Thumbs Up Diner
Atlanta, GA 30312
Phone: (404) 223-0690
- Price:
- $
- Best of Citysearch:
- Breakfast 2007, Breakfast 2007
- Hours:
- Mon-Fri 7am-3pm, Sat-Sun 8am-4pm
Editorial Review for Thumbs Up Diner – by Michael Longshore
The Scene
Located in an industrial patch of Edgewood Avenue between Inman Park and downtown, this friendly modern diner mixes urban hipness with fast-moving, no-nonsense coffee shop charm. Inside, you'll find Formica tabletops, red vinyl booths and local photographs. An unusual hybrid crowd drawn mainly from nearby lofts lines up patiently on weekends; workday mornings are for first-name-basis regulars and chummy cops.
The Food
This urban diner offers a funky mix of updated breakfast dishes and reliable sandwiches, burgers and quesadillas. It's best known for breakfast, though, and hefty whole-wheat biscuits and challah French toast (served with real maple syrup) are specialties, as are one-skillet concoctions of potatoes, eggs and cheese. Excellent scrambled tofu, Belgian waffles and build-your-own omelettes are also worth a try. Coffee comes in big cups, generally with a smile.
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User Reviews for Thumbs Up Diner
02/19/2008 Posted by kokoATL
The food here is awesome. The service is good if they know you. BUT, it is not worth the wait. My husband and I have not been able to eat here in over a year because of the crowd, and we live within walking distance. Go ahead and try getting there at 9am or even 8 am, the people will already be pouring out the door waiting. Another downer....if you decide to tough out the 2 hour wait, you will always have to deal with at least one homeless person harassing you.
Pros: good food
Cons: long wait, parking, homeless
02/04/2008 Posted by NK501
This establishment offers the best breakfast in town. I would recommend this Diner to everyone. They are the only place that offers spuds (home fries) that taste like the real thing. This is definitely not a Waffle House or IHOP or Cracker Barrel.
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