City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
63. Bennett Street
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Address: 3 blocks north of Piedmont Hospital on t
Description: Little Bennett Street is home to a large selection of antiques and decorative art dealers. These are not junk shops; most of the merchandise here is of the “better” category, and the prices reflect this. If you’re looking for fine antiques, you’ll find them here. Near the end of Bennett Street is the TULA complex of showrooms and galleries.
64. Chamblee Antique Row
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (770) 455-4751
Address: 3519 Broad St.
Description: More than 350 antiques dealers offer a cornucopia of antiques and collectibles in this architecturally interesting shopping district. Many shops operate out of old homes, churches, and stores, some dating from the mid-1800s. Antique Row is within walking distance of the Chamblee MARTA station; you can also get there on the No. 25 Tilly Mill bus. Driving, turn off Peachtree Industrial Boulevard onto Broad Street; follow to the intersection of Broad Street and Peachtree Road.
65. Cheshire Bridge Road NE
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Description: On Cheshire Bridge Road between Piedmont and LaVista, numerous antiques dealers are scattered among the restaurants, bars, and “lingerie modeling” businesses. The larger antiques shops rent out spaces to dealers, who always seem to be moving in or out. Competition for customers (and dealers) is keen. Expect to save at least 10 percent off the asking price unless an item is already marked down.
66. Georgia Lighting
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (404) 875-4754
Description: Georgia Lighting’s main store has a huge showroom with an extensive collection of products from all over the world, including landscape lighting and track lighting. A tent sale once a year always offers great bargains.
67. Great Gatsby’s Auction Gallery
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (770) 457-1903
Address: 5070 Peachtree Industrial Blvd.
Description: This 100,000-square-foot “wholesale to the public” market is one of Atlanta’s most fun stores. You can spend hours ogling everything including exquisite antiques, kitschy advertising memorabilia, and huge architectural fragments. Gatsby’s supplies hotels worldwide with unusual furnishings; one of John Lennon’s guitars was once sold here at auction. Gatsby’s is 2 miles inside I-285 on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard.
68. Miami Circle NE
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Description: This short street is full of antique and decorator merchandise, and though it’s primarily frequented by the city’s interior designers, many of the stores are open to the public. Hit hard by the recession, there are fewer stores than there used to be, but still more than enough to fill your day or even longer. As you drive north on Piedmont Road, Miami Circle is on your right; it’s just north of Sidney Marcus Drive. Shops of note include Bobby Dobb Antiques, The Gables Antiques, and Antonio Raimo Galleries, where rare and unusual books and prints are for sale.
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Address: 4415 Senator Russell Ave.
70. A Flea An’Tique
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (770) 932-6833
Address: 4300 GA 20
Description: This upscale flea market, which bills itself as “North Atlanta’s Best Kept Secret,” features a variety of finds such as antiques, collectibles, and quality used furniture. Going north on I-85, take exit 45; if you’re on I-985, take exit 1. The market is behind Ace Hardware inside Buford Mall.
71. Pride of Dixie Antique Market
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (770) 279-9853
Address: 1700 Jeurgens Court
Description: Held just twice a year (November and January), this extravaganza of antiques is worth marking your calendar. Held in the North Atlanta Trade Center in Norcross, this market hosts some 800 booths. Take I-85 to exit 38; east on Indian Trail; right on Oakbrook Parkway; right on Jeurgens Court. Admission is $4; look for a $1-off coupon in the weekend section of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Sunday prior to the weekends. Parking is free. The Market used to be held twice monthly but cut back because of the economy.
72. Scott Antique Market
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (404) 361-2000
Address: 3650 Jonesboro Rd.
Description: Open the second weekend of each month from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., this market offers everything from American antiques to English porcelain displayed by 1,500 dealers from across the country. Call for specific shows. To get there, take I-285 to exit 40 (Jonesboro Road). The Atlanta Expo Center is right off the exit. The Expo Center actually straddles I-285, with one building inside the highway and the other across the road.
73. Goodwill Industries of Atlanta
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (404) 373-5815
Address: 2201 Glenwood Ave. SE
Description: Goodwill stores offer affordable prices on a variety of quality furniture, clothing, and household items. Each store has a donation center, and other donation centers are scattered throughout the metro area. Check the Yellow Pages for Goodwill Industries’ nine other locations.
74. Salvation Army
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (404) 523-6214
Address: 675 Seminole Ave. NE
Description: The Salvation Army picks up more than 50 truckloads of donated furniture, clothing, and household items every week. These donations provide merchandise for the Army’s thrift stores, proceeds from which help support the Adult Rehabilitation Center. There are many other locations in the area.
75. St. Vincent de Paul
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (770) 622-9522
Address: 5748 Buford Hwy.
Description: This store (plus several others) stocks just about everything: clothing, household items, furniture, appliances, books, records, tapes, jewelry, and miscellaneous items. Ninety percent of the proceeds go to this charity, which provides, among other things, emergency rent checks to working folks in a bind.