Buckhead

“Buckhead isn’t what it used to be.” That could be the tagline for Atlanta’s best-known neighborhood, where politicians, rappers, blue-bloods, and the nouveau riche (and oh yeah, the governor) mingle with apartment dwellers, the cash-poor, and the entirely normal people; where fine international dining meets light-beer pub crawls; where Atlanta’s whitebread history of private schools and gated mansions are inextricably linked to (and incredibly removed from) the city’s African-American and urban fabric. In the mid-20th century, Buckhead was a rustic, white, middle-class bastion of high-school hoo-rahs and church Sundays. By the turn of the millennium, it was known internationally as the site of a double murder outside of a nightclub after the Super Bowl. Locally, it has long served as a derisive moniker for anyone who seemed too materialistic or entitled: “She’s very Buckhead, yes?” Today, the old commercial center—the Buckhead Triangle at Peachtree, Paces Ferry, and Roswell—is a redesigned, high-end shopping district. But some of the best places of Buckhead’s history still remain the same.

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Café Benz at Mercedes-Benz of Buckhead

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2799 Piedmont Road Northeast
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Do you have a Mercedes that needs repair? Can you just pretend that you have a Mercedes that needs repair? Good for you. Because inside this Mercedes-Benz dealership, by the service department, there is a fully functioning “Café Benz” that is notable on many levels. First of all, the Café Benz logo 😎. Second: The Mercedes-owning people lounging around, waiting for their cars to get fixed, seem pretty nice. Third: The cafe serves free Intelligentsia Coffee. To anyone who asks. It’s quite remarkable. They also offer traditional cafe pastries and such, and a pretty good banana pudding. But you gotta pay for that stuff. Driven by the Need for Speed? Take a lunch break there, buy some food, drink some coffee, head into the AMG Performance Center down the hall, and see how scary a town car can be.

Café Benz at Mercedes-Benz of Buckhead
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Café Benz at Mercedes-Benz of Buckhead
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Café Benz at Mercedes-Benz of Buckhead
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Café Benz at Mercedes-Benz of Buckhead
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Café Benz at Mercedes-Benz of Buckhead
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