Little Five Points

The Lay of the Land

Little Five Points is a few blocks of independent shops around the corner of Euclid Ave and Moreland Ave: Euclid Ave NE from Moreland Ave to Austin Ave, and Moreland Ave NE from Mansfield Ave to Euclid Ave. You can walk all of it in an afternoon. Street parking mixes free, time-limited and paid spaces, and private lots are customers-only, so read the signs. Junkman’s Daughter has its own free lot on Moreland Ave, and MARTA’s Inman Park/Reynoldstown station (Blue and Green lines) is a 10–15 minute walk away.

Vintage and Costumes on Moreland Ave

Moreland Ave holds the big vintage stores. Junkman’s Daughter (464), an alternative department store in a former grocery, sells clothing, shoes, band and movie tees, wigs, tarot, incense and pins across a huge floor. Its flying-saucer awning has been replaced by a facade mural from Atlanta folk artist Kyle "BlackCatTips" Brooks, with an easter egg honoring the old UFO. Psycho Sisters (428) sorts its vintage and costume racks by era, from 1920s flapper and 1960s hippie to 1970s disco and 1980s rocker looks, and adds festival wear.

The Clothing Warehouse (420) color-sorts vintage tees, denim, flannels, leather jackets and cowboy boots, and keeps a separate rare-vintage selection. Around the corner on Euclid Ave, Rag-O-Rama (1111) sells recycled classic, current and vintage clothing and buys clothes daily from 11am to 7pm, so bring a bag of resale-ready pieces to trade in. All sales there are final, with no returns or exchanges.

Records, Crystals and Everything Else

The record stores make an easy loop. Wax 'n' Facts has sold new and used vinyl since 1976, along with CDs, cassettes, turntables and tees, and owner Danny Beard has revived its DB Records label. Criminal Records (1154-A Euclid Ave NE) pairs vinyl with comics, posters and band tees and hosts in-store performances and talks. Moods Music covers soul, neo soul, acid jazz, rare grooves, house and hip-hop, with a dedicated vinyl LP room.

The rest of Moreland Ave is a run of specialists. Abbadabba’s Cool Shoes (421B) has sold Dr. Martens, Birkenstock and Blundstone here since 1981, and Stratosphere Skateboards (466) has sold decks and skate shoes since 1986. Turtle Island Trading (419) sells silver and copper jewelry by Indigenous artisans, and Kiss and Ride (483) is a queer-centered sexual wellness shop with books, zines and gifts. On Euclid Ave, Crystal Blue (1168) has sold stones, tarot decks and singing bowls since 1985, and Tees Essentials (1130) does natural body care with custom scent matching.

Eating Between Shops

Fuel stops sit right in the strip: Aurora Coffee, Arden’s Garden for cold-pressed juice and vegan bowls, and Sevananda Natural Foods Market, a consumer-owned co-op open to all, with a rotating ready-to-eat menu. For a sit-down meal, The Vortex Bar & Grill serves oversized burgers under strict house rules, and The Porter Beer Bar pairs a large beer list with fish and chips and bratwurst.

Niramish Fine Indian Dining is mostly takeout, with butter chicken the dish to order. Little Five Points Diner does breakfast and lunch, known for potato cakes and grits. Head down Moreland Ave for Wrecking Bar Brewpub, in an early-1900s house with a stone-walled basement dining room, or Whoopsie’s, a MICHELIN Bib Gourmand pick with a daily protein and sandwich of the day.

When to Go

Most shops open between 11am and noon and close around 7pm. Psycho Sisters is open every day of the year, 10am to 9pm (10pm in summer), and Rag-O-Rama is open daily until 9pm, so they make good late stops. Junkman’s Daughter is closed Tuesday, Kiss and Ride opens Wednesday to Sunday, and Wax 'n' Facts opens daily from 1pm to 6pm. Moods Music, Tees Essentials and Aurora Coffee don’t post hours, so call ahead. October brings the Little Five Points Halloween Parade, the neighborhood’s biggest yearly event; the date shifts, so check before you go.