Things to do in Athens
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Farm 255
Like a hippy dressed up in his Sunday's best, this stylish, light-filled bistro gets much of its meat and vegetables from its own 5-acre, organic/biodynamic Blue Moon Farms outside of Athens. The chefs prepare the scrumptious fare in the open-air kitchen.
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Five & Ten
Driven by superior ingredients (as opposed to showy technique), Five & Ten ranks among the South's best restaurants. Its menu is earthy and slightly gamey: sweatbreads, hand-cut pasta, North Carolina trout and frogmore stew (stewed corn, sausage and potato).Brunch is sensational. If you want a table for dinner, you'd best call ahead.
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State Botanical Garden of Georgia
Truly gorgeous, with winding outdoor paths and a sociohistorical edge to boot, Athens' State Botanical Garden of Georgia rivals Atlanta's. Signs provide smart context for its amazing collection of plants, which runs the gamut from rare and threatened species to a tantalizing watermelon patch.
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Jittery Joe's
This Georgia coffee chain serves a good cup. As photos in the café indicate, it sponsors a professional cycling team, and also provides a tranquil space to get online or hang out with a book.
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Oconee Forest Park
Oconee Forest Park, located at the back of the university's expansive Recreational Sports Complex, has wooded hiking trails and an enormous off-leash dog area.
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Trappeze Pub
Those 'beer weirdos, ' as one local put it, flock here to enjoy a choice of 38 beers on tap and 215 by the bottle. It has an above-average pub menu.
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40 Watt Club
It has lounges, a tiki bar, $2 PBR beers, and indie rock on stage. It's where the big hitters in town play. No wonder it's legendary.
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Locals hang out next to students who hang out next to you, in any given order. The scene in this little bar is jovial and laid-back.
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Grit
This popular vegetarian joint riffs on traditional Southern fare, plus serves hot noodle bowls and falafel.
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Ciné
A smart two-screen art-house movie theater with a little bar in the lobby.
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