PHOTOS: Weekend in Clayton, Georgia: Uncover hip restaurants, new bars, boutique shopping

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Bridge Creek Inn “The town has always been charming, the town has always been nice,” Tyler Caswell from the Bridge Creek Inn said. “Those beautiful lakes have always been there. Those beautiful mountains have always been there. The potential has always been there. About 10 years ago or so, I would say kind of a hip, modern vibe started popping up in all these different businesses. Different business owners started turning over. Now, you’ve got this really cool exciting, kind of progressive town with awesome food, art galleries, clothing boutiques, outfitting shops (and) guide shops.” (Bridge Creek Inn)

Bridge Creek Inn “Availablity, affordability, accessibility is our thing,” Caswell noted. “We’re really only 90 minutes from Atlanta. You’re not going to break the bank with our room rates. And that doesn’t go (just) for (the Bridge Creek Inn). that goes for the whole town. It’s affordable and it’s easy to get to, and it’s surrounded by incredible natural resources.” (Bridge Creek Inn)

Of These Mountains “We’re a vibrant, small town,” Kendall Rumsey from Of These Mountains said. “We embrace our heritage here. We love the history of our town. As you walk through town, you’ll see old buildings that were built in the early 1900s, but those buildings are now incorporated by vibrant, young businesses like mine, that bring a whole new vibe to downtown.” (Of These Mountains)

Highroads Tasting Room “Jabe Hilson’s wines measure up to wines around world,” Price noted. “We do carry his and feature his wines, and do tastings of his wines and meads, but they measure up to those mountain region wines in Southern France, Northern Spain and Chile. We carry wines from those areas, too. And we would love for (visitors) to take a flight and compare our local wines with those wines and you’ll see that Rabun County is doing a good job with winemaking.”

Street festival in downtown Cleveland “This the best place that you can imagine doing anything that you can do outdoors,” Mayor Cannon said. “You can leave the town and go hiking, whitewater rafting, mountain biking, fishing, anything that you can imagine outdoors. We have the most beautiful lakes in the state, in the southeast, with Lake Rabun and Lake Burton, but then you can come into town at night and have the best dinner that you can find in the southeast.” (Nelson Hicks)

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