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How to spend a weekend in Clayton and get a slice of the good life

Take a weekend and roll up the North Georgia mountains

Fortify Pie is serving wood-fired brick oven pizza in downtown Clayton — a far cry from the greasy pies to which small-town Georgia might be accustomed. The ovens at Fortify Pi turn out crunchy crust, charred bits and big flavor.

CLAYTON 5.jpg — Fortify Pie is serving wood-fired brick oven pizza in downtown Clayton — a far cry from the greasy pies to which small-town Georgia might be accustomed. The ovens at Fortify Pi turn out crunchy crust, charred bits and big flavor.

Sipping a beer, leaning back from the sharp, clean table at Fortify Pi, the pizza place along Clayton’s main drag, a thought occurs: Who needs Atlanta?