Cabbagetown Neighborhood Guide

Cabbagetown is one of Atlanta's most visually distinct neighborhoods, defined by its tightly packed rows of colorful shotgun houses, the iconic murals of the Krog Street Tunnel, and a DIY spirit that has outlasted several waves of city development. Anchored by Oakland Cemetery to the west and the BeltLine Eastside Trail to the south, the neighborhood is genuinely walkable in a way that feels earned rather than engineered, with local bars, small studios, and community gardens filling the gaps between historic mill worker cottages. The old Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill complex to the north is a reminder of the neighborhood's working-class industrial roots, which still shape its identity even as the surrounding area has shifted. Residents here tend to be fiercely attached to the neighborhood's gritty character, and that loyalty shows up in everything from the Halloween celebrations at Oakland Cemetery to the ongoing debate over whether Cabbagetown and Reynoldstown are really two separate places at all.