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Frances Virginia Tea Room
The Frances Virginia Tea Room was a dining establishment in Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, open from 1927 to 1962. Founded and owned by Frances Virginia Wikle Whitaker, an experienced dietician, the restaurant was exceptionally popular. Staff served around 2,000 people daily- an estimated 1% of Atlanta's population at the time. History The Frances Virginia Tearoom was originally opened on Poplar St, but on May 29, 1932, Whitaker moved the operation to the Collier Building at the corner of Peachtree Street, Peachtree and Ellis.Yates, Hollis P. "Women Restaurant Owners of 'Meat & Threes': The Intersection of Gender and Labor in the Southern Food Industry." Master's thesis, University of Georgia, 2017. The billboard featured an Art Deco style silhouette of Frances, along with a pink-and-green neon sign advertising the name. This color scheme continued through the restaurant, referring to Atlanta's many Cornus, dogwood trees. The new location included 350 seats and featured sound-absorbin ...
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Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georgia, Fulton County and extends into neighboring DeKalb County, Georgia, DeKalb County. With a population of 520,070 (2024 estimate) living within the city limits, Atlanta is the eighth most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast and List of United States cities by population, 36th most populous city in the United States according to the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census. Atlanta is classified as a Globalization and World Cities Research Network#Beta +, Beta + global city and is the principal city of the much larger Atlanta metropolitan area, the core of which includes Cobb County, Georgia, Cobb, Clayton County, Georgia, Clayton and Gwinnett County, Georgia, Gwinnett counties, in addition to Fulton and DeKalb. ...
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Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe global economic downturn from 1929 to 1939. The period was characterized by high rates of unemployment and poverty, drastic reductions in industrial production and international trade, and widespread bank and business failures around the world. The economic contagion began in 1929 in the United States, the largest economy in the world, with the devastating Wall Street stock market crash of October 1929 often considered the beginning of the Depression. Among the countries with the most unemployed were the U.S., the United Kingdom, and Weimar Republic, Germany. The Depression was preceded by a period of industrial growth and social development known as the "Roaring Twenties". Much of the profit generated by the boom was invested in speculation, such as on the stock market, contributing to growing Wealth inequality in the United States, wealth inequality. Banks were subject to laissez-faire, minimal regulation, resulting in loose lending and wides ...
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Restaurants Disestablished In The 20th Century
A restaurant is an establishment that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services. Restaurants vary greatly in appearance and offerings, including a wide variety of cuisines and service models ranging from inexpensive fast-food restaurants and cafeterias to mid-priced family restaurants, to high-priced luxury establishments. Etymology The word derives from the early 19th century, taken from the French word 'provide meat for', literally 'restore to a former state' and, being the present participle of the verb, the term ''restaurant'' may have been used in 1507 as a "restorative beverage", and in correspondence in 1521 to mean 'that which restores the strength, a fortifying food or remedy'. History A public eating establishment similar to a restaurant is mentioned in a 512 BC record from Ancient Egypt. It served only one dish, a plate of cereal, w ...
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1927 Establishments In Georgia (U
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Restaurants Established In 1927
A restaurant is an establishment that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and Delivery (commerce), food delivery services. Restaurants vary greatly in appearance and offerings, including a wide variety of cuisines and Customer service, service models ranging from inexpensive fast-food restaurants and cafeterias to mid-priced family restaurants, to high-priced luxury establishments. Etymology The word derives from the early 19th century, taken from the French language, French word 'provide meat for', Literal translation, literally 'restore to a former state' and, being the present participle of the verb, the term ''restaurant'' may have been used in 1507 as a "restorative beverage", and in correspondence in 1521 to mean 'that which restores the strength, a fortifying food or remedy'. History A public eating establishment similar to a restaurant is mentioned in a 512 B ...
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Restaurants In Atlanta
The following is a list of notable restaurants in Atlanta, in the U.S. state of Georgia: * Ann's Snack Bar * Antico Pizza * Atlas * Bacchanalia * Bread & Butterfly * The Busy Bee Café * The Chastain * Evergreen Butcher and Baker * Fellini's Pizza * FLIP Burger Boutique * Hayakawa * Junior's Grill * Lazy Betty * Mary Mac's Tea Room * Mellow Mushroom * Moe's Southwest Grill * Mrs. Winner's Chicken & Biscuits * Mujō * Nàdair * O by Brush * Omakase Table * Roly Poly * La Semilla * Shane's Rib Shack * Staplehouse * Taco Mac * The Varsity * The Vortex Bar & Grill See also * List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Atlanta {{Lists of restaurants Restaurants Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ... ...
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Mary Mac's Tea Room
Mary Mac's Tea Room is a restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia, serving Southern cuisine. The restaurant is located in the Midtown district at 224 Ponce de Leon Avenue NE. The current owner is Harold Martin Jr. History Mary MacKenzie opened the restaurant in 1945. Just after World War II, enterprising women in search of a living, many of them widowed by the war, were establishing restaurants throughout Atlanta. Calling their establishments "tea rooms" was a polite way of elevating their endeavor. In 1945, Mary Mac's was one of 16 tea rooms in the city, and as of today it is the only one that remains. In 1962, Mary Mac's became one of Atlanta's first integrated restaurants in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement. The restaurant is known for continuing the cooking traditions of MacKenzie and her successor, Margaret Lupo, who owned the Tea Room from 1962 until 1994. It has hosted many famous visitors, including Dalai Lama, John Lewis, James Brown, Beyonce, Hillary Clinton, Alan Jack ...
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Teahouse
A teahouse or tearoom (also tea room) is an establishment which primarily serves tea and other light refreshments. A tea room may be a room set aside in a hotel, especially for serving afternoon tea, or may be an establishment that only serves cream tea. Although the function of a tea room may vary according to the circumstance or country, tea houses often serve as centers of social interaction, like coffee houses. Some cultures have a variety of distinct tea-centered establishments of different types, depending on the national tea culture. For example, the British or American tea room serves afternoon tea with a variety of small snacks. East Asia Throughout China and Japan, a teahouse ( Chinese: , or , ; Japanese: ; Standard Nepali: ''chiya ghar'' ()) is traditionally a place which offers tea to its customers. People gather at teahouses to chat, socialize and enjoy tea, and young people often meet at teahouses for dates. The Guangdong (Cantonese) style teahouse ...
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Cuisine Of The Southern United States
The cuisine of the Southern United States encompasses diverse food traditions of several subregions, including Indigenous cuisine of the Americas, cuisine of Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands, Southeastern Native American tribes, Tidewater (region), Tidewater, Appalachian cuisine, Appalachian, Ozarks, Lowcountry cuisine, Lowcountry, Cajun cuisine, Cajun, Louisiana Creole cuisine, Creole, Soul food, African American cuisine and Floribbean, Spanish cuisine, Spanish, French cuisine, French, British cuisine, British, Ulster-Scots and German cuisine, German cuisine. In recent history, elements of Southern cuisine have spread to other parts of the United States, influencing other types of Cuisine of the United States, American cuisine. Many elements of Southern cooking—tomatoes, Squash (plant), squash, maize, corn (and its derivatives, such as hominy and grits), and Pit barbecue, deep-pit barbecuing—are borrowings from Indigenous peoples of the region (e.g., Cherokee ...
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History Of Atlanta
The history of Atlanta dates back to 1836, when Georgia decided to build a railroad to the U.S. Midwest and a location was chosen to be the line's terminus. The stake marking the founding of "Terminus" was driven into the ground in 1837 (called the Zero Mile Post). In 1839, homes and a store were built there and the settlement grew. Between 1845 and 1854, rail lines arrived from four different directions, and the rapidly growing town quickly became the rail hub for the entire Southern United States. During the American Civil War, Atlanta, as a distribution hub, became the target of a major Union campaign, and in 1864, Union William Sherman's troops set on fire and destroyed the city's assets and buildings, save churches and hospitals. After the war, the population grew rapidly, as did manufacturing, while the city retained its role as a rail hub. Coca-Cola was launched here in 1886 and grew into an Atlanta-based world empire. Electric streetcars arrived in 1889, and the ...
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Women In Business
The phrase women in business refers to female businesspeople who hold positions, particularly leadership in the fields of commerce, business, and entrepreneurship. It advocates for their increased participation in business. Increased participation of women in business can be important for variation in business development, ideas, and business products. Participation also encourages the development of social networks and supports that have positive repercussions for women and for their social environment. The status of women in business varies significantly around the world. Sometimes a lack of adequate business capital, female education, and training programs in the use of technology can mean women are more constrained by their social and political environment than men. History The earliest known well-documented businesswoman is the Sumerian Ama-e whom was involved in various trades and real estate investments (circa 2330 BC). Another example of a well-documented busine ...
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Cornbread
Cornbread is a quick bread made with cornmeal, associated with the cuisine of the Southern United States, with origins in Native American cuisine. It is an example of batter bread. Dumplings and pancakes made with finely ground cornmeal are staple foods of the Hopi people in Arizona. The Hidatsa people of the Upper Midwest call baked cornbread ''naktsi'', while the Choctaw people of the Southeast call it ''bvnaha''. The Cherokee and Seneca people, Seneca tribes enrich the basic batter, adding chestnuts, sunflower seeds, apples, or berries, and sometimes combine it with beans or potatoes. Modern versions of cornbread are usually Leavening agent, leavened by baking powder. History Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native people in the Americas began using corn (maize) and ground corn as food thousands of years before Europeans arrived in the New World. First domesticated in Mexico around six thousand years ago, corn was introduced to what is now the United States between three ...
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