Your Day Downtown So you’ve taken your first step off the Crescent. It was a long train ride from New York, but now you’ve made it to one of only three Amtrak stops in the State of Georgia. Take a walk down our beautifully and newly renovated platform and stop off at the Railway Viewing Platform for a picture before the train leaves. It’s breakfast time, so grab a hot plate piled high with bacon and eggs from Linda’s Place at the Rebel, or for some lighter fare, a coffee or shake and a crepe from Toccoa Nutrition. Take a walk down along the historic Courthouse square before checking into the SimmonsBond Inn, a beautiful bed-and-breakfast for your night’s stay.
After lunch, enjoy a spa treatment at Spa & Salon Anastasia or Details Salon 73 & Spa before antiquing at Coins, Currency, & Collectibles or the Cornerstone Antique and Craft Market. Find your next treasured read or spend an hour diving through comic book back bins at [Ash-Ling] Booskellers and OCM Comics. Make time during your afternoon to visit our world renowned Currahee Military Museum or perhaps enjoying a painting class at Tugalo Station.
Before heading back to your hotel room for the night, stop off at the Historic Ritz Theatre for a show, or if it’s summertime, free live music and drinks under the stars on Doyle Street. And end your evening with some of the best Mexican food in Georgia at Puerto Nuevo Mexican & Seafood. There’s something for everyone in Historic Downtown Toccoa. And once you get here, you’ll find it hard to go home.
Our retail businesses and storefronts open soon, so don’t forget to visit our unique specialty shops like CK Morgan & Company, The Chattel Shop, or Angel Oak Home for beautiful handcrafted, homemade, or Southern-themed gifts. And make sure to stop off at Troup’s Studio & Hallmark Gold Crown Store, where you’re sure to find everything you could want or need. At lunchtime, we encourage you to visit the X-Factor Grill for regional favorites, or Shirley’s Sole Food for the best Southern cooking this side of Atlanta. Shirley’s was featured on Alton Brown’s Feasting on Asphalt for good reason.
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