{"id":233838,"date":"2025-10-07T12:19:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T16:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=233838"},"modified":"2025-10-10T08:07:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T12:07:30","slug":"top-autumn-stops-in-georgia-local-favorites-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=233838","title":{"rendered":"Top Autumn Stops in Georgia: Local Favorites Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Florida car dealership surveyed people about their favorite autumn stops in Georgia, and the results skip right past Starbucks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\ud83c\udf42 Why It Matters:<\/strong> The poll points to a preference for local spots over chains when Georgians chase that seasonal feeling \u2014 doughnuts in Cumming, coffee in Savannah, apples in the mountains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\ud83d\uddfa\ufe0f What Topped the List:<\/strong> Three independent businesses came out ahead in the survey commissioned by Gunther Volkswagen Delray Beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dutch Monkey Doughnuts in Cumming took first place. The shop draws lines once fall arrives, counters stacked with cinnamon-glazed rounds that locals treat like a small seasonal ritual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perc Coffee in Savannah landed second. The caf\u00e9 leans into spiced drinks and a cozy interior that makes autumn feel present even when Savannah&#8217;s weather hasn&#8217;t quite caught up. The cafe&#8217; is a great place to stop before going on a <a href=\"https:\/\/usghostadventures.com\/savannah-ghost-tour\/\">Savannah ghost tour<\/a> or one of the cities many other attractions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hillcrest Orchards in Ellijay claimed third. The mountain orchard becomes a full fall scene \u2014 apple picking, hayrides, families moving slowly through rows of trees as the hills shift color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\ud83d\ude97 The Bigger Context:<\/strong> The survey was part of a nationwide effort to map where people stop for what the dealership calls a &#8220;fall fix&#8221; \u2014 the coffee shops, bakeries, and orchards that become seasonal destinations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udcca The Sources:<\/strong><br>Survey data from Gunther Volkswagen Delray Beach<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Florida car dealership surveyed people about their favorite autumn stops in Georgia, and the results skip right past Starbucks. \ud83c\udf42 Why It Matters: The poll points to a preference for local spots over chains when Georgians chase that seasonal feeling \u2014 doughnuts in Cumming, coffee in Savannah, apples in the mountains. \ud83d\uddfa\ufe0f What Topped [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":29294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"behind","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[247],"tags":[12020,19343,19345,19344],"class_list":["post-233838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-georgia-places","tag-autumn","tag-dutch-monkey-doughnuts","tag-hillcrest-orchards","tag-perc-coffee","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=233838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=233838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=233838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=233838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}