Mary Mac's Tea Room

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Mary Mac's Tea Room
Interior of Mary Mac's Tea Room
Location in Atlanta
Restaurant information
Established	1945 (1945)
Owner(s)	Harold Martin Jr.
Street address	224 Ponce de Leon Avenue NE Midtown
City	Atlanta
County	Fulton
State	Georgia
Country	United States
Coordinates	33°46′22″N 84°22′48″W / 33.772907°N 84.379996°W / 33.772907; -84.379996
Website	www.marymacs.com

Fried chicken, fried okra and mac & cheese from Mary Mac's Tea Room in Atlanta

Outside the front of Mary Mac's Tea Room in Atlanta

Mary Mac's Tea Room is a historic restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia, serving Southern cuisine. The restaurant is located in the Midtown district at 224 Ponce de Leon Avenue NE. The current owner is Harold Martin Jr.^[1]

History[]

Mary MacKenzie opened the restaurant in 1945. Just after World War II, enterprising women in search of a living, many of them widowed by the war, were establishing restaurants throughout Atlanta. Calling their establishments "tea rooms" was a polite way of elevating their endeavor. The restaurant is known for continuing the cooking traditions of MacKenzie and her successor, Margaret Lupo, who owned the Tea Room from 1962 until 1994. The restaurant was mentioned in the Designing Women episode The Women of Atlanta, wherein Julia (Dixie Carter) made mention of "The Blue-haired ladies that play Bridge over at Mary Mac's Tea Room" as a possible photographic subject for a magazine.^[2]

Cuisine[]

Mary Mac's serves classic Southern cuisine.^[3]

See also[]

• Culture of Atlanta
• Tourism in Atlanta

References[]

External links[]

• Mary Mac's Tea Room Website

Coordinates: 33°46′21″N 84°22′47″W / 33.772405°N 84.379597°W / 33.772405; -84.379597