Tea Leaf and Creamery's N Decatur Rd store is the brand's Druid Hills outpost — a mile from Emory's west gate and the closest real boba program to both the university and the CDC campus. The concept is identical to the Midtown Tech Square location: taiyaki-shaped ice-cream waffles served alongside a full boba menu built around milk teas, fruit teas, slushes, and cheese foam, with deep customization on sweetness and toppings. The mochi upcharge is worth it; the taro-and-taiyaki combo is the signature move.
What makes this store different from the Midtown sibling isn't the menu — it's the rhythm. The Decatur/Druid Hills location keeps full hours until 10pm Sun–Thu and 11pm Fri–Sat, which makes it one of the only after-dinner boba options on the east side of the Emory corridor. Student traffic rises sharply during reading periods and finals; afternoons and late evenings are the busiest windows. Seating is limited but the layout is more generous than the Midtown food-hall counter — there's actual room to sit with a drink.
The shop sits in the North Decatur Village shopping plaza on the south side of N Decatur Rd, closer in practice to Emory's back campus and the DeKalb County line than to Decatur's central square. Plenty of free surface parking and a patio for warm evenings. If you're on the Emory side of town and want boba, this is the default answer.
Practical notes: Cash and card. Walk-in only — no reservations. Delivery via Uber Eats, DoorDash, Grubhub. The Instagram handle @tealeafcreamery is the brand-wide account across all Tea Leaf and Creamery locations.