The closest grocery to downtown, the small market has the basic essentials, though from the Google view inside, seems to lack fresh produce and meat. Not a one-stop-shop, it is walking/biking distance from downtown, at just under a mile away.

The Boxcar Grocer is a mile south of downtown. A "health food" retailer and neighborhood grocer, the setting is charming, but the selection doesn't match a big-name outfit.

Publix at Piedmont and North Avenue is the closest big-name grocery to downtown. A mile-and-a-half north of Five Points, the store will contend with an influx of patrons as the neighborhood's population swells.

The Publix at Plaza Midtown is two miles due north of downtown. The store caters to the highrises and Georgia Tech students of the neighborhood.

Save-a-lot is located at the Mall at West End, a little more than two miles south of downtown. From the looks of things, it's easy to get a parking space, though for the downtown pedestrian, it would be quite a trek.

Located two-and-a-half miles south of downtown, Google describes the market as "a compact, bare-bones grocery store selling fruits & vegetables, meat, fish & packaged items."

Known as "Kroger Citi Center," the store is another contender for rebranding as "Beltline Kroger" as it sits adjacent to the under-construction Westside Trail. Three miles from downtown, there isn't all that much "Citi Center" about it.

The Publix on Ponce is located in located at the northern edge of Poncey-Highlands, more than three miles from downtown. For any urban resident without a car, it is all but too far.