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Tabletop-grilled Korean barbecue and banchan, served at Doraville and Duluth strip-mall rooms along Buford Highway. Yet Tuh and Iron Age anchor the corridor.
Atlanta hosts the South's largest Korean population, concentrated north along Buford Highway and into Duluth's H Mart corridor. Korean immigration peaked in the 1990s after the Olympics drew international attention. Yet Tuh, opened in Doraville in 2008, runs the classic charcoal-grill tabletop format. Iron Age in Duluth franchised the AYCE banchan-heavy version. The corridor's depth makes Atlanta the strongest Korean food destination east of LA.
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Yet Tuh on Old Chamblee Tucker Road in Doraville, Atlanta is the corridor's canonical Korean barbecue room since 2008, with charcoal-grill tabletop service.
OrderGalbi (marinated short rib) cooked at the table, with the full banchan service.
TipReservations recommended on weekends. The charcoal-grill (sutpul) is the upgrade over gas tables; ask at booking.
So Kong Dong in Doraville, Atlanta's Buford Highway corridor, runs Korean comfort food: soondubu (silken tofu stew) at clay-pot temperature.
OrderThe soondubu jjigae with seafood or beef. Order an egg on the side; crack it into the bubbling stew.
TipLunch is busy with H Mart shoppers; dinner is quieter. Cash and card; family-friendly with high chairs.
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