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Dining Guide
Lakeview Dining
Big Creek Tavern - Lunch, dinner and breakfast
at 10 a.m. on Sundays. Open year around. Featuring the “Best” Angus
Beef, a step up from old-fashioned American food. Billiards, video
games, beer, wine, liquor. Buford. B-3, 678-482-1662.
Bullfrogs Bar & Grille - Located at Legacy
Lodge & Conference Center at Lake Lanier Islands Resort. Open for
lunch and dinner daily. Dine poolside or indoors. Selections include
salads, sandwiches, entrees, desserts and a variety of drink options
from full-service bar. Guests may arrive by boat or car. Buford.
B-3, 770-945-8787.
Castaways - Holiday Marina. Offering raw and
steamed seafood, salads, sandwiches, baskets and entrees, such as
seared tuna sashimi, Gulf Coast oysters and Cajun blackened Mahi
Mahi. Also featuring seasonal seafood: crawfish, stone crabs and
soft-shell crabs. Full bar service. Mon-Sat 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Sun
11a.m. to 9 p.m. C-3 678-765-8300
Dockside Grill - Offering full lake views of
Lanier in a casual outdoor café setting. New this year: covered deck
and furniture. Featuring the famous Docker burger, sandwiches
including grouper, tuna and mahi and expanded seafood and salad
offerings. Aqualand Marina, Flowery Branch. C-3, 770-363-2318.
Fish Tales Lakeside Grille - Casual lakeside
dining featuring grouper fingers, signature salads and much more.
Full service indoor and outdoor bar with live music. Expanded patio
and new TVs. Open for lunch and dinner everyday during spring &
summer, weekends fall & winter. Hideaway Bay Marina. C-3,
770-967-3775.
Pelican Pete’s - Picturesque dining right on
the water at Port Royale in an open-air thatched-roof building.
Opening mid-April. Selection of sandwiches, burgers, fish and more.
Sun-Thu 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Fri-Sat 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. B-2, 770
887-5715 ext. 5.
Pier 29 - Located on Lake Lanier at lake
marker 29 opposite Browns Bridge. Newly renovated restaurant which
is family friendly with a separate bar. Open for lunch and dinner,
seven days a week. Offering fish,
shrimp, steak, burgers, wings, and hand-spun milkshakes. Every
Monday, buy 10 wings get 10 free. Dockside delivery available
restaurant’s courtesy dock as well as delivery to Port Royal Marina.
www.pier29onlanier.com, 770-781-2242. (Former Lantern Inn location.)
Sandwich Market - Offers sandwiches, pita
wraps, gyros & lahvosh. Baldridge Marina, Cumming. Seasonal.
770-889-2185.
Skogies - Specializing in seafood and American
fare. Open 7 days a week for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Gainesville Marina, C-1, 678-450-1310.
Sunset Cove Beach Club - An open-air eatery on
a quiet stretch of beach near Chattahoochee Rapids at Lake Lanier
Islands Resort. Open for lunch and dinner. Views of the lake during
the day or dine under the stars in the glow of firelight from the
fireplace. Come by car or boat. Also at Sunset Cove, Dog and Draft
features 12 beers on draft, plus hot dogs, brats and sausage in
pretzel buns. Fire and Ice kiosk offers smoked barbecue and burgers.
On the waterpark side, Gianni’s Italian Bistro serves pizza, subs
and pasta. By water, Sunset Cove is between buoys 7SC and 5SC.
www.lakelanierislands.com. Buford. B-3, 770-945-8787
Windows Restaurant - Located at Legacy Lodge &
Conference Center at Lake Lanier Islands Resort and overlooks Lake
Lanier. Provides breakfast buffet, and menu options daily and
special dining events every Saturday night throughout the season.
Guests may arrive by boat or car. Buford. B-3,
www.lakelanierislands.com. 770-945-8787.
American
Austin’s Steak and Seafood - Specialties
include seafood, premium aged steaks and chops, baby-back ribs,
chicken and pasta. Open daily, lunch and dinner. Full bar. Cumming.
A-3, 770-844-0902.
Collegiate - Old-fashioned hamburgers, hot
dogs and milk shakes served in 1940s setting. Gainesville. C-2,
678-989-2280.
CooCoos Nest - Open for lunch, dinner and
Sunday Brunch offering wings, salads complimented by fresh meats
hand cut daily from Fergusons Meat Market. Also featuring steaks,
chops and seafood. House favorites include beer battered fries,
hooch beans (a battered and fried green bean), Cuban sandwich and
the Quesadilla Burger. Live entertainment weekly. Located at GA 400,
Exit 16, Pilgrim Mill Rd. at Freedom Pkwy. Cumming. A-3,
678-456-8932;
www.coocoonest.com.
Foster House - Lunch and dinner served
family-style featuring casual dining at lunch and fine dining in
evening. Lunch served 11-2:30, Mon.-Fri. Dinner served 5-8:30 p.m.,
Thurs.; 5-9:30 p.m., Fri./Sat. Cumming. A-3, 770-887-9905.
Norman’s Landing - Specializing in fresh
seafood, hand-cut steaks, Canadian baby-back ribs with Kansas City
barbecue sauce. Cumming. Casual. A-3, 770-886-0100.
Two Dog Café – Classic small town diner with
an emphasis on fresh food and fast service for lunch and dinner.
Located at 317 Spring St. Gainesville. C-2, 770-287-8384.
Wild Wing Café – Offers casual dining, live
music, special Monday Trivia Night and 2 Fer Tuesday nights (buy a
dozen, get a dozen wings free). Located at 311 Jesse Jewell Pkwy.,
Gainesville. C-2, 770-536-9177.
Yahoola Creek Grill – Features
Southern-inspired, made-from-scratch cooking from our outdoor deck,
cozy dining room and loft. Full beer and wine list. Lunch and
dinner, Wed.-Sat. Open for brunch and supper on Sunday. Closed
Mon./Tues. Located on S. Chestatee St., Dahlonega. 706-482-2200;
www.yahoolacreekgrill.com.
Continental/Fine Dining
Adam’s - Offering American Mediterranean
cuisine including Rack of Lamb, Calf’s Liver Anglaise, Mediterranean
Chicken Penne, Oysters Rockefeller, and Seafood Pastilla Rolls. Full
bar. Dinner Mon.-Sat. 5-10:30 p.m. 15 East Main St., Buford, B-3.
678 754-0379.
Aqua Terra - European fusion cuisine served
daily. Open for lunch, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Mon.-Fri.; noon-2:30
p.m., Sat.; dinner hours are 5-10 p.m., Mon.-Sun. Located on
Buford’s historic Main Street. No reservations. B-3, 770-271-3000.
Blue Bicycle – a bistro touting “great food in
a place not to feel rushed.” Open for lunch Thurs./Fri.; open for
dinner Tues.-Sat. Reservations are suggested. Located at 671 Lumpkin
Campground Road, behind the Outlet Mall on 400. Dawsonville.
706-265-2153.
Corkscrew Café - Fine dining featuring varied
menu choices, open lunch and dinner. Hours: 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m.,
Tues.-Thurs.; 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m., Fri./Sat.; noon-9 p.m., Sun.
Reservations suggested. Located on 51 West Main St., Dahlonega.
706-867-8551.
Dominick’s Italian Restaurant - Features
cuisine from the north of Italy, with veal, chicken and seafood
dishes. Favorites include chicken saltimbocca and garlic bread
appetizer. Half-price bottles of wine on Monday nights, half-price
appetizers from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays and endless pasta and salad
on Wednesdays. Dominick’s is open Monday thru Sunday from 11 a.m. to
2 p.m. for lunch and dinner from 5 until 9:30 p.m. Located at the
corner of Buford Hwy. and Hamilton Mill Rd in the Buford Village
Shopping Center. 770-614-0019, Buford. B-3.
Firesalt Tavern - Fine-dining restaurant in a
casual atmosphere and a café-to-go. Café features gourmet coffee,
to-go items and full breakfast and lunch. Restaurant features fine
steaks, shrimp and grits, fresh seafood including scallops and
salmon. Open Mon-Sun. Café to go is open for breakfast and lunch;
tavern is open for lunch and dinner. Corner of Buford Hwy. and
Hamilton Mill Rd in the Buford Village Shopping Center.
770-932-6284, Buford. B-3.
Luna’s - Continental cuisine, romantic
atmosphere. Gainesville. C-2, 770-531-0848.
Oar House in Dahlonega - Specialties: hand-cut
steaks, seafood dishes and homemade desserts. Located Hwy 52E, 4
miles east of Dahlonega. Reservations suggested. 706-864-9983.
Poor Richard’s - Specializing in Prime Rib,
steaks, ribs and fresh seafood. Casual dining, dinner only.
Full-service bar. Gainesville. C-1, 770-532-0499.
Scott’s on the Square - Upscale casual
ambience with specialty sandwiches for lunch and gourmet entrees for
dinner. Gainesville square. C-2. 770-536-1111.
Barbecue/Country/Home Cooking
Johnny’s BBQ - Real Pit BBQ pork, chicken &
ribs. Brunswick stew. Minutes from Clark’s Bridge rowing venue.
Gainesville. Casual. D-1, 770-536-2100
Old McDonald’s BBQ - Real Pit BBQ, Brunswick
stew, ribs. Minutes from Lake Lanier. Casual. Buford. B-3,
770-945-3431.
Deli
Common Grounds Coffee Shoppe - Light
breakfast, lunch and dinner and desserts followed by fresh roasted
coffee. Flowery Branch. C-3, 770-967-4080.
Italian
BiBa's Italian Restaurant - Featuring pasta,
pizzas, salads, chicken, veal and seafood specialties. Open 11
a.m.-11 p.m., Friday and Saturday; 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Sunday through
Thursday. Gainesville, C-2. 678-450-1661.
Piazza - Features traditional Italian dishes,
homemade raviolis, pizza, chicken, veal and seafood specialities.
Open seven days a week: 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Sun.-Thurs.; 11 a.m.-10
p.m., Fri./Sat. Located on 24 East Main St., Dahlonega.
706-867-9881.
Mexican
La Cazuela - An Atlanta area landmark that’s
expanded to two locations around Lanier. Features fajitas, selection
of combination platters and more. Cumming, 678-947-0718, Buford,
770-614-6871.
Oriental
Little Tokyo - Japanese dining - hibachi
grill, sushi. Dine in, take out. Open Tues. - Fri. 10:30 am - 10:30
pm; Sat-Sun 12 pm-10 pm; Closed Mon. Buford. B-4, 770-945-3350.
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