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Buford Highway is known as an international melting pot with restaurants and businesses that represent cultures from all over the world. Many of the shopping center signs have multiple languages.

Evey Wilson

The Buford Highway Corridor spans about 8 miles from Midtown Atlanta through Doraville to the DeKalb-Gwinnett line.

The corridor has been named Atlanta’s International Corridor by the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce, and is also home to thousands of small, family-owned businesses and restaurants.

It’s also an area of the city that’s been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.