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Take a tour of City Pharmacy in downtown Covington

An order of Peppered Pork Belly at City Pharmacy brings fatty, salty chunks glistening with a sorghum glaze over a pool of creamed leeks. Photo courtesy City Pharmacy

Credit: Yvonne Zusel

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An order of Peppered Pork Belly at City Pharmacy brings fatty, salty chunks glistening with a sorghum glaze over a pool of creamed leeks. Photo courtesy City Pharmacy
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Feb 2, 2018

Plenty of high-profile television and movie projects shoot in historic downtown Covington. But the current buzz about Covington is not about the screen. It’s about City Pharmacy, a restaurant that sits on the square in a 1920s building that was, indeed, a drugstore.

Take a tour of City Pharmacy below, and read more about the restaurant -- as well as Nic & Norman's, located in Senoia, home of "The Walking Dead," at myajc.com.

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About the Author

Yvonne Zusel has been with the AJC since 2010. She worked on the digital news and arts and entertainment teams before joining the food and dining team.

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