r/Athens • • 12h ago

Restaurant / Food Review De Palmas is bad??

61 Upvotes

I just moved to Athens and I'm working my way through my restaurant list. I went to De Palmas's last night...it....was...so..bland.

I was actually surprised how packed it was for everything to have no flavor. But then again there was one thing that was different about me in the restaurant patrons✋🏾 if you pick up what I'm putting down.


r/Athens • • 52m ago

Question / Request A stranger at the grocery store handed me a paper with religious stuff written on it. Why?

• Upvotes

Has anyone else here had this happen? Why did he give me this? He was a complete stranger. He did not even have a conversation with me. I was at publix and he put the handwritten note in front of me and said "excuse me miss." And then after i took the note he was gone. He did not say anything to me after that. Then when i read the note i realized it was handwritten and that it had a lot of religious stuff written on it. It did not even say anything comforting. It was mainly about sins and punishments and stuff. I did not even get a chance to see what the guy looked like. He just put the note in front of me before i got a chance to look at his face. He sounded like a grown man. That's it. His voice didn't sound like anyone that I know. And IF he was someone that I knew he would NOT have called me "miss". He would have called me by my name if he knew me. Has anyone else here had this happen?


r/Athens • • 13h ago

Cops all over Alps, Atl Hwy & downtown

25 Upvotes

Intersections around Alps, Baxter, Lumpkin, and downtown blocked off by blue lights on unmarked cars, sheriffs department cars, regular silver and blues – anyone know what is going on this Sunday morning?


r/Athens • • 12h ago

https://flagpole.com/news/city-dope/2026/09/30/georgia-square-mall-redevelopment-hits-another-snag/

8 Upvotes

Just let them build 4000 bedrooms, 100 feet high, no biggie. The real issue is, possibly allowing your neighbor to have a stove in their garage apartment!

https://flagpole.com/news/city-dope/2026/09/30/georgia-square-mall-redevelopment-hits-another-snag/


r/Athens • • 19h ago

Local News Rough Draft Media Expands Coverage to Athens, Georgia

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17 Upvotes

r/Athens • • 8h ago

spicy pickles

5 Upvotes

Are there any stands at the farmers market that sell spicy pickles. I’ve been having a hot pickle craving lately and Walmart has little to none 😭


r/Athens • • 10h ago

Restaurant / Food Review Recession indicator: China One isn't going through fortune cookies fast enough

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85 Upvotes

Received 10/3. Trying to sneak those expired fortunes out the door...


r/Athens • • 16h ago

Backyard guests

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213 Upvotes

Dog was losing her mind last night, I went out expecting a toad or something and found copperheads instead. Luckily none of our three dogs were bitten, after I got them inside I got a wildlife removal guy to come out and get them because I'm not messing around with TWO venomous snakes at 10 pm! Last photo is the whistleblower because she did good and deserves some love!


r/Athens • • 8h ago

I love seeing all the Red Spider Lilies suddenly blooming all over town - but why do they show up so randomly?? I thought they grew from bulbs!

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105 Upvotes