Mary Mac's Tea Room
Best Southern Table in Atlanta · GA
Atlanta's dining room since 1945
Mary Mac's Tea Room opened in 1945 when Mary McKenzie turned her Southern cooking into a living in post-war Atlanta, and it's the last of the sixteen 'tea rooms' that once dotted the city. Diners still fill out their own order tickets for fried chicken, country-fried steak, tomato pie, and pot likker with cornbread.
Now billed as 'Atlanta's Dining Room,' Mary Mac's has fed presidents, celebrities, and generations of locals from scratch-made recipes, its warren of dining rooms and genuine hospitality unchanged by eighty years of a fast-changing city.
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Why this business cleared the bar.
This record was published by The Centurion Awards from the public record. Selection follows the published criteria; Mary Mac's Tea Room met them on that evidence. The business can claim the listing or ask us to remove it.
- ✓Years in operation. Operating in Atlanta since 1945 — 80 years of continuous business.
- ✓Sustained online presence. An established local institution with a consistent public footprint — listings, coverage, and word of mouth in Atlanta.
- ✓Established customer track record. A deep public track record: Atlanta has kept Mary Mac's Tea Room busy for 80 years.
- ✓Liked by customers and the community. Genuinely beloved by Atlanta regulars and visitors alike — a bona fide community favorite.
- ✓Recognition in the local community. Named best Southern table in Atlanta for 2025 for eight decades of fried chicken, pot likker, and cinnamon rolls served with ceremony.
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The details, verified.
- Legal / trading name
- Mary Mac's Tea Room
- Category
- Restaurant
- Founded
- 1945, Atlanta, GA
- Location
- Atlanta, GA
- Centurion Award
- Best Southern Table in Atlanta — 2025
- Record last verified
- July 2026
Frequently asked questions.
What is Mary Mac's Tea Room?
The last of Atlanta's classic tea rooms, serving Southern dinners and complimentary pot likker since 1945.
Is Mary Mac's Tea Room award-winning?
Yes — Mary Mac's Tea Room is the 2025 Centurion Award winner for Best Southern Table in Atlanta, a verified, criteria-based award. Named best Southern table in Atlanta for 2025 for eight decades of fried chicken, pot likker, and cinnamon rolls served with ceremony.
Where is Mary Mac's Tea Room?
Mary Mac's Tea Room is in Atlanta, GA.
Every award, on the record.
Each Centurion Award is its own dated annual record, and staying current means clearing the bar again each new year. The verification above is from the latest published award. Open a year for that year’s citation.
2025 Centurion Award
Best Southern Table in Atlanta Atlanta, GA · Awarded under the 2025 evaluation View the 2025 award →Awards run one calendar year and renew only if the business clears the bar again. Selection is by published criteria, never for sale.
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