This small Ethiopian cafe and market serves a tight menu of dishes, including gored gored (marinated beef), kitfo (spiced beef tartar), tibs, and fresh defo dabo (honey bread). There’s tea, coffee, and pastries as well as doughnuts and muffins, too. The market sells a variety of Ethiopian products, spices, pantry items, and housewares.

PS-Asian has become a staple on the food scene since opening here five years ago at the Clarkston Village shopping complex. Head in for a mix of Burmese, Thai, and Chinese dishes, including the national dish of Myanmar — mohinga (fish soup with rice noodles) — along with bak kut teh (pork rib soup), char kway teow, and spicy Thai basil chicken. 

Among the go-to Clarkston Village restaurants and markets is Abyssinia Cafe & Restaurant, a charming and friendly spot serving traditional Ethiopian dishes alongside karkaday (Egyptian hibiscus tea) and superb coffee drinks and hot chocolate, too. Kick off the day with kita firfir (shredded injera braised in berbere) or breakfast ful with fava beans, served with red onions, green peppers, and scrambled eggs. Order awaze tibs (beef sauteed in onions, tomatoes, and barbere); fried tilapia dulet mixed with jalapeno, onion, and mitmita seasoning; or shiro normal, a chickpea stew simmered in berbere and Ethiopian butter.

Folks seeking homestyle Nepalese dishes like thenthuk(Tibetan noodle soup), bhatmas sadeko (soybean salad), chatpate (puffed rice snack), and momo (dumplings) stuffed with vegetables, pork, or chicken should pop over to this market on East Ponce. Head to the ordering window inside, then peruse the shelves for Nepalese snacks, cookies, and other products while waiting.

Just next door to Biryani Point at Clarkston Plaza, A Dong Market features a selection of South Asian foods, fresh herbs and ingredients, and other sundries. But make a beeline to the market’s small buffet-style restaurant serving Chinese, Thai, and Vietnamese dishes, including bowls of hot pho, lemongrass chicken, whole steamed fish with ginger and scallions, and pad thai.

Refuge Coffee Co. on East Ponce de Leon Avenue is a purpose-driven coffee shop with a mission to provide jobs, training, and a safe space for Clarkston’s refugee community. There’s a cozy seating area inside a converted 1960s service station, where customers can take drinks from the Refuge Coffee truck parked out front where the gas pumps used to be. (Owners Kitti and Bill Murray hope to outfit the space with a new kitchen soon.) It’s not unusual to find weekly food pop-ups and artist markets in the parking lot, too. Refuge also includes a location in Midtown. A third location is headed to Norcross.

Owned by Manna Samuel, this congenial little restaurant on East Ponce is painted in the colors of the Eritrean flag. Pull up for spit-grilled meats, shawarma platters, beef and chicken gyros, and comforting bowls of ful (fava bean stew). Make sure to order the falafel and, for dessert, the baklava. Note: Meats served at Merhaba Shawarma are halal. 

Yapar Shel and Roi San run this takeout business from their Clarkston home, serving tried-and-true Burmese dishes two days a week. Think rakhine mont di (rice noodles and catfish), mala steamed fish, and the traditional Burmese dessert shwe yin aye (sweet sticky rice, tapioca pearls, and pandan jelly noodles). Dishes from this pop-up cost between $7 and $12 and typically sell out quickly, so it’s best to order the minute a fresh menu drops each week. Follow Two Fish on Facebook for updates on menus and pickup times.