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Buddy's
Categories: Food Convenience Stores Food Beer, Wine & Spirits Convenience Stores, Beer, Wine & Spirits [Edit]
1079 N Ave NEAtlanta, GA 30307
Neighborhood: Poncey-Highland
(404) 523-5414
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
About This Business:
The Premier Wine, Beer, Spirits, & Cigar Store in Alpharetta, we offer the Largest Selection, the Lowest Prices, & Royal Service. Come visit us today!
16 reviews for Buddy's
16 reviews in English
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Review from Edward L.
Atlanta, GA
10/15/2007
Buddy's... an Atlanta icon... timeless and barely comprehesible with the English.
I discovered Sparks there. I discovered Yellow Jacket Stacker 3's there.
Sadie is popular here.
Go there and get some Smart Water. -
Review from Sandra F.
Go to place for quick beer run and cigarettes for my bro! Thank god for Buddy's!!
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Review from Ashley B.
1/1/2012 62 Check-ins Here
Yay, Buddy's. Not too wildly overpriced on the booze, and a pretty decent selection of wines. The bathroom is clean, the guys behind the counter are always friendly, and a good selection of little essentials, from foodstuffs to household products to grab if you're in a pinch. They even have dog bones, so I can reward my little Bruce for being a [relatively] good boy when I tie him up outside.
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Review from Jon W.
Updated - 5/1/2011
The sign at Buddy's is now gone. This is a travesty. Buddy's is being transformed into a Chevron and the ghetto-vibe is gone. I guess this is what we call "progress"... I will miss the griminess of the Buddy's of yesteryear.
Will the Buddy's sign be back? I hope so...
I still love the convenience of this location.Listed in: Be as trashy as you want
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8/21/2008
Buddy's AKA Bud Vees due to the lower part of the y no longer present on the sign... oh it's so… Read more »
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Review from Ivan S.
3/8/2008
Buddy's. A fairly crappy convenience store for whom the description "threadbare" would be generous.
Buddy's. Expensive gas and hanging out up front, sketchy dudes who make Jay and Silent Bob look like Pablo Neruda.
Buddy's. A place of legend glorified in song and myth.
Buddy's is all of these things and more simply because of that old adage: location, location, location. Before the Poncey Highlands and Inman Park succumbed to weekend hipsters bearing 401Ks and Ikea catalogs, the area was much more grungy. Dare I say, scummy even? Ah, but that was its charm. And at ground zero lay Buddy's--handing out smokes and beer without judgment, without remorse. Over time, Buddy's serviced everyone. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, waistoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. Through good times and bad, while that out-of-place flower shop sat in the parking lot, with the appearance of Blimpie's Sandwiches, from 78 cents a gallon to $3.59, Buddy's enabled scores of intown clowns with its tobacco wares and beer-fueled dreams. So here's to Buddy's. The corner of North and Highland could never be the same without it.Listed in: Pretend You're an Aging…
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Review from Bryan A.
This place is so weird. It's a late night mecca of the alcohol, a frustrating place to fill up the auto, always under construction, and super friendly behind the counter.
I lived and still work close to Buddy's and have staggered in numerous times from late-nighting it at Manuel, Claremont, El Bar or some other Poncey den of ill repute.
I REALLY wish they would turn that strange building in the middle of the lot into a 24hr taco stand. -
Review from Blake B.
Atlanta, GA
5/30/2007 1 photo
Buddy's is one of few independent gas station and convenience stores left in the city, or anywhere else for that matter, so it's nice to have it located in such a convenient spot as it is. Right at the intersection of North Highland and North Ave and open 24 hours, you can always count on Buddy's for that late night craving or fill up needs. Plus, unlike many of the other major gas stations in the downtown area, you won't be accosted by loiterers begging for change very often-- for some reason they just don't hang out here. I like the awning and the feel of the pumps for some reason: reminds me of filling up before everything turned into corporate uniformity.
The convenience store stocks a pretty decent array for a gas station. They have a hot food counter that is open through the day and keeps leftovers out under a heat lamp. I know a few people who eat them regularly and say they're great, but I'm not so bold. They have a better wine/beer selection than you might imagine.
I agree: long live Buddy's. -
Review from Maigh ..
Atlanta, GA
4/17/2006
Seriously, what's not to love about Buddy's?
Between the stable staff who knows what you want when you walk in (*ahem*), the organic wine selection and the crazy extensive snack selection, you can find anything you want at Buddy's. Sandwich? Check. Gourmet(ish) java? Check. Very very tiny Ben & Jerry's? Check.
Convenience stores are so under appreciated, but don't let it be said that neighborhood staples that make up the modern equivalent of the Mom & Pop shops of the past have been eradicated.
Long live Buddy's! -
Review from Nikki K.
6/1/2007 1 Check-in Here
Buddy's is always my first choice for gas getting, and red bull buying. Why? Because it's sort of like going into a local bar because you always run into an old friend there.
It is also the number one place to be at on a Sunday at 11:59 pm; the place fills with folks eager to continue their departure from sobriety. They have a pretty decent selection of wines and beers for a gas station, it's odd but convenient!
One major complaint I have is that for a gas station, they sure don't keep up with their gas pumps! Sometimes you have to circle all the pumps to find one with the gas you want. But my favorite thing is finding my desired pump, turning off my car, and unscrewing the gas cap, only to find out that the damned pump is out of order. Thanks for the warning, guys.
But I won't stop coming back. If I get there when my favorite lady is working I always have a great chat with her and she always makes my day vastly better. -
Review from A. V.
Atlanta, GA
4/18/2006
BUDDYs! IThe iconic C-store in ATL.
Really it's world famous; it's the subject of artistic photos, paintings, and even block prints. It's not just a C-store, it's so much more than that. It's a reference point, it's an experience, it's an Atlanta experience.
I hold Buddys near and dear to my heart. -
Review from Mark L.
Atlanta, GA
1/19/2009
For my first review, I'll go back to the spot I spent the most time/money upon arrival in early 2000.
The mini-store/flowershop made it. If I remember, it was like if you were too lazy to walk ALL THE WAY into the big store, you could wobble into the mini-store and pay for gas, plus get some tulips and a pack of gum.
Haven't been in years since moving out out of the Inman area, but name one other place in the City where you could get good beer, dirty gas, crappy food, & fresh flowers (and a geek-out movie across the street @ Videodrome) ???
I submit that you could not! -
Review from Jenn D.
12/13/2010 1 Check-in Here
Buddy's is a necessary neighborhood institution. I'm always afraid the sign will fall on my car when I stop in to get beer, but it's worth the risk I guess.
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Review from Katharine S.
Decatur, GA
3/11/2011
Buddy's is great. I've passed it innumerable times before I realized that it, in fact, is a huge convenience store. Its storeness is partially eclipsed by the Chevron gas pumps and the abandoned mini gas station-building associated with it. I was sitting in Java Vino a few weeks ago, looking out the window, and thought to myself (and eventually said aloud), "When did the liquor store get built?" to which my boyfriend responded, that, um, it's kind of always been there. Buddy's doesn't sell liquor, but it does sell an awful lot of beer and wine. And moderately good beer (even organic beer!), and a wide variety of wine, and lots and lots of sweet white wine chilled, which is really what I'm going for. You can also buy, of course, convenience store snacks there at prices higher than what you would at a grocery store, and cigarettes, and 69 cent fountain drinks, and porn. What more can one ask for? Eclectic fellow shoppers? Buddy's has got that, too!
It also has a single stall bathroom inside for which one does not need a key. If you are in the middle of a long-distance run, this is a good place to stop. -
Review from Katie S.
Atlanta, GA
2/24/2008
Never buy gas here. I know, you're thinking, "but they have all those gas pumps!" I'm doing you a favor. Gas is at least 15 cents more expensive here than it is anywhere else in the city. You don't come to Buddy's for gas. (Also, the one time I HAD to get gas at Buddy's b/c I was running out there was a homeless man in the parking lot that kept screaming "whore" at me. I mean, come on, you don't know me that well!)
Now that we've gotten that out of the way... You come to Buddy's when you've just stumbled out of Manuel's Tavern and you're not done drinking and your friends need more cigarettes ('cause you don't smoke, but aren't opposed to watching others do it.) There's a large selection of wine and cold beer in the 'fridge cases. There's usually two people behind the counter, and if there's only one he works both registers at the same time and it's super quick to get in and out.
They've just "remodeled" the inside of Buddy's, but seriously, it is what it is. Nothing fancy, but very functional. Also, they have a good selection of incense. -
Review from jason h.
Manhattan, NY
5/5/2008
Milk, some ice cream, a pack of peanuts. Over $10 bucks. BS. This place charges a maximum for every item. It's ridiculous and offensive. They overcharge us for no reason other than their own greed. Always happy behind the counter counting their cash. When they overcharge you, SAY SOMETHING! Insult them. Let them know you don't appreciate it. Worse than CVS. I'm so sick of being overcharged so that greedy MFs can get rich.
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Review from MAL Z.
Atlanta, GA
2/4/2011
This place has everything! Booze, food, snacks, smokes, gas, they even have a DVD KIOSK!!! with new releases for a buck a night!!!! Yea, there are homeless people here AND EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE ENTIRE CITY!! Welcome to ATL! And the prices might be a bit more than other places but you are paying for convenience people...it's easy in and easy out and right on my way to anywhere. If you want everything for rock bottom prices drive all the way to Wally World and take advantage of their roll backs, hope you don't have any plans for the next two hours cause thats how long that trip will take. Support your local business owners!! These people are as friendly as they get! Buddy's ROCKS!
