Comments on: 30 Restaurants in 30 Days: Mary Mac’s Tea Room

By: Mary MackDaddy

Mary MackDaddy — Wed, 26 May 2010 13:36:08 +0000

Oh sorry thought this was McDonald’s

By: Mary MackDaddy

Mary MackDaddy — Wed, 26 May 2010 13:34:27 +0000

Even I won’t eat the food there. Our cook goes out and gets fresh road kill every day. The freshest. We never change the grease, because we’re comfortable with it. None of us wash our hands which gives it that great just took a dump taste.MMMM good!!!!

By: John Kessler

John Kessler — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:52:01 +0000

Hey, Judy – Thanks for writing! I wish I had known her, too. From everything I’ve heard, she sounded like an amazing person.

By: Judith Lupo Wold

Judith Lupo Wold — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:46:39 +0000

John: SInce you have not been in Atlanta “forever”, you never had the pleasure of meeting my mother, Margaret Lupo who owned and operated Mary Macs Tearoom from the early 1960’s until her death in 1998. Mother was at the “tearoom” every morning around 6 (not home till 10 pm). She personally tasted everything on the steam table (with clean spoons of course) for quality…she was a hands on owner-operator. My father, who was in the produce business for many years in Atlanta, personally visited the farmer’s market daily, choosing vegetables from “produce row.” String beans were snapped by the bartender, at the bar, during slow hours. Mary Mac’s was a place where folks from politicians to bridge clubs (sometimes lined up outside the door) met for lunch or dinner–the food was excellent and the prices fair. Food is very personal to southerners, as shown from some of your comments on the blog. Thanks for allowing people to share their thoughts. I wish you had known Mom.

By: Sociologist

Sociologist — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:30:06 +0000

Fear not, Mr. Kessler: I have done extensive research in this field and the median IQ of someone saying “Delta is ready when you are” is 93.

By: John Kessler

John Kessler — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:06:23 +0000

Robert — you mean there’s better barbecue than Sonny’s?
::::ducks, runs for cover::::

By: Robert Coram

Robert Coram — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:32:50 +0000

Reasoning by analogy is fraught with peril, and nowhere is that more obvious than in your comment you can review Southern food in the same way you review Thai food. Would you be so confident of reviewing Thai food if you lived in Thailand? Mexican food if you lived in Mexico? A better answer would have been that you review Southern food because it is your job. But the real problem is that you still don’t know squat about some Southern foods, i.e., barbecue. Southerners sense this. And you would be bette served by not being flip and throwing up the Thai diversion, and, instead, saying you are in a land you will never understand. You will get some things wrong, but you will, at least, have remained honest, and readers will bend over to help you better understand.

By: To the piont.....

To the piont..... — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:58:19 +0000

It truly sounds like most of you have not been to MM recently. It has definely improved in the last year. Some of you sound like your a 6 year old kid lashing out at a landmark in this city. I have been going to MM for over 10 years and I too have had some disappiont there in the past. But not latley. Whatever they are doing now they are on the right track!

By: John Kessler

John Kessler — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:34:01 +0000

Doug – I think graduates of Williams College everywhere will agree that while you learn many wonderful things there, eating well is not among them. No, my food snobbery was formed right here in Atlanta. I am, for the record, a big fan of the food at Matthew’s in Tucker and the Busy Bee Cafe on the West End.

By: CC

CC — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:46:15 +0000

I’m a Yankee, and the only time I have ever been served cinnamon yeast rolls like my mother used to make was at Mary Mac’s Tea Room. They transport me home, and I love the fried chicken too!