Fwiw, my boys and I like Mama's Boy Restaurant for breakfast (biscuits and sausage gravy) and Cali N Tito's (El Sandwich Cubano [chicken], wings) for lunch or dinner.
https://www.accessatlanta.com/news/local/best-places-eat-drink-athens/dhtlGkPLTFmQeqtjV9ByNJ/
https://www.accessatlanta.com/news/local/best-places-eat-drink-athens/dhtlGkPLTFmQeqtjV9ByNJ/