DeKalb County, Georgia, lies within the sprawl of metro Atlanta, but it has a personality all its own.
Laura Ramos, marketing communications manager for Discover DeKalb Convention & Visitors Bureau, thinks it may be because the small towns in DeKalb – and there are a bunch of them – all have their own identities apart from Atlanta, which mostly occupies neighboring Fulton County.
DeKalb can boast destinations such as Fernbank Museum of Natural History and the giant, fascinating DeKalb Farmers Market. And it’s increasingly gaining notice for its restaurants.
Almost overnight, DeKalb has become a hot spot for restaurateurs and chefs to open eateries in what was primarily a meat-and-three county, compared to high-rise Atlanta’s world-class restaurants and chefs.
“If Atlanta is a glass of iced tea, DeKalb is the reimagined coffee shop,” Ramos says.