Mary Mac's Tea Room • 1945

The last survivor of sixteen tea rooms that flourished in 1940s Atlanta, Mary Mac's has served fried chicken, warm yeast rolls, and tomato pie from the same Ponce de Leon Avenue address since Mary MacKenzie opened the doors in 1945. What began as a humble 75-seat dining room in the shadow of World War II has expanded into a 13,000-square-foot landmark where scratch-made Southern classics still emerge from the kitchen. Order by penciling your choices on the paper ticket at your table, then wait for plates of pot likker, sweet tea, and whatever's calling your name that day.