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An Atlanta-invented soft drink poured over vanilla ice cream. The Varsity downtown serves Frosted Orange floats since 1928; the Coca-Cola museum the canonical version.
Coca-Cola was invented in Atlanta by pharmacist John Pemberton in 1886 and bought by Asa Candler in 1888. The company headquarters has anchored the city since. The Coca-Cola float, sometimes called a Black Cow, became a soda-fountain staple from the 1920s. The Varsity, founded 1928 at North Avenue downtown, runs Frosted Orange and Coca-Cola floats from a counter that has fed Atlanta for nearly a century. The Coca-Cola museum at Centennial Olympic Park completes the tour.
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Paschal's in Atlanta has served soul food since 1947, when brothers Robert and James Paschal opened on Hunter Street. Located in Downtown. Priced at $$.
OrderFried chicken plate with collard greens, mac and cheese, candied yams.
TipThe current Castleberry Hill location since 2002 expanded with a banquet space; the original Hunter Street site is preserved at Clark Atlanta.
Mary Mac's Tea Room in Atlanta opened 1945 and runs Southern Sunday dinner classics in a four-dining-room compound on Ponce de Leon, with the same recipes.
OrderPot likker with a side of cornbread, then fried chicken with three sides.
TipOrder the pot likker as a starter; it comes free with cornbread. No reservations Monday through Thursday lunch; OpenTable for dinner and weekends.
Frank Gordy's North Avenue drive-in in Atlanta opened 1928 and remains among the largest drive-in restaurants in the world by daily volume, with chili dogs.
OrderTwo chili dogs (called Naked Dogs Walking), an order of onion rings and a Frosted Orange.
TipWalk-up counter inside; carhop service paused. Order in Varsity slang for the full experience: 'two dogs walking' = two hot dogs to go.
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