FolkArt
Breakfast restaurant · Decatur
174 W Ponce de Leon Ave, Decatur, GA 30030
Highlights
Diner-style comfort food with retro decor, known for chicken & waffles
Diner-style comfort food with retro decor, known for chicken & waffles
"After an energetic morning on the Beltline, you’ve probably mustered up an appetite for something more than smoothies and toast. Take your hunger to Folk Art. With vintage signs all over the brick interior and a massive menu, it’s a great choice for a casual brunch in Inman Park. Just note everyone else will be on the same page as you, so expect a lengthy wait on the weekend. There are a few essential picks, like their sticky bun pancakes or fried chicken benedict, but we would and do gladly eat everything on the menu." - nina reeder, juli horsford, demarco williams, jacinta howard
"This place is a visual wonderland! It pays heavy homage to retro signage while serving up serious feel good food. They dish out all-day diner-style favorites like chicken-and-waffles, jumbo biscuits with sausage gravy and roasted pork chili. They also have craft sodas and playful signature cocktails. Try the "What's Up Doc" or the “Devil Went Down to Georgia” if you like ginger." - Brand Bird
"Eight-year-olds aren’t going to understand a 45-minute wait for eggs and pancakes, no matter how fluffy they are. Our advice for avoiding sidewalk squabbles is beating hungry Inman Park residents to Folk Art’s host stand. Come by 9:30am, and you should easily score a booth in a dining room covered in stickers, knickknacks, and a generally upbeat vibe. Known for taking creative liberties in the kitchen (did someone say grit fritters?), the restaurant tempts the hungry with chocolate s’mores waffles while those craving lunch can go with the slightly tamer hot dog or fried shrimp." - demarco williams, nina reeder, jacinta howard
"There’s always a lengthy wait at Folk Art, unless you ride at dawn and get here promptly at 7am. The crowds aren’t here for sceney photo ops (since the Southern diner looks like it's been decorated with Goodwill finds). It’s packed because Folk Art consistently serves one of the best brunches in Atlanta. Everything you'll eat here is fantastic—soft sweet potato donuts dusted in powdered sugar, perfectly crispy fried chicken on a sweet potato pancake, and their infamous sticky bun waffle covered with pecans, marshmallow cream, maple bourbon syrup, and powdered sugar." - jacinta howard
"On weekends, there’s usually a crowd of people hovering on the sidewalk around the door of this Inman Park brunch favorite. Folk Art's food is very good, so it's worth that wait. But if you can’t commit to standing for nearly an hour to score some chicken and waffles topped with a sweet whiskey peach compote, come here before the lunch rush on a weekday. That's when you're likely to slide right into the small two-room dining area, which is covered in a hodgepodge of stickers, signs, and tchotchkes that mirrors the aesthetic of that one kooky relative. That oddball energy translates on the menu too, with items that take creative detours like delicious grit fritters served with a sweet peach jam and the rightly famous sticky bun waffle, which comes slathered in marshmallow cream, maple-bourbon syrup, and pecans." - jacinta howard, juli horsford, nina reeder
