Restaurants

All these photos were taken along Buford Highway which is not only full of a diverse styles of food but also seems to have a restaurant every twenty feet.  The first picture is of an Asian restaurant (not sure of style because only sign in English was the one that read "Open").  When passing it the building immediately jumped out for its odd shape as well as it's many arched roofs.  It's also hard to tell if the building was originally designed as a restaurant or converted later on into one.  Another reason this picture was taken was it reminded me of the old dinners of the 50s in California as described in the readings.

Next is a photo another Asian restaurant along Buford Highway.  This one was located within a parking lot

 for a number of different stores.  What struck me as odd for this one (and difficult to encompass this in a single photo) is just how small this building is.  It originally looked as though it was a tiny drive thru restaurant.  Also, the drive thru is still in operation for this establishment.  But even t

hough it is still extremely small, the added a patio onto the front to increase the already miniscule amount of space.  Even with the add-on the building is still very much in the box style.

The final picture is one familiar to anyone who has travelled five miles in a car in the South.  We have a Waffle House.  Now although the building is very generic and very much in the style of a box restaurant, this particular one stood out for the sign.  Just as many Waffle Houses have very tall and recognizable signs, this one is no different.  The sign is easily noticed amongst all the cluttered signs of Buford Highway even from a ways off.  And inside, it was designed just like every other Waffle House with the open kitchen and the bar in which patrons can eat 

at.  It definitely also had an older feel and not that of the newer "updated" Waffle Houses.

There were many pictures of very unique restaurants to be had on Buford Highway.  It appeared as though any type of building could be converted into a restaurant.  There was one which obviously was an old bank (drive thru tellers) as well as restaurants that could hold no more than ten people, all of which sat outside and no parking to speak of in their parking lot.  Driving down this road, a hungry patron will definitely have their pick of a variety of different restaurants as well as an immediate recognition of the various buildings in which they inhabit.