Food and drink guides

Where to eat and drink at ATL, answered by the questions people ask: what is open early or late, where the cheaper meals are, what suits a vegetarian or vegan, and what is worth finding near your gate. The food and shops directory lists every place with its location and hours.

Looking for the listings themselves? They are on the Food & shops page.

• Bars at Atlanta airport: craft beer, game-day bars and wine, concourse by concourse

  Where to drink at ATL: Terrapin Taphouse on D, Samuel Adams and Blue Moon on B, the Hawks and Atlanta United bars on A, and wine picks, with listed hours.

  • Craft beer is on B and D, and Grindhouse has a full bar
  • Where can you watch a game?
  • Wine bars and wine picks
  • Do the lounges have bars?
  • When are the bars open, and which sit before security?
  • Every bar by concourse, with gate and hours
• Best places to eat at Atlanta airport, by concourse

  The standout ATL restaurants on each concourse, with gates and hours, plus IHOP and the other Domestic Terminal atrium options.

  • The Domestic Terminal atriums
  • Concourse T: the nearest food past the checkpoint
  • Concourse A has a Southern buffet in its middle food court
  • On Concourse B, Paschal’s has the fried chicken and the line
  • Concourse C: eat at The Connection or grab a sandwich
  • On Concourse D, Chicken + Beer is the sit-down pick
  • One Flew South on Concourse E
  • Concourse F: Ecco upstairs, tacos if you’re in a hurry
• Can you bring food through security at Atlanta airport? What TSA allows and where to buy water

  Solid food passes TSA at ATL, while liquid food and water are capped at 3.4 ounces. ATL lists no water refill station, so here is where to buy water.

  • Solid food goes through, and liquid or gel food is capped at 3.4 ounces
  • Water, drinks and alcohol follow the 3.4 ounce cap
  • Baby food, formula and medication sit outside the cap
  • Duty-free liquids from abroad have their own rule
  • What does ATL add to TSA’s rules?
  • Where can you buy water after the checkpoint?
• Chain restaurants at Atlanta airport: which concourses have each

  Where Starbucks, Chick-fil-A, McDonald's and the other chains are at ATL, by concourse and gate. Concourses T through F are past security.

  • Which chains are before security, and how to read the table
  • Coffee on Concourses A and D
  • Open early, late or all night
• Coffee at Atlanta airport: Starbucks, Caribou, Coffee Bean and more, by concourse

  ATL lists no Starbucks on Concourse A or D. See which coffee places each concourse has, with listed hours, and which Starbucks is open 24 hours.

  • Which coffee each concourse has
  • Late flights and Concourse F
  • The atrium Starbucks, before security
  • Sitting down with a coffee
• Eating at ATL before a 6 a.m. flight: what's open early, by concourse

  A few ATL food places list 24-hour service, and the earliest regular opener is the Starbucks near gate T17 at 4:00 a.m. What opens by 5:30, by concourse.

  • What’s open by 5:30 a.m.
  • Shops that list snacks at 5:00 a.m.
  • Concourse F and International departures
  • Places with unclear hours
• Food in Concourse A at Atlanta Airport: Coffee, Bars, Counters and Shops

  Concourse A lists coffee from 5 a.m. at Goldberg's Bagels, and McDonald's is listed 24 hours on Friday and Saturday. Five places show live games. Every listed place to eat and buy, with hours.

  • Where to get coffee and breakfast
  • Which counters serve a quick meal
  • Bars and restaurants along the gates and in the center
  • What to grab when you’re short on time
  • Shops, vending, spas and lounges
  • Early, late and uneven hours
  • Cash, duty free and smoking
• Food in Concourse B at Atlanta Airport: Coffee, Bars, Counters and Shops

  Concourse B coffee opens at 5 a.m., bars run from Gate B8 to B33, and counters sit in the center and at the gates. Every place to eat and buy, with hours.

  • Where to get coffee and breakfast
  • Which counters serve a quick meal
  • Bars and restaurants along the gates
  • What to grab when you’re short on time
  • Shops, vending and a spa
  • Early, late and uneven hours
  • Cash, duty free and smoking
• Food in Concourse C at Atlanta airport: The Connection, sit-down spots and hours

  Concourse C food starts at 4:30 a.m. near gates C33 and C37, and La Madeleine at C40 lists 24 hours. Every place to eat and buy, with gates and hours.

  • The Connection, at the center
  • Coffee and sandwiches before the gate
  • Counters for a hot meal
  • Where to sit down with a drink or a meal
  • Shops, chargers and a spa
  • Early, late and weekend hours
• Food in Concourse D at Atlanta airport: 24-hour bagels, mezzanine bars and every shop

  Concourse D has two food counters open 24 hours, a bagel shop in the center and Roast near D26. Every place to eat and buy, with gates and hours.

  • The 24-hour counters and an early breakfast
  • Counters for a quick meal
  • Where to sit down with a drink
  • Shops, news and a spa
  • Before 5 a.m., after 10 p.m. and unlisted hours
• Food in Concourse E at Atlanta airport: 24-hour fast food, One Flew South and every shop

  Concourse E has a McDonald's listing 24 hours and a Caribou Coffee open until 11:30 p.m. Every place to eat and buy, with gates and hours.

  • Coffee, breakfast and fast food in the center
  • Quick counters for a meal
  • Where to sit down with a drink or a meal
  • News, books, duty free and gifts
  • Chargers, vending, currency and a spa
  • Late nights, weekdays and unlisted hours
• Food in Concourse F and the International Terminal at Atlanta airport: Level 2 dining and shops

  Concourse F has the food: Starbucks by 5 a.m., El Taco and Pecan Bistro at 6, Ecco at 11. Every place to eat and buy in F and the International Terminal.

  • Level 2 holds the counters
  • Sandwiches, snacks and grab and go
  • Where to sit down with a drink
  • Shops, duty free and services
  • What the International Terminal itself has
  • Before 6 a.m., after 10 p.m. and unlisted hours
• Food in Concourse T at Atlanta airport: coffee, counters, bars and shops, with hours

  Concourse T coffee starts at 4:00 a.m. near gate T17. Every place to eat and buy there, with gates and the hours ATL lists.

  • Where to get coffee and breakfast
  • Which counters serve a quick meal
  • Where to sit down with a drink or a meal
  • Where to buy news, snacks and essentials
  • Which lounges are on Concourse T
• Food in the Atlanta airport Domestic Terminal: what's listed and when it opens

  The Domestic Terminal atrium has a Starbucks listed as 24 hours, a Burger King open until 2:30 a.m. and an IHOP. Every place to eat and buy, with hours.

  • The atrium, corner by corner
  • Places near baggage claim and on the mezzanine
  • Where to buy news, books and a shoeshine
  • Early, late and unlisted hours
• Southern food at Atlanta airport: fried chicken, barbecue and shrimp and grits by concourse

  Paschal's on B, Low Country on A, Sweet Georgia's on C, Chicken + Beer on D. Southern places at ATL by concourse, with gates and hours.

  • Where the Southern food is, concourse by concourse
  • Fried chicken, waffles and biscuits
  • Shrimp and grits, gumbo and barbecue
  • Where ATL’s directory and Discover Atlanta disagree
  • What opens earliest and closes latest
• Vegetarian and vegan food at ATL: every place, by concourse

  ATL's directory lists vegetarian and vegan places on every concourse except D. Where each is, the dishes ATL's blog names and what the listing leaves out.

  • Every vegetarian and vegan place, by concourse
  • If you’re on Concourse D
  • The dishes ATL’s blog names