Is Mary Mac's Tea Room Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 9 Atlanta, Georgia
Current status
As of October 2026, Mary Mac's Tea Room is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: A Yelp business listing for Mary Mac's Tea Room, updated August 2026, shows the Atlanta restaurant active with current reviews through that month. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 9, Episode 11
- Address 224 Ponce de Leon Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA 30308
- Website marymacs.com
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 9, Episode 11
Best Thing I Ever Ate visited Mary Mac's Tea Room in the 'Let's Do Lunch' episode (S9E12), highlighting the Atlanta restaurant's Southern meat-and-three menu. Mary Mac's Tea Room is a longstanding restaurant at 224 Ponce de Leon Avenue NE in the Midtown area of Atlanta, Georgia. A Yelp business listing for Mary Mac's Tea Room, updated August 2026, showed the restaurant active with current reviews, according to Yelp. The restaurant's own website (marymacs.com) posted an hours-and-directions page confirming the Ponce de Leon Avenue address, and a Midtown Atlanta neighborhood business directory also listed Mary Mac's Tea Room as a current Midtown dining destination, according to midtownatl.com. No closure, relocation, or ownership-change notice appeared on the Yelp listing or the restaurant's website during the August 2026 check.
Food Paradise, Season 4, Episode 16 Aired
Food Paradise's (Travel Channel) 2013 episode "Soul Food Paradise" (S4E16) featured Mary Mac's Tea Room, a Southern meat-and-three restaurant on Ponce de Leon Avenue in Atlanta that has operated "Since 1945," according to its own website. A 2026-09-08 check of marymacs.com found the site live, carrying a 2026 copyright date and a working online ordering page.
The episodes
Also in Season 9
Season 9: 57 of 85 still open · 6 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 10Churro Co.
Open - Open
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Ep 11Cappy's
Open -
Ep 11Dad's Kitchen
Relocated -
Ep 11DiAnoia's Eatery
Open -
Ep 11Elsie's Plate & Pie
Open -
Ep 11Merrick Inn
Open - Closed
Nearest restaurants
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Best Thing I Ever Ate
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Gladys Knight & Ron Winans' Chicken & Waffles
Man v. Food
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Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
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Food Paradise
Open -
Food Paradise
Open -
Food Paradise
Open
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Sources we checked
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/mary-macs-tea-room-atlanta
- marymacs.com https://marymacs.com/
- midtownatl.com https://www.midtownatl.com/go/mary-macs-tea-room
- marymacs.com http://www.marymacs.com/
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Record btiea-0689 · checked by Cal Marchetti.