If you love the idea of being right by downtown Atlanta and you want to have a variety of options for food, desserts, and even shopping, the Ponce City Market is the perfect place.
If you have been to downtown LA and gone to Grand Central Market, that is the ambiance of the first floor of Ponce City Market. It’s not as large but in terms of finding a variety of foods from varies countries, it’s similar in that aspect. Past the first two floors are other shops, offices, and businesses.
I’ve been able to have a couple of smoothies, desserts, and a chicken sandwich during my trips to Ponce City Market and it’s a guarantee I’ll be returning to try out the new food spots.
I went once during a weekday with my future sister-in-law and on a weekend with my boyfriend. It’s definitely more relaxed during the week with plenty of seating space and you’ll catch people on their laptops just relaxing. On the weekend it was a mission to find a seat to sit down. So if you’re hangry, beware.
What I tried:
Lucky Lotus [Not pictured] - Lucky Lotus is a smoothie place that makes smoothies and juices without dairy products. Both days I went it was hot and humid and the smoothies were not only yummy but cooled me down.
Hop’s Chicken- I tried their chicken biscuit, which reminded me of chick fil ‘a. But, their biscuit was no bigger than the palm of my hand. The biscuit was breaking apart quickly, but the fried chicken itself was delicious, thick, and crispy. The only downside was the cost of the chicken biscuit for what you were getting. Other than that, the honey mustard was savory, they sold Mexican coke (yaaaas), and they also had beer imported from Guatemala. (double yaaaaas!)
Saint Germain- This is a French pastry shop and oh. my. goodness. THIS place is SO good! I don’t have a real sweet tooth, but this place is definitely amazing. I tried their fruit eclair and everything about the custard, the bread, and the fruit was simply perfection.
I was excited to finally make it out here. I’d driven past it so many times during bar prep and I was always intrigued as to what was in there since the tall brick building stands out.
I’ll see you all during my next adventure.
-Valerie
