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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.

Red and teal armchairs on a pale floor under the ringed balconies of the Domestic Terminal atrium at Atlanta airport.
Seating in the atrium of the Domestic Terminal at Atlanta airport

The Domestic Terminal atrium has a Starbucks that ATL’s directory lists as open 24 hours and a Burger King open until 2:30 a.m. IHOP, which ATL calls the first one built in an airport, lists 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. Most of the rest, including Taco Bell and We Juice It, opens between 5 and 9 a.m.

The directory doesn’t print a security side for any listing, and it prints no prices. Its map text does name some food: pepperoni pretzels, pretzel nuggets, dogs and dips at Auntie Anne’s, and fried chicken, chicken sandwiches, chicken tenders, Cajun fish, and red beans and rice at Popeye’s. Where the map ends a closing time with “/ last flight”, the hours below print it the same way.

ATL’s amenities page puts the Domestic Terminal chapel in the atrium, third floor, and marks it as before security. The airport’s map files the Interfaith Chapel under the Domestic Terminal upper level. Discover Atlanta says Concourse T, which joins the Domestic Terminal, is right past the main checkpoint. The Concourse T dining page picks up from there.

The atrium, corner by corner

Place Listed as Where Hours
Starbucks coffee, grab and go, counter service, breakfast North East Atrium 24 hours
Auntie Anne’s counter service, breakfast, American food North East Atrium 5 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The A Bar & Grill bar, dessert, American food, burgers, live games North East Atrium 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Burger King breakfast, American food, burgers South East Atrium 5 a.m. to 2:30 a.m.
Popeye’s coffee, counter service, breakfast, American food South East Atrium 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Taco Bell Mexican food, counter service South East Atrium 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
LeeAnn Chin Asian food, counter service South East Atrium 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
IHOP salad, breakfast, American food, burgers South West Atrium 5 a.m. to 11 p.m.
We Juice It deli, grab and go, salad, vegetarian/vegan, counter service, dessert North West Atrium 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Places near baggage claim and on the mezzanine

TGI Fridays is across from North Terminal baggage claim 3. The second A Bar & Grill is up on the mezzanine, the Domestic Terminal’s upper level.

Place Listed as Where Hours
TGI Fridays bar, salad, dessert, American food, burgers Across from North Terminal Baggage Claim #3 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.
The A Bar & Grill bar, dessert, American food, burgers, live games Mezzanine, Domestic Terminal Upper Level 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. (the airport’s map also shows 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.)
Piedmont Park Travel Mart coffee, deli, toiletries, books, clothes, medicine, snacks, souvenirs, breakfast, apparel Across from South Terminal Baggage Claim #3 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. / last flight
Z-Market toiletries, books, electronic accessories, medicine, news stand, snacks, luggage, souvenirs, apparel Domestic Terminal 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. (the airport’s map also shows 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.)

Where to buy news, books and a shoeshine

Place Listed as Where Hours
Shellis News books, clothes, medicine, news stand, toys, souvenirs, apparel North West Atrium 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. / last flight
InMotion Entertainment electronic accessories North West Atrium 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
GA Lottery lottery Across from North Terminal Baggage Claim #5 Mon to Fri 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., closed Sat and Sun
GA Lottery lottery Across from South Terminal Baggage Claim #3 Mon to Fri 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., closed Sat and Sun
Mastershine shoeshine Across from South Terminal Baggage Claim #7 24 hours (the airport’s map also shows Mon to Fri 5:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., closed Sat and Sun)
Heritage Bookseller books, clothes, news stand, snacks Near Main Checkpoint Entrance 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. (the airport’s map marks it temporarily closed)
Truist Bank bank Across from South Terminal Baggage Claim #5 on the map, “Atrium” on ATL’s amenities page 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily on the map, but ATL’s amenities page says Monday to Friday, closed Saturday and Sunday
Truist ATM ATM, bank Domestic Terminal (four listings, none with a spot) 24 hours

Early, late and unlisted hours

Before 5 a.m., the Starbucks is the one Domestic Terminal food place the directory lists open all night, and Burger King stays open until 2:30 a.m. An ATL news item on a temporary atrium Starbucks next to La Madeleine gives an opening day (“Friday, Nov. 18”) but no year, and says it opens daily 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. It doesn’t say whether that store is the one in the directory, so check before you count on a pre-dawn coffee.

On weekends, GA Lottery is closed. Mastershine and Truist Bank each have one listed schedule that closes them on Saturday and Sunday, so don’t count on either.

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