in with a souvenir glass and eight tickets which are intended for 4oz pours of their beers. You enter into the gift shop (no beer is sold here, just schwag), are carded, pay your fee and get your glass.The actual "tasting room" is a roped...
doug48 Says: located on the grounds of the athens city hall is the double barrell cannon. the cannon was designed by john gilleland and it's purpose was to shoot two cannon balls that were connected by a chain. the idea was to shoot it at advancing infantry and the chain was to mow down...
bulldoggirl Says: One of my favorite things in Athens (or should I say 36 of my favorite things) is the "We Let The Dawgs Out" statue display. The Athens-Oconee Junior Woman's Club created a public art exhibit for Athens which features 4-foot fiberglass bulldawgs painted by local artists...
bulldoggirl Says: Every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 5:30 - 7:30 pm, Athens' own Terrapin Brewery opens up to give tours and tastings. For $8, you get a Terrapin pint glass (which you can keep), you can take a guided tour to see how Terrapin is made, you get 8 drink tickets to taste...
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237 Prince Woodfire Grille: A Well Kept Secret on Prince Avenue
bulldoggirl Says: Last night I had dinner at 237 Prince, which I'm ashamed to say was my first experience on Prince Avenue. Like most people in Athens, I'm drawn to the downtown scene when I go out to eat. Last night I ventured outside my comfort zone - and it was well worth it! First I just...
The Globe: One of Esquire Magazine's "Best Bars in America"
bulldoggirl Says: The Globe was named one of the "Best Bars in America" by Esquire (October 2007), and it's easy to see why. With 14 draught beers, 70 bottled beers, over 50 single malts, 35-40 wines, and a full bar, it would seem that the place doesn't even need a food menu - but it has a...
The Grit: Vegetarian Cafe with Beer
bocmaxima Says: I was led to The Grit by a friend and was glad that I had taken the advice. I am not a vegetarian, but I appreciate being able to eat vegetarian (and especially vegan) food when available.I came at the end of breakfast on a cold, rainy Saturday. It was close to 11, but they...
SunO Dessert: Great sweet after a meal!!!
Chaufita Says: This is a pretty cool place that sells "Asian shaved ice", shakes and sweet crepes with different kind of toppings... from fruits, nuts and syrups. The atmosphere is very confy and the people working there are super polite and always receiving you with a smile.Sometimes...
dustmon Says: I am listing this in Athens, but it is really in Bogart, just down Hiway 78 a mile from Athens, so really many Athens folk eat here. Just ate there today and had the pork plate, with a big pile of chopped pork with sauce, cole slaw, white bread, and their version of...
Stricklands: Best breakfast in Athens
dustmon Says: Stricklands is also open for lunch but I have only eaten breakfast there. The grits are amazingly creamy and good, the scrambled eggs with cheese, the biscuits, the streak-o-lean, almost everything is good here, and the coffee too! Although it is technically in Bogart,...
Farm 255: Homegrown Ingredients, Great Meals!
bulldoggirl Says: Farm 255 opened in Summer 2005 by the Full Moon Cooperative Farm, with a goal of bringing the story of local sustainable farming to the table and connecting people to the source of their food. The atmosphere is really intimate - the kitchen is open to the dining room so you...
Last Resort Grill: My Favorite Restaurant in Athens
bulldoggirl Says: From the decor to the menu, everything about this place is unique. The food is described as "Noveau Southern cuisine," and as someone who has tried just about everything on the menu, I have yet to be disappointed. Not only is everything amazing, but everything is incredibly...
doug48 Says: the city bar is located on college ave. in the heart of athens entertainment district. the city bar is a typical college town bar with a good beer selection and several big screen televisions. at night they offer live entertainment. this one of many bars and pubs in athen's...
All: So Many Bars So Little Time
Brijb20 Says: There are so many bars in the downtown area of Athens, I couldn't possibly name them all. Just go downtown and wonder round. You may drop lucky like us and find some live music. I did notice on our second visit, (a year after the first), that a couple had dissappeared....
Parking in the Downtown area is enforced by the city Monday thru Saturday, 8am to 7pm (harsh) and is mostly proof-of-payment, where you pay the box by credit card or cash and place the receipt on your dash. This is $0.50 per hour. There are also a number of parking garages around Downtown, but these all appeared to be much more expensive than the street parking.
HOWEVER, if you're cheap like me, and can't stand paying for parking, University of Georgia, just across Broad Street, does not enforce parking on Saturdays. There is a small lot on Thomas just south of Broad where you can park all day Saturday for free. It has a black University of Georgia parking sign at the entrance and has gates but, on the weekends, the gates are open. There are several other lots around the area.
As always, "enforcement hours" are 24 hours, 7 days per week for things like double parking, disabled parking spaces and no stopping zones.
Written Dec 20, 2010
Website: http://www.downtownathensga.com/parking.php
bulldoggirl Says: If you read my review about The Tree That Owns Itself, you know how my mother insisted on us going straight to this famous tree as soon as we arrived in Athens for the first time. After she got over the excitement of seeing the only tree in the world that actually owns...
bulldoggirl Says: When I first visited Athens my junior year of high school as a prospective UGA student, my mother couldn't stop talking about a tree that we had to go see. We all know parents can be a little strange, but this seemed like an odd request even for a mom. She had read somewhere...
Favorite thing: Football is religion here, and one of the most important spaces on the University of Georgia campus is the hallowed ground where the Bulldogs first played in the late 19th century. There's no field here any longer, but it's been well preserved and memorialized, and serves as a dignified quiet space in the middle of an otherwise bustling campus.
Updated May 24, 2003
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