Restaurants in Athens, GA

With 645 places listed in Athens, the guide counts 428 restaurants, 63 quick service spots, 60 cafes and 89 bars. Bars lead at 80, with coffee shops and cafes at 61, pizza at 51 and Mexican at 42. Chicken and wings reach 27, and American places trail at 25.

Listings are 59 percent independent. At 50.1 places per ten thousand residents, Athens is above the 41.8 median across all cities in this guide.

382 listings are independent; the chains that show up most are Starbucks (12), Waffle House (8), Hunt Brothers Pizza (8) and Subway (7).

In the Servestack Independent Restaurant Index, Athens ranks #230 of 332 large US cities for the share of places that are independent.

Food in Athens by cuisine

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Place data from the Overture Maps Foundation (overturemaps.org), which includes data from Meta, Microsoft and Foursquare, used under the CDLA Permissive 2.0 and Apache 2.0 licenses. Restaurants open, close and move; check with the restaurant before you go. Data refreshed 2026-10-11.