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Mary Mac's Tea Room
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Mary Mac's Tea Room doors first opened in 1945 when Mary McKenzie decided to use her good Southern cooking to make money in the tough post-World War II days. In those days, a woman couldn't just open up a restaurant, so many female proprietors used the more genteel Southern name of "Tea Room." Ponce de Leon Avenue sported clanking trolley cars, the Atlanta Crackers Baseball team and tents serving ice cold watermelons. There were many ornate movie theaters like the Fox Theatre just down the street. And there were at least 16 other Tea Rooms around intown Atlanta with Mary Mac's being the only one of them left. Experience Southern hospitality and all the great soul food Atlanta has to offer at this amazing historic restuarant.
Mary Mac's Tea Room doors first opened in 1945 when Mary McKenzie decided to use her good Southern cooking to make money in the tough post-World War II days. In those days, a woman couldn't just open up a restaurant, so many female proprietors used the more genteel Southern name of "Tea Room." Ponce…
This restaurantis considered historic restaurant in the city of Atlanta. You have to come to see why!
Think sit down soul food, fried chicken, Mac and cheese. Very friendly staff. There is also some history to this place as it started right after the end of World War II, enterprising women in search of a living, some of them mothers widowed by the war, were establishing restaurants all over Atlanta.
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224 Ponce De Leon Ave NE
Atlanta, GA
Midtown Atlanta