Anyone familiar with Buford Highway

[tonygeorgia]

Trippin' on Buford Highway: 13 Can't-Miss Restaurants - Eater Maps - Eater Atlanta

[jeoff]

Originally Posted by roadtrip75

Buford Highway has always been trashy, only the ethnicities and languages have changed.

Buford Highway resturants and markets serves all the types of foods that the more fru-fru parts of town serve at three times the price and watered down for american tastes, but a lot of folks won't know that because it is "trashy."

[BKincaid]

I'm four years too late to help with the article, but I used to spend a LOT of time on Buford Highway. First, there was a great motorcycle shop up the road called Yamaha Triumph of Doraville, and second, I used to have a lovely girlfriend named Kim Cook who lived on Pin Oak just off the highway. I miss her very much as she was the first girl I ever kissed - alas, I broke her sweet heart - what a foolish youth I was back then.

Random comments: Treasure Island was the Target of the 1970's. There was a Krystal in the parking lot which was a great place to stop after work, unless you worked AT Krystal, like I did.

There was another discount store in the next shopping center over to the east called Grants. It was like K-Mart without the frills. Unfortunately my father loved it so it was where all our clothes, furniture, appliances, electronics, etc. came from. I can't remember where the K-Mart was but I think there was one of those nearby as well because I worked there, too.

Along with Grants, that strip mall held a Jerry Lewis Mini Cinema, and PIX Shoes where I also worked. Evidently I saw Buford Highway as a gold mine for a teenager.

[ATLTJL]

K-Mart without the frills

I can only wonder what a store that removed all the pesky frills that plague K-Mart looked like.

[ElaineR500]

I used to live at the Northbrook Garden Apts on the Buford Hwy, back in the late 60's, I believe, when I was in elementary school. My mom and I lived in one of the townhouses which I loved. Anyone know of these particular apts?? Thanks!

[arjay57]

Do y'all remember when Buford highway was just an old country road, with bait shops and what have you?

[Gulch]

Originally Posted by arjay57

Do y'all remember when Buford highway was just an old country road, with bait shops and what have you?

No.