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Tuesday, 20 December 2011

Welcome The Exploits And The Athletics, And Then Spoil Yourself With Athens GA Restaurants

By Bryan Castorena


When someone speaks of having visited the south on vacation, their friends will draw some interesting conclusions about what you could possibly have eaten, with stereotypical guesses about okra and grits prominent. And while those delicacies are available, the real answer is you could eat anything you want. While this is a proud southern city, Athens GA restaurants stand up to cuisine anywhere in America.

Of course the idea that one can find good old fashioned southern fare goes without question. No southern breakfast is complete without buttermilk biscuits. But the city is not some one stoplight crossroads with a single diner on the corner. This is a metropolis with all the opportunities of any big city.

One reason for so many different types of eating facilities is the hard to ignore University of Georgia. Young adults are typically ravenous consumers, though they typically look for the best deals on meals. This would account for the many pizza places and submarine sandwich places.

For a different way to spend the day, one could spend the day at the local shooting club. The morning could find you honing your skills on clay pigeons, and the afternoon on a pheasant and quail hunting excursion. Successful or not, your evening meal could include pan roasted pheasant, pheasant liver, cheddar grits and braised collard greens.

If one has made a family trip of the event, there are many parks where the young ones can burn off energy and perhaps dad can show them what fishing is really like. The lakes feature catfish, trout, bass and crappie, and there are facilities to cook them up right at the shore. If the demonstration did not go as well as planned, local fish served fresh are available in many styles, from blackened to broiled or in a tasty, filling gumbo.

For those looking for a really unique experience, the Hargrett Rare Books and Manuscripts library is a must see. It displays 200,000 volumes and some 6 million manuscripts highlighted by the original Confederate constitution. If all that cerebral insight has you hungry, it might be the right night for French cuisine and there are award winning fine dining establishment just right for the occasion.

Mexican fare is available in a number of interesting styles. Naturally you will find the classic Mexican style restaurants and Tex-Mex derivatives with which everyone is familiar. But there is an interesting blend of Mexican and southern that is worth checking out; try a pulled pork taco for fun.

There is no reason to feel there is going to be a challenge finding meals for a picky family. If the little ones are set on grilled cheese sandwiches and coke; no problem. If however, you can coax them into trying some of the local favorites, you just might have more of a problem when you get home. Athens GA restaurants provide the variety, excitement and creativity any family can enjoy for as long as you are here.




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