Lake House Guidebook
Food scene
This is a local gem! This family-owned Alehouse offers a plethora of both rotating drafts and canned beer options. Wine sold by the glass or bottle. Rotating snack options. Great lounge-like atmosphere and cute decor. It is located in the heart of Downtown Athens , with walkable restaurants and shops around it. You won't regret stopping by!
Athens Alehouse and Cellar
111 West Washington StreetThis is a local gem! This family-owned Alehouse offers a plethora of both rotating drafts and canned beer options. Wine sold by the glass or bottle. Rotating snack options. Great lounge-like atmosphere and cute decor. It is located in the heart of Downtown Athens , with walkable restaurants and shops around it. You won't regret stopping by!
Excellent Italian food! First comes the complimentary homemade bread and olive oil mixture- WOW. This place dishes up authentic Italian and won't leave you disappointed. They often have a local who plays classic Italian tunes on the accordion player, which makes for a lovely dining experience!
Terranova's Athens
105 N Jefferson StExcellent Italian food! First comes the complimentary homemade bread and olive oil mixture- WOW. This place dishes up authentic Italian and won't leave you disappointed. They often have a local who plays classic Italian tunes on the accordion player, which makes for a lovely dining experience!
Looking for Mexican food? Here's the place! Authentic street tacos, large burritos, and yummy salsa. The portions are BIG and sure to leave you satisfied! Located in the quaint downtown area of Athens.
Lucia's Cocina Mexicana
208 Market St WLooking for Mexican food? Here's the place! Authentic street tacos, large burritos, and yummy salsa. The portions are BIG and sure to leave you satisfied! Located in the quaint downtown area of Athens.
Straight to Ale has become our family favorite! It is located in a cute square that hosts 6+ other breweries/eateries! This local brewery is kid and dog friendly, and there is a large quad/grass area for them to run wild. The food is great and the beer is even better!
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Ale's Kitchen
2610 Clinton Ave WStraight to Ale has become our family favorite! It is located in a cute square that hosts 6+ other breweries/eateries! This local brewery is kid and dog friendly, and there is a large quad/grass area for them to run wild. The food is great and the beer is even better!
City/town information
Huntsville, AL has become the largest city in the state and is a short drive from Athens, AL. This city is filled with TONS of historic sites, museums, scenic hikes, and eateries.
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Huntsville
Huntsville, AL has become the largest city in the state and is a short drive from Athens, AL. This city is filled with TONS of historic sites, museums, scenic hikes, and eateries.
Sightseeing
Monte Sano State Park is a publicly owned recreation area and mountaintop retreat encompassing 2,140 acres on the eastern portion of the top and slopes of Monte Sano Mountain on the east side of Huntsville, Alabama. The state park has 1930s-era, Civilian Conservation Corps–built rustic cottages, hiking trails and picnic areas with scenic overlooks, and modern campsites.
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Monte Sano Mountain
Monte Sano State Park is a publicly owned recreation area and mountaintop retreat encompassing 2,140 acres on the eastern portion of the top and slopes of Monte Sano Mountain on the east side of Huntsville, Alabama. The state park has 1930s-era, Civilian Conservation Corps–built rustic cottages, hiking trails and picnic areas with scenic overlooks, and modern campsites.
The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama is a museum operated by the government of Alabama, showcasing rockets, achievements, and artifacts of the U.S. space program. Sometimes billed as "Earth's largest space museum", astronaut Owen Garriott described the place as, "a great way to learn about space in a town that has embraced the space program from the very beginning." The center opened in 1970, just after the Apollo 12 Moon landing, the second crewed mission to the lunar surface. It showcases Apollo Program hardware and also houses interactive science exhibits, Space Shuttle exhibits, and Army rocketry and aircraft. With more than 1,500 permanent rocketry and space exploration artifacts, as well as many rotating rocketry and space-related exhibits, the center occupies land carved out of Redstone Arsenal adjacent to Huntsville Botanical Garden at exit 15 on Interstate 565.
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Space and Rocket Center station
1 Tranquility BaseThe U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama is a museum operated by the government of Alabama, showcasing rockets, achievements, and artifacts of the U.S. space program. Sometimes billed as "Earth's largest space museum", astronaut Owen Garriott described the place as, "a great way to learn about space in a town that has embraced the space program from the very beginning." The center opened in 1970, just after the Apollo 12 Moon landing, the second crewed mission to the lunar surface. It showcases Apollo Program hardware and also houses interactive science exhibits, Space Shuttle exhibits, and Army rocketry and aircraft. With more than 1,500 permanent rocketry and space exploration artifacts, as well as many rotating rocketry and space-related exhibits, the center occupies land carved out of Redstone Arsenal adjacent to Huntsville Botanical Garden at exit 15 on Interstate 565.