El Myr in Little Five Points
To really visit a city, you go where the locals go. The service may not be as prompt and the décor might be shabbier than most of your fine dining establishments, but frequenters guarantee their music selection in the juke box and you’ll get a taste of what at least some of the dwellers are like, and maybe leave knowing why they keep going there.
Nestled in Atlanta’s Little Five Points area for more than nine years, El Myr, 109 Euclid Ave., is a no-frills, “gem” of a burrito-bar that serves up unbeatable pitchers of homemade sangria and tasty guacamole for a fair price.
Amazingly fresh salads, nachos, burritos as big as your appendages, giant soft tacos and quesadillas complete the menu, including everything from a grilled Tilapia burrito to a scrumptious barbeque chicken quesadilla or a vegan “Hazedilla,” packed full of meatless goodness. There’s a full tequila bar, as well, and they have Pabst Blue Ribbon on tap, and other domestics.
There’s usually no wait, unless a show at the nearby Variety Playhouse is about to go on, but if you don’t mind the smoke (the whole place is smoking), street parking and the presence of bad art on the walls, you won’t miss an integral piece of this major metropolitan city.
