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Vietnamese sandwich on a French baguette: pate, mayonnaise, pork roll or grilled meat, pickled daikon and carrot, cucumber, cilantro, jalapeno. Atlanta's Buford Highway is the Southern capital of bánh mì.
Buford Highway became Atlanta's Vietnamese restaurant corridor through the 1980s as the Vietnamese refugee community settled along the strip. Quoc Huong Banh Mi opened in the 1990s and Lee's Bakery has produced the canonical Atlanta banh mi for over twenty years. The sandwich is the cheap-eats classic at $5 to $8, with the classic dac biet (combination) ordered most often. The bread is made same-day on the strip; it is the make-or-break ingredient.
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Lee's Bakery on Buford Highway in Atlanta runs Vietnamese banh mi and pastries since 1996. The $6 banh mi remains one of the city's best food values.
OrderBanh mi
TipCash and card. The classic banh mi dac biet (special sandwich) with pate and cold cuts is the move; baguettes baked in-house daily.
Quoc Huong Banh Mi on Atlanta's Buford Highway sells ten varieties at $5 each: grilled pork, combo, vegetarian, all on house-baked airy baguette.
OrderVietnamese banh mi, 10 varieties
TipCash only and closed Thursdays. The grilled pork is the most-ordered; the combo loads on three meats.
Buford Highway Farmers Market in Doraville, Atlanta runs an international grocery the size of a Walmart with 15 food-court stalls: Korean, Vietnamese.
TipThe grocery is the destination; the food court is the unsung sub-attraction. Open daily; Saturday mornings are busiest.
Snackboxe Bistro re-opened in Duluth in 2024 as Atlanta's only full-menu Laotian kitchen: larb gai, khao soi and sticky rice from owner Thip Athakhanh.
OrderLarb gai with sticky rice and khao soi.
TipOrder the larb and the khao soi; share a sticky rice basket. Beer-and-wine only, no liquor.
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