🩷 ATL Women Do It Best: Local Businesses You Need on Your Radar

Atlanta women are doing it all — roasting coffee, running markets, styling interiors, slinging dishes, & building community one small business at a time.

This post isn’t just about shopping small. It’s about putting your coins where the creativity is; with ATL women who are leading the charge in food, art, design, wellness, & beyond.

Here are a few of my favorite women-owned businesses around the city, the ones I visit, recommend, & brag about.

The Round-Up

☕ BUT FIRST, COFFEE (& TEA)

  • Finca to Filter (O4W + Boulevard Heights)

  • JPresso Cafe (Hapeville)

  • Drip Thru Coffee (College Park)

  • Schāf Shop (Midtown)

  • Just Add Honey (O4W)

  • Audience Picks: The Reading Room

🍰 SWEETS & TREATS

  • Galette (Avondale Estates)

  • Little Tart Bakeshop (Grant Park / Summerhill / Krog)

  • The Creamy Spot (Pittsburgh Yards) | GOAP

  • Bakey Bakes

  • Audience Picks: Munster Cravings, Summit Sweets, TShay’s Table, Crumbles by Nicole

🐾 FOR PET PARENTS

  • Pittie & Pom

  • Bee’s Bark Bar

  • Park Pet Supply (EAV)

  • Audience Picks: Pet Care Concierge, Big Daddy Biscuits

🌿 PLANTS, FLORALS & HOME VIBES

  • Nourish Botanica

  • Bed Head Plants

  • Atl Flower Co

  • Pink Pothos (Pittsburgh Yards)

  • Flora Fauna (Cabbagetown)

  • Audience Picks: The Victorian (O4W / EAV), Shades of Green Permaculture

🎨 THE ARTS & CREATIVE COLLECTIVE

  • Living Walls

  • Metropolitan Studios (EAV)

  • Audience Picks: The Crux Collective, Lauren Lynn Media

✂️ ARTS, CRAFTS & MAKERS

  • ATL Glassworks (Adair Park at the MET)

  • Have Some More

  • Good To Know You

  • Grit Ceramic Studio (Sylvan Hills)

  • Audience Picks: Bad Mouth Tattoo, Bec Mahoney, Devil In the Details Beauty, Mari Vanda Ford, Revive Threads Co, Heather Greenway Jewelry, Abeile Creations, Wax Oil Wick, Untamed Aromas, Stitch Me Knott

📚 BOOKS & WORD NERDS

  • Charis Books & More (Decatur)

  • Virginia Highland Books (Virgina-Highland)

  • Bookish (EAV)

  • Brave + Kind Bookshop (Decatur)

  • The Book Cellar (Conyers)

🧖‍♀️ SELF-CARE & WELLNESS

  • Refij Aesthetics (Westside in Lee+White)

  • Future Perfect Healing

🚲 ADVENTURES & MOVEMENT

  • Musette ATL

  • Yoga ATL

  • Vesta Fit Boxing

  • Hops & Flow Yoga

🛍 SHOP LOCAL

  • Mother Lode (East ATL / Athens)

  • Space Queen (Candler Park)

  • The Beehive (Edgewood Retail District)

  • The Village Retail (Ponce City Market)

  • Audience Picks: Wander State Co, Msros Dance Closet, The Ballog, FK Consign / FK Furnishings

🍽 FOOD WITH A STORY

  • Beksa Lala (Pop-Up)

  • Slutty Vegan (Westview / Edgewood Ave O4W)

  • Soup Belly (Pop-Up + an excellent writer, check her out)

  • Jen Chan’s (Cabbagetown) | Mikkelson Market

  • Banshee (EAV)

  • Pastries A Go Go (Decatur)

  • Bar of Thailand (Midtown)

  • The Chai Box

  • Busy Bee Cafe (Vine City)

  • Heirloom Market BBQ (Cumberland)

  • Miss Conduck (Edgewood Ave in O4W)

  • Bomb Biscuit (Grant Park)

  • The Deer & Dove (Decatur)

  • El Ponce (Poncey-Highland)

  • Oreatha’s at the Point | Twisted Soul Cookhouse and Pours

  • Audience Picks: Casseroles, Kamayan ATL, Wahoo Grill, Hen Mother Cookhouse, The Corner Grille, Wada ATL, Heart & Seoul Café, Firepit Pizza

🍷 BEER, WINE & COCKTAILS

  • Beer Girl ATL (Hapeville)

  • 3 Parks Wine (Grant, Glenwood, Ormewood Park)

  • Commune ATL (Avondale Estates)

  • Burle’s Bar (O4W)

  • Dom Beijos (Kirkwood)

  • Press Shop (Summerhill)

🧼 OTHER LOCAL GEMS

  • Cabbagetown Cleaning Co.

  • Cabbagetown Creative Market

💬 FYI

This list started with my ATL community… y’all dropped your favorites, I added mine, & together we built something that proves women really do run this city.📍Save it, share it, & keep tagging your favorites. I’ll keep adding more as Atlanta’s women-owned scene grows.

Thank you for helping me create this.

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