Landmark Diner (Buckhead)
Diner · Atlanta ·
Classic 24/7 diner with a huge menu and desserts
Classic 24/7 diner with a huge menu and desserts
"This is the best spot around Chastain to debate with your two best friends about who bought the Big Salad or just yada yada yada over a cup of coffee. The diner was the first of the Landmark line opened in Atlanta during the mid-90’s Atlanta Olympic building frenzy. The owner sought to bring the New York diner experience to the South before the games began. Two decades later, the neon lighting, overstuffed booths, and twenty-four hour service provide a unique late night vibe to the neighborhood. It’s a great place to work on a re-write of your script over a martini, or just kill time with the kind, story-filled wait staff after the rest of the neighborhood has turned off the lights." - Russell Shaw Design
"The Landmark Diner in Buckhead is “where the stars meet at night”. But, really, it’s where people meet up for late-night bites and coffee, especially following an evening of bar hopping or an event in town. Landmark is fashioned after the traditional northeastern diners with a large menu of breakfast, burgers, fried foods, and sandwiches. There’s also a 24/7 location on Luckie Street in downtown Atlanta." - Henna Bakshi
"Dear Buckhead Diner, When we first met you we were smitten. It was the winter of '87 and you burst onto the scene as an instant classic. We called you "buzzy" and "cozy" and "chic." You, with your neon and chrome, just ~lamping~ in repose along Piedmont. Fast-forward to the edge of 2016 and, well...you look *tired.* Your interior, once so smart and inviting, is roughed-up and worn-out. Your menu seems dated...not in a charming, intentional way like your architecture...more of a lazy, 'oh, heh, oops' kind of way. BUT: LISTEN TO US, Buckhead Diner: we believe in you. In fact, you've still got it, in some ways. Atlanta is nothing if not a car city, and there's just something irrevocably enchanting about driving up to your neon-clad flanks, veggie plate quality be damned. On top of that, during our recent visits, your staff was great – friendly, approachable, and attentive. Just, please, please, please, take a look at what some of these other 'new old school' restaurants are doing: Carbone, M. Wells, and The Polo Bar. The best of these places function as devices for surfacing the forgotten joys of a genre that everybody else sees as boorish and a little unseemly, while exposing the elegance that was always hiding there. THOSE ARE THE THINGS YOU'RE MISSING: THE JOY, THE THRILLS, THE ELEGANCE. Come on, Buckhead Diner. You've got great bones, an award-winning history, and a massive opportunity to unearth the best elements of homegrown American style, service, and cuisine. You can do this. It's going to be great. Best of luck, Brothers." - Office of Brothers
"The Landmark Diner in Buckhead is “where the stars meet at night,” and where anyone seeking late-night food and coffee heads to after an evening on the town in Atlanta. Prime people watching can be had at the Landmark any time of day, but later in the evening is the best time to take in the scene, which could include locals popping by for dessert and coffee, the occasional celebrity, and people post-club soaking up the booze with a burger and fries or pile of fried shrimp. 24/7. The downtown Atlanta location on Luckie Street is also 24/7." - Eater Staff
"Late at night I poured into a booth at Landmark Diner in Buckhead, guzzling black coffee while eating piles of spaghetti, taking down a cheeseburger, or indulging in Oreo cheesecake — a true late-night diner refuge." - Beth McKibben
