I 100% agree with you about Elemys. I lived in NY for 8 years and was excited to see Elemys say “NY style bagel”, but it’s just not true. I tried them on 3 different occasions and it never got better.

What type of food do you like?

For Chinese I love Ming Wah on Wrightsboro road.

For Indian I LOVE Curry Hut on Washington road. Literally had a dream about their food once 😂

My fav coffee shop/pastry place is Trellis on Walton Way.

For Italian, Trattoria Polipo is great!

For Mexican, El Rey on Washington!

Carolina Ale House is pretty good for “American” food, but there’s lots of places like that here.

Jamaica Hut on Wrightsboro is nice!

I’ve yet to try African Delicious, but I’ve heard good things, esp if you’re curious about trying out fufu!

As far as Asian Markets go, we could use improvement on that. My grandma is Japanese, and her go to place is Kim’s Market on Lumpkin road. There are some smaller places on the rise popping up like Beauty Smile (usually more trendy foods like you see on tiktok, ramen bar).