Our Favorite Restaurants

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Our Favorite Restaurants

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This place has great coffee, if you want a change from Starbucks (not that there’s anything wrong with that). They recently added a covered deck for outside seating. There’s a couple of yummy quiches for breakfast/brunch!
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Buona Caffe Artisan Roasted Coffee
1858 Central Ave
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This place has great coffee, if you want a change from Starbucks (not that there’s anything wrong with that). They recently added a covered deck for outside seating. There’s a couple of yummy quiches for breakfast/brunch!
OMG this place is amazing. Honestly we haven’t eaten inside since the pandemic, there is a to-go side entrance where you can get to-go plates. That’s what we’ve been doing, and there’s a decent picnic area around the back if the weather is good. Inside is the all-you-can-eat buffet … like I said, we haven’t been since the pandemic but I think it is the same. Great BBQ, chicken, all manner of side dishes. Get the green beans & corn for sure. There’s a separate salad and dessert bar. About 45 min from the house.
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Shealy's Bar-B-Que
340 E Columbia Ave
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OMG this place is amazing. Honestly we haven’t eaten inside since the pandemic, there is a to-go side entrance where you can get to-go plates. That’s what we’ve been doing, and there’s a decent picnic area around the back if the weather is good. Inside is the all-you-can-eat buffet … like I said, we haven’t been since the pandemic but I think it is the same. Great BBQ, chicken, all manner of side dishes. Get the green beans & corn for sure. There’s a separate salad and dessert bar. About 45 min from the house.
My best gal pal & I love happy hour here with their reasonably priced happy hour (3-6 pm), $5 wedge salads & drinks. Outdoor seating too. It’s over in Augusta in a ritzy shopping center, Surrey Center. You can be there in less than 15 minutes if you catch the lights right. http://www.finchandfifth.com/
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Finch & Fifth
379 Highland Ave
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My best gal pal & I love happy hour here with their reasonably priced happy hour (3-6 pm), $5 wedge salads & drinks. Outdoor seating too. It’s over in Augusta in a ritzy shopping center, Surrey Center. You can be there in less than 15 minutes if you catch the lights right. http://www.finchandfifth.com/
Less than 10 minutes from the house. Delicious & reasonably priced Mexican with a spin. Very fresh, everything made in house. You wait in line to order & then they holler out your name when it’s ready. There are a couple of outside tables but we usually get hit up by a panhandler or two, if we sit outside. Inside there are booths in the back which are a little quieter. There’s a balcony to which we’ve never climbed the stairs 😅 Before the pandemic, this was our hangout spot that we would go to every Friday night after work with friends 🥲
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Nacho Mama's
976 Broad St
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Less than 10 minutes from the house. Delicious & reasonably priced Mexican with a spin. Very fresh, everything made in house. You wait in line to order & then they holler out your name when it’s ready. There are a couple of outside tables but we usually get hit up by a panhandler or two, if we sit outside. Inside there are booths in the back which are a little quieter. There’s a balcony to which we’ve never climbed the stairs 😅 Before the pandemic, this was our hangout spot that we would go to every Friday night after work with friends 🥲
This is 35ish min from the house, but a beautiful drive through peach country. Ridge Spring is a cute small town with some fun antique places, and a farmer’s market (I’ll do a separate listing for that). Anyway, the Blue Canoe is in an old bank that’s been refurbished & has inside and outside seating. We love the outside patio, it’s nice & shady. The burgers are great & very reasonable. I like their salads also.
Blue Canoe Restaurant
618 East Main Street
This is 35ish min from the house, but a beautiful drive through peach country. Ridge Spring is a cute small town with some fun antique places, and a farmer’s market (I’ll do a separate listing for that). Anyway, the Blue Canoe is in an old bank that’s been refurbished & has inside and outside seating. We love the outside patio, it’s nice & shady. The burgers are great & very reasonable. I like their salads also.
There’s a wonderful patio on the side of the restaurant, with lots of green and vines overhead, reminds me of a beer garden. The food is very good here, not fancy, our favorite was the Philly cheesesteak. Fantastic selection of beers on tap, and mixed drinks.
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Arsenal Tap Room + Kitchen
1419 Monte Sano Ave
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There’s a wonderful patio on the side of the restaurant, with lots of green and vines overhead, reminds me of a beer garden. The food is very good here, not fancy, our favorite was the Philly cheesesteak. Fantastic selection of beers on tap, and mixed drinks.
Outside covered dining right on Georgia Avenue, you can sit and watch the world go by. Your pie reminds me of chipotle, but with pizza. You can get salads too. Inside dining as well.
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Your Pie
9592 Bentley Dr
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Outside covered dining right on Georgia Avenue, you can sit and watch the world go by. Your pie reminds me of chipotle, but with pizza. You can get salads too. Inside dining as well.
Toki Jr is in the same building as Your Pie. They share a long covered porch with tables for dining. Great place to watch the goings on, on Georgia Ave. Entrées are generous. My husband and I can split one, and still have enough the next day for lunch for both of us. We like the combo plate with steak, chicken, and shrimp.
TOKI Jr Japanese Restaurant
434 Georgia Avenue
Toki Jr is in the same building as Your Pie. They share a long covered porch with tables for dining. Great place to watch the goings on, on Georgia Ave. Entrées are generous. My husband and I can split one, and still have enough the next day for lunch for both of us. We like the combo plate with steak, chicken, and shrimp.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE RESTAURANT IN AUGUSTA. Run by a mom and pop Indian couple, in a small establishment with maybe 8 or 9 tables, in the back of a strip mall. This is the best Indian food you’ll ever have. Get the spinach and chicken pakoras for appetizers. Get the Fishermans shrimp curry, the mango chicken, the vegetarian special, extra order of naan. Chef Priya always includes her fudge brownies which are amazing. Usually I will see Indian people eating there, or waiting for their food to go. Everything is made from scratch, everything is fresh. Everything is authentic.
INTERNATIONAL CAFE, AUGUSTA, GA
503 Shartom Drive
THIS IS MY FAVORITE RESTAURANT IN AUGUSTA. Run by a mom and pop Indian couple, in a small establishment with maybe 8 or 9 tables, in the back of a strip mall. This is the best Indian food you’ll ever have. Get the spinach and chicken pakoras for appetizers. Get the Fishermans shrimp curry, the mango chicken, the vegetarian special, extra order of naan. Chef Priya always includes her fudge brownies which are amazing. Usually I will see Indian people eating there, or waiting for their food to go. Everything is made from scratch, everything is fresh. Everything is authentic.
Great authentic Mexican food. If you want Americanized Mexican (not that there’s anything wrong with that), there’s Mi Rancho or Monterrey’s. This place has authentic, fresh Mexican food.
La Jalisciense Taqueria
535 Old Edgefield Rd
Great authentic Mexican food. If you want Americanized Mexican (not that there’s anything wrong with that), there’s Mi Rancho or Monterrey’s. This place has authentic, fresh Mexican food.