Nighthawk Tavern — Restaurant in Dahlonega

My mom and I have a goal to eat at every restaurant in the Dahlonega Square. Yesterday, we tried Nighthawk Tavern. I’m not a fan of greasy tavern food, but to my surprise, it wasn’t like that! I’m going to tell you a secret that only the locals know about regarding this place. 💛🌮 Try it, and I promise you, you’ll thank me.

Here’s the story ~ The place two doors down from this restaurant is a pottery shop. The guy who owns it is a very eccentric, very nice, local celebrity type. He’s almost always sitting in the back of his shop molding a new pot or cup or whatever. It’s fun to watch. It always reminds me of that movie “Ghost” from 1990. 💗

Anywho, he walks down to Nighthawk Tavern all the time for lunch. They have something on the menu called “fried avocado tacos,” and he has them make those his own special way. He swears that they are to live for!

We tried them yesterday, and he was right. They were freaking DELICIOUS! 😋 His custom tacos aren’t on the menu, so you have to order them special. Just ask them to slice fresh avocados, and don’t fry them. Just leave them on the tacos fresh, and keep all the other components of the taco the same.

Or, to make it even easier, you can just tell them that you’d like to order the avocado tacos like the pottery guy orders them. 💗 They’ll know exactly what you mean (I guess a lot of people take his advice and order them that way).

In my picture below, there are two baja shrimp tacos (also very good) and one avocado taco (the best!!!). The service was great also. The servers there are likely college students. 💛 This place gets a thumbs up from us. Thank you and we’ll definitely be...

The food was worth coming back for, pizzas (all thin-crust) were thoughtfully assembled and well-cooked. Wings were tasty, we had the spicy honey flavor and would hope to see a few more options as time goes on. Parmesan and crushed red pepper flakes came in packets, seemed like a bit of an afterthought for dining in and more geared towards takeout.

Service was friendly but a bit flighty and disorganized. A few bar patrons were obnoxiously loud, it was almost difficult to hold a normal conversation until they left as we were sat behind the bar. Not really the restaurant's fault, this building has always seemed to amplify noise but I'd suggest going for a seat closer to the front windows if you want a more relaxed experience.

All in all we are happy to have another viable option on the square as there are few restaurants in town that deliver consistent, quality food. Spirits has been our go-to, but we will visit Nighthawk again and hope to see...

Each time we visit our daughter at UNG we have to stop here to eat! We HAVE tooooo!!! I always get the Gyro with an extra Taz sauce! I have yet to find a wrap this good. It’s packed full with some serious lamb gyro meat! The best I’ve ever had! The Taz sauce is thick and soooo gooooood :). You can dip your fries in it too and throw the ketchup out the door! The fries are the lightly battered style, like Checkers has…they cook them perfectly and serve them fresh and hot. Plus, once you dip it into the Taz sauce it turns into GOLD! The staff here are usually nice college kids who actually are very energetic, polite, and they will tell you their menu faves! D town is a great place too. Come up for the weekend, enroll your kids at UNG (awesome college and campus!) and now you have an excuse to go trout fishing, visit d town, and get the BEST EVER GYRO at...