Coffee & Treats in Buford

Welcoming guests from all walks of life, Red Sky Neighborhood Grill invites families to its booths, friends to its barstools, and coworkers to its tables to dine on a wide selection of American favorites. In the kitchen, cooks carve 14-ounce rib-eye steaks, fry shrimp, and grill Atlantic salmon. Sets of four mini cheeseburgers attempt to contain a house specialty sauce, and half-pound Angus burgers bathe in barbecue sauce topped with bacon or hoist melty pimento cheese. Guests enjoy all of this in an earth-toned dining room featuring a sprawling, colorful mural of hot air balloons filled with air from the mouths of politicians.

Boulder Creek Coffee a relaxing environment to relieve the stress of the day or simply chat with a friend over a cup of our premium roast and gourmet coffees. Along with Coffee and Tea we provide Lattes, Cappuccinos, and iced drinks as well. Be sure to come and enjoy our free wifi and hot coffee.

Dishing out 17 cupcake flavors to sugar-craving customers—including a special cognac-infused creation for rapper Ludacris—the patisserie artisans at Gimme Some Suga satiate sweet teeth with elaborate confections constructed daily with rich icings and fresh fruits. Soak up advice about life, love, and frosting from a bona-fide pastry chef in a 90-minute cupcake decorating class that includes a complimentary beverage and a Gimme Suga apron along with a batch of class-created goodies to take home. This dessert-adorning tutorial teaches students how to permeate sweets with flavorsome filling, shape fondant into ornate designs, and bedeck icing with simple items such as candy to create believable characters for edible renditions of Citizen (Candy) Kane. Those seeking abdominal edification over culinary education can select from a wide range of signature cupcakes, including the red velvet, a cream-cheese-topped delectable crafted from a secret family recipe, and the cookie-and-cream cupcake garnished with Oreo buttercream frosting (available individually for $2.75 each).

For more than 50 years, the sweet-treat crafters of The Baking Grounds Bakery Cafe have been churning out customized confectionaries in an old-fashioned, family-run boutique bakery. Dining duos can peruse the made-from-scratch lunch menu items before yodeling out orders, such as ham, turkey, or chicken-salad sandwiches. Bowls of homemade soup and sides of chips chime salty notes against epiglottises as a freshly baked cookie polishes off the meal with a sweet treat. The bakers of The Baking Grounds whip together freshly crafted cakes ($189–$1,500) for any special occasion, from weddings and anniversaries to graduations from light-pole-climbing school. After discussing designs with a friendly cake constructor, batter bases will be poured from chosen flavors, such as marble, lemon pound, or chocolate-almond pound, which can be encased around cake filling, such as apricot or cannoli. A fondant-free layer of buttercream icing crowns the confectionary masterpiece with delicious icing flavors and skillfully applied swirls and flower cake designs to fill cheek caves.

Serving up authentic, organic fare, Lucci's Little Italy hosts a Mediterranean menu medley of fresh and fragrant pizza, pasta, and authentic Italian desserts. Revel in a rotund cup of fagioli soup ($2.95), or calm surly stomachs with a crostini-kissed prosciutto salad, with Italian ham, mozzarella, fresh tomato, and basil oil on a crunchy bed of romaine ($9.95). Unlike baked Alaska, baked pastas such as oven-baked lasagna ($8.95) and baked ziti ($8.95) do not require taste buds to hitchhike through Canada. Pizza disks arrive in 7- and 10-inch formats, loaded with meatballs ($6.95/$9.95), chicken-pesto displays ($8.95/$11.95), and chicken alfredo, spinach, and dried-cranberry combinations ($9.85/$12.95).

The crackerjack oven operatives at La CupCakerie whip up a staggering selection of freshly crafted cupcakes daily. Patrons can sate sweet teeth with classic cupcakes that include banana, peanut butter, chai latte, and mocha ($2 each). Spice up celebratory shindigs and new-couch ribbon-cuttings with booze-infused cupcakes packed with intoxicating shots of Guinness or apple-flavored vodka ($2.75). Gluten-free cupcakes ($3) are also available, and although not included in today's Groupon, La CupCakerie's confectionary specialists also assemble an epic assortment of cakes, breads, bagels, and model racecars crafted with caramel glue guns.