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Husband M, son K and I went to his young cousin's wedding in Atlanta in late May over 4 days. We had a great time in Atlanta, mostly eating which is what we enjoy. We got around by walking or taking ubers which are reasonably priced, the highways are large and busy, hotel parking is expensive.
We stayed at Staybridge Suites in Midtown Atlanta. It shares the building with the Crown Plaza hotel. The shower backed up in the first suite we were given but after we complained we got a lovely suite with a working shower. Albeit there are no safes in the hotel. We were able to store our passports with the Crown Plaza in their safes near front desk.
Son K loved the view of the city from our 20th floor suite. Not to mention it overlooks the busy highway and there was never a dull moment. Sirens, police car chases at all hours of the night, you name it. Toronto is very calm in comparison to this large city. Oh there is a full free breakfast every morning 6.30-930 am during the week, 730 - 1030 am on weekends. Bacon, eggs, hash brown potatoes, oatmeal, fruit, waffles, coffee...
Atlanta is in the South so I wanted to try southern food. I had watched many youtube videos about
Mary Mac's Tea Room, so I had our order all planned out as pictured below. The
Pot Likker soup is complimentary for first time visitors. It comes with Cracklin' cornbread which has chopped pork rinds in it.
Each entree comes with 2 sides, I outlined our choices below. There was also a basket of rolls and cornbread. We shared a peach pie dessert with vanilla ice cream. Yes, we finished the dessert and took leftovers back to our hotel. It is a lot of delicious fried food, on the salty side. The collard greens and cheese grits weren't our favourite,
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| Pot Likker with Cracklin' Bread |
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| Cracklin' Bread broken into the soup |
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| Fried Green Tomatoes |
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| Fried Chicken Tenders, Collard Greens with cracklin' cornbread, Macaroni and Cheese |
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| Chicken and Dumplings, fried green tomatoes, cheese grits |
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| Four-piece Fried Chicken, broccoli souffle, fried okra |
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| Peach Pie with vanilla ice cream |
23 comments:
The tea is fantastic. I normally enjoy this sort of treats.
Looks like u had a great time !
Awesome that you all had a good time!
Looks like a wonderful time! Great that you got to try the Tea Room! Looks like some delicious food I would only want to try once a year. Love the photos of the city too!
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Great foods. Have a nice day.
Sounds like a fun and delicious trip! Hugs, Valerie
Wow, it's amazing! I just love it and would enjoy the whole experience.
Looks like the food would be worth the whole trip.
Glad you had a nice time with your family. My O My the food you posted surely put a smile on my face. I've made corn bread but i've never done it with the pork rind in it . Thanks for linking to SSs
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I'm glad your experience in downtown Atlanta was such a good one, Christine. Danny and I won't go anywhere near the downtown area any more. We do have some good restaurants up our way that serve traditional Southern food like Mary Mac's. I'm glad you got to experience that historical eatery!
What an awesome trip. Loved how you shared the adventure, and the food!!!
The food displayed on your post made my mouth water.
I love fried green tomatoes and also green tomato pie.
Coffee is on, and stay safe.
Martha I didn't realize you were so close by!
Bella bista me dio ganas de la comida. Te mando un beso
I have never been to Atlanta. That looks like a lot of fun and so many delicious things to try.
great place and good food....
thank you for sharing photos and details
20th floor is really high wow ,great view
i am glad you enjoyed the trip and was able to eat your favorite food as well :)
Oh yum and what a beautiful view of the city!
I never stayed in Atlanta, but I drove through there to take a photo of the state capitol.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who is not a fan of grits. I don't care what you add to them, they are still yucky. I DO like fried green tomatoes and woould love to try that cracklin' bread.
Collard Greens are one of my favorite things to eat!
That was good thinking to plan ahead. Looks delicious.
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