Tasting The Globe: Buford Highway

Spanning from the heart of the city to thirty miles up into the burbs, Buford Highway is the backbone of Atlanta’s ethnic dining scene. First-generation immigrants bring their homeland recipes and techniques to this multi-cultural thoroughfare, offering an overwhelming array of spots to explore.

From bánh mì to bulgogi, the international highway is intermixed with authentic eateries, many of them hole-in-the-wall joints, that offer a chance to discover some of the best a country or region has to offer. Constantly changing and evolving, taking a journey up and down this culinary thoroughfare is the next best thing to traveling.

While there are many very good places worth visiting, here is a list to get you started. Put aside inhibitions, set out to try something new and start building your own list of Buford Highway favorites.

Chinese
Bo Bo Garden
5181 Buford Hwy, 30340

Coco’s Chinese Restaurant
4897 Buford Highway Suite 104, 30341

Man Chun Hong
5953 Buford Hwy NE, Suite 105, 30340

Cuban
Havana
3979 Buford Hwy NE # 108, 30345

Indian
Panahar
3375 Buford Hwy NE, Suite 1060, 30329

Japanese (sushi)
Sushi House Hayakawa
5979 Buford Hwy Shopping Center A-10, 30340

Korean
Chosun Ok
5865 Buford Hwy, 30340

Woo Nam Jeong
5953 Buford Hwy, 30340

Hae Woon Dae BBQ
5805 Buford Hwy Suite 5, 30340

Malaysian
Penang
4897 Buford Hwy Suite 113, 30341

Mexican (tacos)
El Taco Veloz
5084 Buford Hwy NE, 30340

Taqueria El Rey Del Taco
5288 Buford Hwy NE, 30340