Mary Mac's Tea Room over the years

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Mary Mac's Tea Room over the years

Mary Mac's Tea Room in Midtown is one of Atlanta’s most endearing Southern restaurants, popular for its hospitality and food, including fried chicken, collards, mac and cheese, peach cobbler and yeast rolls. And sweet tea.

Mary Mac’s Tea Room, located in Midtown at 224 Ponce de Leon Ave.,is known for its food and its unique ambience. CONTRIBUTED BY JENNI GIRTMAN / ATLANTA EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY

Atlanta landmark Mary Mac's Tea Room on Ponce de Leon Avenue in 1979. And don't miss our gallery of Midtown in the '70s and '80s. (DWIGHT ROSS Jr/AJC staff) »» SEE MORE FLASHBACK FOTOS FROM THE AJC ARCHIVES.

One meal that makes Mary Mac’s Tea Room a classic is its fried chicken, shown with collard greens and mac and cheese. BECKY STEIN / SPECIAL

130502-ATLANTA-GA-Atlanta classic Mary Mac's Tea Room on Thursday May 2, 2013. Fried Chicken with collard greens, mac & cheese. (BECKY STEIN)

ATLANTA, GA.: From the Menu of: Mary Mac's Tea Room and the sweetest sweet tea with Michael Fuhrman Friday, November 28,2008. (Becky Stein/Special)

130502-ATLANTA-GA-Atlanta classic Mary Mac's Tea Room on Thursday May 2, 2013. (BECKY STEIN)

In this photo from 1998, some of the regulars at Mary Mac's Tea Room swapped stories during lunch. On left, front to back: Larry Jacobsen, Willis Jackson, Al Koch, John Post and James Reeder. On right, front to back: Edmund Hughes, Milton Vinson, Jim Griffith, and Neil Thomas. (CHARLOTTE B. TEAGLE/AJC Staff).

In an undated photo from the 1990s, former Mary Mac's owner Margaret Lupo greets Dorothy Barnett and John Ferrell during lunch time. Photo by W.A. Bridges Jr.

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Mary Mac’s Tea Room, located in Midtown at 224 Ponce de Leon Ave.,is known for its food and its unique ambience. CONTRIBUTED BY JENNI GIRTMAN / ATLANTA EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY