Macon, Georgia Is an Iconic Southern City • There Are More Than 5,000 Hotel Rooms Just Waiting for You to Experience
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Quick Tips Macon, Georgia is an iconic Southern city • There are more than 5,000 hotel rooms just waiting for you to experience. Check available in Macon. The hotels are located in out these quick tips to make your time in five distinct areas we call clusters – Brickyard Macon unforgettable. Place, Ingleside Village, the Collegiate • You can purchase attraction and museum Center, Historic Downtown Macon, and River tickets online at VisitMacon.org, as well as Crossing. Most hotels have a set check-in book your hotel stay. You can also stop in time between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. to the I-75 Welcome Center or Downtown • Our largest festivals are the International Visitors Center for assistance. Cherry Blossom Festival, Mulberry Street Arts Festival, Fired Works, Pan-African Downtown Macon Festival, Bragg Jam, Macon Film Festival, 450 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. and the Ocmulgee Indian Celebration. Macon, GA 31201 • 478.743.3401 These events all take place from I-75 Welcome Center March to September. Two miles south of Exit 181 • Macon is a driving destination. It is best to Macon, GA 31029 • 478.994.8181 travel via car, since several of our attractions • The majority of our museums are open from are off the beaten path. Parking is free in 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Historic Downtown Macon, where both street Most historic homes and attractions open at parking and parking garages are available. 10 a.m. and close between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. • A free Electronic Vehicle Charging Station The last tours for the historic homes take is available in front of the Bibb County place one hour before closing. Courthouse, at the corner of Mulberry • The best days to experience Macon’s live and Second streets in downtown. entertainment and music are Thursday A Tesla charging station is located through Saturday. at our Downtown Visitors Center. 2 Book your hotel reservations online at VisitMacon.org or call 888.255.1214 Welcome Macon, Georgia is “Where Soul Lives” We invite you to explore our city and the amazing past we have preserved, and witness the future we are building. ich history, incredible architecture, stunning southern charm, and a soulful musical heritage have branded Macon “Where CONTENTS R Soul Lives.” 2 Restaurants History is everywhere in our city, from museums and historic homes to the Ocmulgee National Monument built by ancient Indian 7 Shopping tribes thousands of years before us. Tour the breathtaking architecture from the days of the Civil War that bring to life the stories of our past. 8 Attractions Our Southern charm can be seen in the friendly smiles of locals crossing the street, in the scent of 300,000 Yoshino cherry trees 17 Events blossoming in the spring, and in the soul food and farm-to-table 19 Downtown Map dishes of our restaurants. Macon is the city where music legends are born. Visit any one of 20 Macon Area Map our museums from The Big House where the Allman Brothers Band created Southern rock, to the Tubman Museum where Little Richard’s 22 Arts & piano that played so many soulful tunes is on display. Some legends Entertainment may be gone, but Macon is still the site of music legends in the making. On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights, you can catch a 26 Hotels live performance of local artists ranging from country to R&B. Meetings No matter your interest, find out where your Macon adventure will 31 take you. Learn more about what Macon has to offer at VisitMacon.org. 35 Tours View suggested itineraries or book hotel and attraction packages. Show us how you visit Macon! Be our fan on Facebook 36 Community or follow us on Twitter and Instagram using the hashtags Partners #maconmemories and #wheresoullives. Macon Travel Guide is published by 365 Degree Total Marketing/Great Southern Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 20568, St. Simons Island, GA 31522, 912.638.0780. Copyright ©2015 by Great Southern Publishers, Inc. Reproduction in whole or part without written permission is prohibited. Call 365 Degree Total Marketing for all your design and printing Beyond Full Circle Marketing needs, 800.697.5568 or 365DegreeTotalMarketing.com Find us on Macon,Georgia: Where Soul Lives 1 Lemongrass Thai Bistro Restaurants Food for the Soul . There’s no better place to feed your soul than in Macon. No matter the craving, you can find it here. nspire your senses at any number of our Brasserie Circa unique restaurants, each with their own 4420 Forsyth Rd.• 478.621.4140 I local flavor and story to tell. Comfort hotplatesrestaurantgroup.com yourself with the downhome cooking of This American brasserie, Circa has spirited fried chicken, collard greens, and meatloaf classic French and European influences. at H&H Soul Food. Grab a quick lunch at With its European neighborhood restaurant Nu-Way Weiners, one of the oldest and most feel, Circa offers extensive preparations of delicious hot dog stands in the country. Or seafood as well as a raw bar. dress up and enjoy a fine dining farm-to- table experience at Dovetail, where only the Buffalo Wild Wings freshest ingredients are served. 169 Tom Hill Sr. Blvd.• 478.475.1286 buffalowildwings.com Back to Edenz Beer, Wings, Sports. 3348 Vineville Ave.• 478.405.3336 backtoedenz.com The Downtown Grill Offering healthy alternatives to fit your 562 Mulberry Street Ln.• 478.742.5999 vegetarian and vegan needs. Takes macondowntowngrill.com reservations, walk-ins welcome, good for Prime cut Black Angus steaks, fresh fish groups, good for kids, take out, delivery filets and decadent desserts await at this and catering. English steakhouse. Extensive wine list; oak cigar humidor. Bearfoot Tavern 468 Second St.• 478.743.4645 Dovetail hotplatesrestaurantgroup.com 543 Cherry St.• 478.238.4693 With sports as the pulse of this dovetailmacon.com neighborhood tavern, the menu delivers Dovetail is the area’s first Farm-to-Table above and beyond what is expected in a restaurant, featuring entrees and desserts sports tavern. Personal TV in every booth, from local farms. Entrees change seasonally for the true sports fanatic. to offer the freshest ingredients. 2 Book your hotel reservations online at VisitMacon.org or call 888.255.1214 Restaurants Fish N’ Pig Georgia Bob’s Barbecue 6420 Moseley Dixon Rd.• 478.476.8837 - 4921 Riverside Dr. • Macon • 478.257.6570 fishnpig.com - 140 Cane River Dr. • Byron • 478.654.6682 Fresh seafood, hickory smoked barbecue - 116 W. Hancock St. • Milledgeville and a beautiful porch overlooking Lake 478.295.0696 Tobesofkee combine to create a unique and - 120 Howland Ave. • Warner Robins tasty atmosphere at Fish N’ Pig. 478.287.2108 - 1882 Russell Pkwy. • Warner Robins Francar’s Buffalo Wings 478.971.1341 1365 Linden Ave.• 478.741.3338 - 107 Perimeter Rd. • Perry • 478.224.1227 francarswings.com georgiabobs.com Francar’s has a large menu but their Georgia Bob’s Southern Barbecue offers specialty is wings and more wings. Don’t recipes evolved from a family heritage and miss the Red Velvet and Key Lime cakes the agricultural South, recipes that do not for dessert. Delivery, dine-in, take-out and compromise true Southern flavor. Cane River Winery is a wine tasting catering available. room and micro-winery next to Georgia Fountain of Juice Bob’s BBQ Company in Byron, GA, which 1602 Montpelier Ave. • 478.238.6151 specializes in Georgia wines and “Georgia fountainofjuice.it Grown” products. In a European market setting, Fountain of Ginger Stir Fry Juice proudly offers only the finest, freshest, 496 2nd St.• 478.254.8153 organic ingredients: Deitz & Watson meats, hotplatesrestaurantgroup.com NY Tribeca bread, and local produce This Mongolian stir-fry is a build-your-own whenever possible. fast casual Asian stir-fry. The menu has an Insta Follow us on and @MaconGASoul #maconmemories #wheresoullives 3 Restaurants assortment of classic Asian dishes. The real - 921 Hillcrest Blvd. • 478.743.1047 experience at Ginger however is being your - 148 Emery Hwy. • 478.743.7976 own chef. - 3990 Northside Dr. • 478.477.0533 H&H Soul Food - 6016 Zebulon Rd. • 478.474.5933 807 Forsyth St.• 478.621.7044 - 1762 Watson Blvd. • Warner Robins, GA H&H Soul Food serves the best Southern 478.929.4941 comfort food in Macon. Open for breakfast - 215 Russell Pkwy. • Warner Robins, GA and lunch, the best fried chicken in town is 478.923.5335 calling your name. - 3510 US Hwy. 341 • Ft. Valley, GA 478.825.8220 Ingleside Village Pizza nu-wayweiners.com 2395 Ingleside Ave.• 478.750.8488 Opened in 1916, this Macon institution is inglesidevillagepizza.com tied with Nathan’s as the oldest hot dog Locals swear this tasty joint cooks up the best stand in the United States. Come in for a pizza in town, and with a history being named famous hotdog, thick chocolate malt, the Macon’s Best Pizza, the proof is in the pan. mega-burger, and breakfast. Just Tap’d Ole Times Country Buffet st 488 1 St. • 478.599.9951 1343 Gray Hwy.• 478.743.1602 JustTapd.com oletimes.com Historic Macon’s newest upscale and trendy Whether you bring your family or casual taproom and growler fill station. gather with friends, Ole Times Country Lemongrass Thai Bistro Buffet is the perfect place for you! 442 Cherry St.• 478.257.6464 We offer a wide selection of Southern lemongrassthaibistro.com cooked food, made from only the Downtown Macon’s only restaurant offering highest quality products available unique Thai cuisines of tapas, sushi and in a cozy, inviting atmosphere. Thai favorites like the crispy duck. Popcorn Divine Margarita’s Mexican Grill 4641 Presidential Pkwy.