ADD Drug Store

The food here is cheap. Like, stuck in a time-​warp cheap. Actually a lot of stuff, including the décor, seems stuck in a time-​warp. The food is ok, moreso a good deal than the most amazing stuff around.

Fantastic, old fashioned lunch counter! I come here often for a fun lunch with the family. The slaw dog is the best I’ve ever had!

Best old school lunch counter in Athens! Ate here a the time while in Athens ’88−92. Exterior has been updated since then but the lunch counter is pretty much the same taking me right back :)

This place is a blast from the past. You sit on classic stools and get my order taken from a sweet old lady. The food is decent, and incredibly cheap, with all the classic diner staples. This place gets pretty busy around lunch time, so go a bit early if you want a seat.

Unilocal did not fail me!
I go to earth fare on maybe a weekly basis. I would have never stopped by this place because well, I don’t see the point of going to a pharmacy if you aren’t sick/​have a prescription. The milkshake here was fantastic. rich and creamy. the cheeseburger wasn’t that great but it was only $ 1.75. The service was mediocre, but I did go near closing time (half hour before).

This old fashioned lunch counter is my new favorite lunch spot. Faye, Leslie and Donna are awesome. The atmosphere is nostalgic, the prices are so reasonable, and the food is very delicious! I love this local dining gem!

Go back in time with this great Athens dinner/​drug store/​gift shop/​post office. The food is at cheap is very filling. I love the grilled pimento cheese sandwich with tomato. If you order a cola they can add cherry flavor to it. Also this is where I go instead of a post office. There post office can do everything a normal post office can do but there are no lines and the staff is friendly.

Doesn’t get any better than this Athens classic.
Came here growing up and hopefully my kids can’t take their kids as well.
Our family loves the service, loves the food (nothing fancy — just typical lunch counter fare). A must visit in Athens.

VERY cheap lunch spot that’s straight out of the past. It’s a single counter diner located in the drug store that open until approx 5pm most days. I had the pimento grilled cheese sandwich with tomato and a cheese burger with tomato and lettuce, french fries and a milkshake. The whole meal was under $ 10. It’s got a parking lot right in front so it was super easy to park and pick up a quick lunch on the go. I was seriously shocked at how low the prices were — I mean they must not have changed that price board in decades. There were two very sweet women working when I went — the service was very prompt and my food came quickly.
All that being said, I def think it was a must-​visit for the unique-​ness factor, but the food wasn’t spectacular/​special. It was for sure a solid grilled cheese sammy and burger (think wendy’s 99cent cheese burger for size comparison).

Great lunch spot. Very very cheap, and very delicious. I had the pimento cheeseburger, which was fantastic. The toasted warm buns definitely add to the deliciousness. The french fries were freezer stock fries, but they fried them up so they were good. Sweet tea was fantastic.
Atmosphere is exactly what it says… a drug store. Except that it is a drug store that remains in the 1970s. Very quaint and enjoyable, especially with all the nic-​nacs around. Service is also very very nice and friendly. I’ll definitely return (multiple times) for lunch.

Nothing fancy but still has a cute atmosphere, very small town mom and pop place. Very cheap lunch spot. The women that work the counter are as sweet as can be to top it off.

Old school lunch counter in a drug store? What’s better than that? Umm nothing. You can get a sandwich, fries, and a milkshake for like eight cents. It’s ridiculous. And good.

I love this place! This is the best lunch deal in Athens, and not many people know about it. Got two fried eggs on my cheeseburger and some great fries for 5 bucks. Also fun to shop around while waiting, I found some interesting and unique things.

ADD Drug is my favorite lunch spot in Athens. Hidden next to Earthfare in Five Points this place features a lunch counter. The food is delicious and the ladies who work there are very friendly.
The price can’t be beat with lunch costing between $ 3 and $ 6. They have delicious grilled cheese, burgers, hot dogs, BLT’s and pimento cheese sandwiches. They use crushed ice for their drinks and their milkshakes are much cheaper and better than the Grill’s. It seems that every time I bring friends here the Fyer is broken though, so sometimes you can’t get french fries or their delicious fried chicken sandwich.
As a previous reviewer mentioned, they have a limited number of seats and it tends to fill up at lunch time during the week. I would either reccomend coming after 1PM or be prepared to wait, but you can browse around the drug store.

I love the ability to drop off my packages here at the USPS counter. ADD Drug stays open a lot later than the Post Office!
Plus, I met the store owner’s wife the other night (she’s fabulous!) while buying an Uga statue (Uga is the mascot for the University of Georgia, for those of you who aren’t from around here). ADD Drug has a great selection of UGA collectibles, so check it out!
I’m upping my rating to 5 stars, because this store is truly unique

Throwback joint with throwback prices! I’m a frequent visitor to Athens and I love this for a great, quick lunch. Yesterday, they had me at «cheeseburger with an egg on top». The fries are awesome. The staff is awesome. My egg cheeseburger, fries, a chicken salad sandwich with chips, two sodas — for under $ 10! Totally classic place. I gotta try a shake next time.

I’m sure a lot of people feel this way but… I feel like Add Drugs is MY Add Drugs. I grew up here. My parents get their precriptions filled here and I’ve been a regular at the counter since I was 5 years old.
My friend and I would walk down here, plop down on a stool and have a burger, fries and chocolate milk shake. for $ 5.
I like to pretend that they staged sit ins here back in the 60’s. Still got the same lunch counter style atmosphere that has kept this place hustlin for over 20 years.
Oh and for all you ice fans… Add Drugs has superb Ice.

I’ve been to heaven, and it tastes like a grilled pimento cheese sandwich from ADD Drug.
At ADD Drug, they take their ooey, gooey homemade pimento cheese and generously spread it between two slices of grocery-​store brand wheat sandwich bread. Then they slather the outside with butter, and finally the magic happens when it hits the grill. Even if you don’t like pimento cheese, I guarantee you will like this sandwich.
Apparently this place really fills up during lunch time, so I wholeheartedly recommend it for a late afternoon snack, or just a simple milkshake break. And oh that milkshake. It knocks the Grill’s version out of the water. They hand scoop them and make them right in front of you. The best part of the whole experience? The bill. Just over $ 4 for one of the best lunches I’ve had in recent memory.

You can’t tell it from the exterior — as is usually the case — but this pharmacy is actually a time machine. The space-​time continuum becomes unexpectedly flexible as you walk in the front door.
Right past the cash register and to the left of puzzles and toys is an old fashioned diner, replete with a milk machine, metal stools, deep fryers, and signed memorabilia.
I had a wonderful lunch here last week, consisting of a pimento cheese burger, a regular cheeseburger, fries, a coke, and a chocolate milkshake. The other diners, average age 6, seemed to approve of my selections. The pimento cheese burger was gooey and wonderful [and rang in at under $ 2.00!]. The chocolate milkshake was thick and bordering on a little too sweet, but as a dessert, was perfect.
Service was friendly and familiar, with patrons greeting the server/​cook/​milkshake maker by first name.
ADD Drugs is an institution and a wonder. There’s nothing like underage regulars sliding up to the counter and ordering snacks and drinks with their allowance to snap you out of your annoying postmodern apathy. They make a pretty mean grilled cheese, there, too.