*To be fair, we didn’t actually make it to Underground Atlanta. We ended up leaving.
I had wanted to go to Underground Atlanta for a while now, but for some reason, we never made it there. So after we finished at the Georgia Aquarium, I thought we would check it out. I really couldn’t get a bead on what it really was. One website touted it as a historic site. Another said it was essentially an underground mall. A few consumer reviews said it was pretty much in “the ghetto.” But the website for the aquarium said that Underground Atlanta offered unique shopping, dining, and entertainment.
When we left the parking garage, the place didn’t look very “touristy.” Normally, that wouldn’t bother me, but this place sort of seemed that it would be a tourist place, so that is what I was expecting. We also knew we had to go down, since it was Underground, but we couldn’t find any way to do that. Just steps all over the place. And some panhandlers. We found a map/directory with a list of stores, but the stores didn’t seem like “unique” shopping that I was expecting. Most of the clothing stores were for “urban clothing” or menswear. That’s fine if that is what you are looking for, but not me. There were also a few shoe stores, a store that sold flags, some jewelry stores, etc. Here is a list of the shops from the Underground Atlanta site. I would have liked to visit the Atlanta souvenier store, but wasn’t going to go through all that trouble to get there. http://www.underground-atlanta.com/shopping/shops.html
So we decided to leave. If we didn’t have Lucca, maybe we would’ve had strolled through to see what it was about, but it was harder than heck to get around with a stroller, and there was some event going on that added to the confusion. Considering that parking still cost us $6, and our first impression wasn’t very good, we probably won’t go back. But maybe I am completely wrong and it is a really cool place. Let me know if I am. The website makes it look really neat, but I just didn’t see the same thing when I was there.
Tags: Atlanta, dining, Georgia, shopping, Underground Atlanta, urban
