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Atlanta Heats Up as the Southeast U.S.’ Fashion Hub

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Could Atlanta be America’s following style resources?

The city has actually long been an organization and also social center for the Southeastern U.S. offered its airport terminal and also main area. Currently, with Atlanta’s expanding home entertainment, service and also modern technology scenes, style outsiders are getting on the possibility that citizens and also very early adopters are assisting to produce.

“Atlanta is a treasure,” stated El Lewis, owner and also developer of technology garments brand name O. Workshop Layout, which is based there. “It’s one of those areas with a lot background and also heritage and also when individuals come right here, they intend to use that yet there isn’t a roadmap.”

Amongst the more recent merchant arrivals are Dream ATL proprietor Lauren Amos and also style and also society reporter Eugene Rabkin, that in May will certainly move their brand-new Atlanta principle shop Ant/dote from its soft-opening area to a completely revamped structure at 525 Diocesan Road near Atlantic Terminal.

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The owners and also a couple of developers and also managers in Atlanta see Ant/dote, articulated “remedy,” as long past due. The 1,200-square-foot short-lived area at Little 5 Factors sporting activities a dark, lavish inside with an option of brand names like Mugler, Dries Van Noten, Rick Owens, Jil Sander, Paco Rabanne, Y/Project, numerous lines from Comme des Garçons and also Issey Miyake, Hyke, and also Boyy, to name a few, that are being stood for by items offered specifically at Ant/dote.

The irreversible shop created by Chris Benfield, that produced North American look for Dior, Balenciaga and also Rick Owens, is a brilliant and also vast two-floor, free standing area with hand-poured terrazzo floorings and also interior and also exterior landscape design in a community in between Buckhead and also Midtown Atlanta that Amos calls an “promising location with even more cash, dining establishments…great furnishings shops,” and also retail.

“Being a store for rather a long period of time, I’ve seen individuals develop and also come to be a lot more interested,” she stated. “Individuals right here want making a declaration with what they use. I attempted to offer developer style at Dream and also individuals were not as knowledgeable about the brand names at the time and also not going to invest the cash. Yet we’ve seen the adjustment.”

According to the Ant/dote cofounders, Atlanta gets on speed to come to be the 6th largest American city by 2040. The city’s present online reputation hinges on its Southern friendliness, food and also common society, in addition to more recent home entertainment exports.

Atlanta has actually constantly generated leading songs acts in hip-hop and also R&B; is residence to championship-caliber sporting activities groups, like the Atlanta Braves, which won the 2021 Globe Collection, and also is perhaps surpassing New york city City as Hollywood’s best East Shore area for shooting hit movies and also struck tv programs like “Avengers: Endgame,” “The Strolling Dead” and also “Unfamiliar Person Points” (the movies and also collection are recorded throughout Georgia). Tyler Perry has actually opened up a 330-acre manufacturing great deal on the previous Ft McPherson Military base.

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The city is residence to 29 Ton of money 500 firms, consisting of Residence Depot, UPS, Coca-Cola and also Delta Airlines, in addition to style firms like shapewear and also intimates firm Spanx and also males’s brushing and also individual treatment brand name Bevel. Nike this month disclosed strategies to open up an innovation facility in the city in 2023 to increase its supply chain and also logistics procedure.

Several concur that the city’s financial standing is increasing. The 2020 Demographics reported Atlanta’s average home earnings to be $64,179 with a populace of over 6 million individuals, expanding over 1 percent year-over-year.

Amos and also Rabkin fulfilled in 2015 at the High Gallery of Art in Atlanta throughout its solo exhibition for Dutch designer Iris Van Herpen and also quickly clicked numerous style subjects, from their favored developers to not locating path searches in shops. Amos took Rabkin to Dream, where she understood that tennis shoes and also premium ready-to-wear had actually combined.

“She pertained to me and also stated I intend to open up a developer multibrand store in Atlanta which the city awaits that,” Rabkin stated. “I was also delighted to find aboard. I believed it was a fantastic possibility.”

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The short-lived Ant/dote shop in Little 5 Factors in Atlanta.
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Atlanta hasn’t been related to for its style as long as New york city City and also Los Angeles. Yet Ant/dote –– in addition to stores like A Ma Maniere and also a variety of leading brand names at Phipps Plaza and also Lenox Shopping Mall –– must increase the antennas of style gamers trying to find brand-new shops in cities that aren’t the typical suspects. A variety of deluxe brand names are currently considering cities like Atlanta, Memphis, Nashville, Austin and also Naples, Fla. that remained in the previous taken into consideration second-tier areas in the united state. This rate of interest comes as the pandemic is sustaining a wave of WFH employees relocating from significant cities with high expenses of living and also myriad issues fresh York City, Seattle, Los Angeles and also San Francisco to lower-cost areas with even more room and also less concerns.

Yet Ant/dote, while identifying the void in the Atlanta market, has larger aspirations than simply neighborhood consumers. The design-driven shop means to be a site for worldwide consumers comparable to A Ma Maniere, Totokaelo in Seattle, The Webster in Miami, Notre in Chicago, and also Forty 5 10 in Dallas. A lot of the abovementioned shops broadened to various other cities. Up until now, the cofounders don’t have strategies or ambitions to increase somewhere else, yet its presence talks to Atlanta having the need for even more style brand names.

“Somebody like Eugene pertains to Atlanta and also is surprised by the customers and also children in their best things,” Amos included. “If he’s seeing it in Atlanta after that something is taking place.”

A variety of designer that developed sensible companies were birthed, elevated or examined in Atlanta or close by, like Carolina Herrera imaginative supervisor Wes Gordon, that was elevated in Atlanta; Emily Adams Bode and also Bstroy duo Block Owens and also Dieter Grams, that were all birthed and also elevated in Atlanta, and also Haitian-American developer Azéde Jean-Pierre, that examined in Georgia at the Savannah University of Art and also Layout.

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Their style courses led them all to New York City City, as it has for lots of skills throughout the globe, yet an expanding plant of skills from Atlanta are remaining and also expanding with the city that has actually broadened right prior to their eyes.

There are developers Cedric Brown, likewise from Atlanta that examined at SCAD; Megan Huntz, that runs a shop in Morningside Town, and also Suakoko Betty owner Charlene Dunbar, that was birthed in Liberia and also transferred to Atlanta at 11 years of ages.

Brands like Lucid FC, Whensmokeclears, O. Workshop Layout and also devices tag Tribute Year run largely out of Atlanta, while consignment stores Yuri’s Market and also No Signal give high-fashion layouts that aren’t typically located in the city yet discover their means to it with ecommerce.

There are an enhancing variety of factors to remain in Atlanta or move there.

Neighborhood designer and also business owners have actually seen possibility in Atlanta for several years due to the speed, the cost to square video footage of building, and also the accessibility to worldwide firms and also home entertainment, yet most notably for being a place for creatives looking for neighborhood at a reduced price than, state, Brooklyn, where the average lease mores than 1.5 times the average lease in Atlanta for two-thirds of the square video footage. Ant/dote might signify the garment industry reaching what Atlanta needs to supply and also neighborhood customers’ expanding need for haute couture.

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Lewis of O Workshop Layout transferred to New york city City to begin his style job as a stylist, yet returned to his indigenous city to begin his tech-driven knitwear brand name, understanding that he has every little thing he requires in regards to household, room, time and also its expanding technology sector, which has actually been related to by the press as “the following Silicon Valley.” O Workshop Layout is presently offered in 10 shops, consisting of Nordstrom and also Nordstrom Canada, and also has an interest in costing Ant/dote.

“If I return, I can companion with these [design] skills from Georgia Technology,” he stated. “Every little thing was lining up.”

Along with Georgia Technology, Atlanta is residence to HBCU colleges such as Clark Atlanta College, Spelman University and also Morehouse University, the last 2 of which just recently did pill collections with Ralph Lauren. After that, obviously, there is the close-by Savannah University of Layout, long an incubator for style ability.

When inquired about possibilities for young skills, Lewis stated, “I believe occasionally individuals don’t believe on a macro degree. If you’re a developer trying to find art gives you’re trying to find a give for haute couture. I obtained a digital photography give by sending my designing job under imagemaking.”

The digital photography give permitted Lewis to offer digital photography at Mint Gallery in an exhibition called “El Lewis: Trip to ATLantis” that informed a larger tale regarding sci-fi.

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Lewis stated Atlanta has a large shopping mall society with many purchasing at Phipps Plaza and also Lenox Shopping Mall. Balenciaga just recently opened up at Phipps Plaza.

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The leading worldwide deluxe style brand names are well stood for in Atlanta’s shopping centers, yet consumers looking for a lot more odd brand names and also classic locates want to consignment stores like No Signal and also Yuri’s Market.

“Individuals in Atlanta didn’t actually comprehend [archival fashion] in 2017,” Yuri Carter stated regarding her service, Yuri’s Market. “It wasn’t actually preferred right here and also just recently due to the frustrating pop-ups of various archive Instagrams it’s so preferred right here. It’s tough to maintain points in supply.” She included that The RealReal opened up in the city, which she viewed as a large offer for the smaller sized companies.

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Yuri’s Market is an archive vintage display room on Castleberry Hillside that initial run online for 5 years. Proprietor Yuri Carter transferred to Atlanta from Chicago and also operated in business consignment prior to beginning her very own service.

Maturing in Chicago, her mommy would certainly purchase items on ebay.com for Carter, yet seeing consignment stores on her means to college ignited her rate of interest in deluxe style and also premium layout from Louis Vuitton, Celine and also Marc Jacobs.

Yuri’s Market was just recently the subject of a viral social networks discussion including Anna Sui, since the brand name wished to reacquire an outfit from 1998 for its archives that Carter’s service companion Ashley Narcisse had actually offered. Several required to Twitter to state the brand-new proprietor ought to offer the gown back, offer the gown and also work out accessibility to path programs, or maintain the gown. Carter verified that her companion will certainly not be marketing the gown.

“We understood that when she obtained the gown it would certainly go viral and also it would certainly assist us to advertise Garment Collection, [my sourcing agency with Ashley Narcisse], yet I didn’t understand it was mosting likely to be this large discussion,” stated Carter.

Carter proceeded regarding the style scene in Atlanta, “The brand names were currently right here, yet I don’t believe the customer in Atlanta prepared. Yet they’re capturing up. I keep in mind when they opened up a Helmut Lang at the Buckhead Shops and also it didn’t last. The city wasn’t prepared yet. Now you see a great deal of Helmut Lang and also Rick Owens right here. I really feel if they would certainly resume right here it would certainly succeed.”

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She sees Atlanta as a center for lots of Southern U.S. cities in the Carolinas and also Tennessee due to the style offered in the city, and also the indie songs scene and also expanding variety of art galleries, though Whensmokeclears imaginative supervisor Thermal Taveras thinks the city still has job to do for youngsters.

“There are not a great deal of galleries,” Taveras stated. “The just art location in Atlanta I’m comfortable with is the High Gallery.”

After the High Gallery of Art held the Iris Van Herpen show, it organized the “Virgil Abloh: Numbers of Speech” exhibition in late 2019. The late developer teamed with Bstroy on special items for the exhibition also.

“There aren’t a great deal of areas for individuals to connect and also socialize,” he included, yet he stated that is transforming with areas like digital fact bar Revery, which he referred to as among the various other areas for art trainees to socialize. Taveras likewise tosses occasions called WSC After Dark, a personal lounge for young creatives to satisfy and also chat.

“I seem like individuals don’t recognize just how large this nation is,” Taveras stated. “I pitched to a brand name that we require to up our nationalism. If you’re in a significant city you stay in a bubble.”

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Bronx-born Taveras started his job in movie and also developed a manufacturing firm with a companion from Atlanta. They released a product part to their service and also started with devices in 2016, and also later on included ready-to-wear and also shoes. Whensmokeclears is offered in 5 nations and also over 20 shops, consisting of Holt Renfrew.

“We have a large storehouse and also manufacturing facility,” he stated regarding relocating to Atlanta. “It developed into a tiny style college. New York City City is much faster because you can drain a pendant in a day while in Atlanta it’ll take 3 to 4 days. Yet I believe it was something we required since New Yorkers don’t value slower-paced points. I really feel way a lot more well balanced adapting to the Southern speed.”

Taveras likewise highlighted the neighborhood structure in the city. He stated his link with his display printer and also embroiderer are a lot more intimate and also friendly, and also there is higher capacity to get in touch with celebs in Atlanta.

“Youthful Troublemaker is the last star we fulfilled amongst the larger names,” he stated. “We had actually welcomed him to our pop-up and also he appeared and also engaged with every one of our followers and also it’s something I hadn’t seen in New york city City prior to.”

Lucid FC, started by twin bros Chet and also Betts DeHart based in Atlanta and also London, in April held a path program in their residence city for their most recent collection, as did developer Jason Harvey, stepson of comic and also performer Steve Harvey, with developer John Byrd-Olivieri at Magic City. CFDA Head Of State CaSandra Diggs remained in participation.

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An appearance from the Lucid FC drop 2022 path program.
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“This is our initial path program considering that spring/summer 2021,” Betts stated prior to the program. “It really feels best to do our program right here as very few individuals offer a program right here. A great deal of visitors haven’t been to a style program. It’s the very first time to have something of this range.”

The duo released their brand name in 2012 after constructing an adhering to on YouTube evaluating brand-new designs by Polo Ralph Lauren and also Jordan. Their earnings moneyed their initial collection. Chet mosted likely to Central Saint Martins to examine pattern production and also pattern projecting and also remains to operate in London, yet business runs largely out of Atlanta.

They released a sis tag, Lucid Dreams, throughout lockdown to offer even more items at a reduced cost factor. Presently, Lucid FC is offered in The United States and Canada, Europe and also Asia and also Lucid Dreams is on the internet and also at Urban Outfitters.

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“In 2019 we made $25,000 on our website, and also this year we make that in a month,” Betts stated. “We’ve seen 500 percent year-over-year development from 2019 to 2021.”

Their most recent collection, called “Discomfort and also Satisfaction,” checks out the delight and also unhappiness of discomfort. They teamed with Atlanta tattoo musician Will certainly Staples and also Regarding 3 Megawatts on the upcycled visuals collection influenced by tattoos.

“There is a great deal of assistance in Atlanta,” the doubles stated. “You obtain assistance from your close friends and afterwards the entire city understands about you. It’s a unique city where individuals actually sustain each various other like nothing else city. There is a lot in songs and also friendliness and also in the previous 7 years there have actually been a lot more movies. Microsoft and also Google are relocating their staff members right here currently.”

Pedestrian and also Business owner Tristan Pedestrian transferred to Atlanta in 2019 from the U.S. technology resources Palo Alto to run males’s brushing brand name Bevel after he offered the brand name to Proctor & Wager.

“I didn’t understand what the outcomes of that choice would certainly be and also I’m right here to remain,” stated Pedestrian, that likewise saw resemblances in between Silicon Valley’s quick development and also Atlanta’s renaissance.

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“When you think of service, which for the last years has actually been modern technology led, yet right here [going] ahead for the following 20 to 40 years, service will certainly be society led. People intend to straighten themselves with brand names that obtain it. Atlanta’s impact on the story has actually constantly been right here,” he stated. “I’ve seen a little bit of this prior to when I mosted likely to Silicon Valley in 2008. It preceded Airbnb and also Uber, yet cranes were relocating. When I transferred to Atlanta I saw the exact same point, yet the only distinction is it’s taking place right here in every sector.”

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At the Whensmokeclears manufacturing facility in Atlanta

Jasmin Foster, owner of Be Rooted, among Time 100’s A lot of Significant Business of the Year, shared a comparable belief regarding running her service in the city.

“Being based in Atlanta enables me to have a solid social pull, yet likewise have a deep network of Black business owners. It’s actually been growing.”

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She likewise pointed out Youthful King Hair Treatment, the all-natural hair treatment line for modern children, and also Variety Elegance as 2 brand names led by motivating business owners. Both firms were included on “Shark Storage tank.”

“One point that is essential to me is to collaborate with as lots of Black-owned companies as feasible,” Foster stated. “I’m seeing a lot more Black brand names begin and also prosper as well as likewise have Atlanta’s support and also assistance also. I think the most effective point in Atlanta is we are not a pillar. There isn’t a solitary market of service available where Black business owners aren’t eliminating it in this room. Neighborhoods of shade are not simply untapped in the U.S. It’s likewise internationally.”

The neighborhood task likewise drew in Atlanta indigenous and also CultureCon owner Imani Ellis to go back to her residence city to start the society and also neighborhood meeting’s three-city scenic tour. CultureCon will certainly be held from May 2 with 7 prior to heading to Los Angeles in June and also New York City City in October.

“We discovered a great deal regarding CultureCon in the house,” Ellis stated regarding the digital school that CultureCon organized throughout lockdown. “Though CultureCon was birthed in New york city City, it was birthed in Atlanta since that’s my history. I pertained to New york city City stating, ‘yes ma’am.’ We saw a lots of individuals listen from Atlanta and also throughout the globe, yet this is such a homecoming for our group and also myself.”

Previous CultureCon occasions were kept in New york city City and also included visitors like the Pyer Moss group in 2019 to go over the power of cooperation, in addition to discussions regarding advertising on your own, service and also psychological health and wellness. The Atlanta version will certainly be organized by Kat Graham and also Olori Swank and also will certainly consist of activations from significant companions such as HBO Max, LinkedIn, Wieden + Kennedy, Netflix, Instagram, Audible, Twitter, TikTok, and also Soho Home, to name a few.

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When inquired about this year’s enrollers, Ellis stated, “I believe it’s the financial investment in the future of creative thinking. It’s a sign of where a great deal of the ability remains in Atlanta.”





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Chase Chrisley named as suspect in assault incident at Atlanta sports bar

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The Chrisley family is facing more legal headwinds. This time, middle son Chase Chrisley is the subject of police concerns.

The “Chrisley Knows Best” star was named as a suspect in a “simple assault” incident at Twin Peaks sport bar in Atlanta’s Buckhead neighborhood on Monday night, according to a police report obtained by USA TODAY and confirmed by the Atlanta Police Department on Wednesday.

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USA TODAY reached out to reps for Chrisley for comment.

Police say that the alleged victim claimed Chrisley “became really drunk” inside the restaurant and bar franchise, which boasts locations around the U.S., and “started to act very disrespectful and belligerent.”

After he was allegedly asked by the victim to leave the location “multiple times,” the police report says Chrisley “slapped him in the face twice” after he previously “refused to leave and started acting more belligerent.”

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According to the report, the alleged victim was not injured in the incident and “refused medical attention.”

Chrisley was the star of USA Network’s “Chrisley Knows Best,” which aired for 10 seasons, with its most recent episode broadcast in March of 2024. The spinoff, “Growing Up Chrisley,” which followed his life with sister Savannah Chrisley, aired for four seasons between 2019 and 2022.

The Chrisley family, once ratings gold, has faced legal trouble in recent years

After a rapid rise to fame for TV’s Chrisley family with ratings gold, their swift downfall followed.

Chrisley’s parents — family matriarch and patriarch — Todd Chrisley and Julie Chrisley, who portrayed themselves as real estate tycoons in the South on their USA Network shows, are both serving prison sentences after a jury in June 2022 found them guilty of conspiring to defraud community banks in Atlanta out of more than $36 million in fraudulent loans, defraud the IRS and commit tax evasion.

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In September, a federal judge ordered Julie Chrisley to continue to serve her seven-year prison sentence for tax evasion and bank fraud, upholding her own 2022 ruling.

The couple’s children — Chase, Savannah and Grayson, as well as granddaughter Chloe and Todd’s mother, Faye Chrisley — were slated to return to television with a new unscripted docuseries, according to an August 2023 press release obtained by Variety and Deadline.

The show, which has yet to be released, would follow the family as they adjust to life with their parents behind bars.

At this summer’s Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, youngest daughter Savannah Chrisley received criticism after arguing that her parents’ separate sentences were a case for criminal justice reform throughout the country.

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Contributing: Charles Trepany, KiMi Robinson



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NBA: Trae Young's buzzer-beater seals win for Atlanta Hawks against Utah Jazz

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Trae Young scored a dramatic buzzer-beater to earn the Atlanta Hawks a thrilling 124-121 win over the Utah Jazz in the NBA.

The game looked set for overtime when Collin Sexton’s three-pointer for the Jazz made it 121-121 with four seconds remaining at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City.

But Young replied with a stunning effort from the half-court line just before the final buzzer sounded to signal end of play, earning victory for the Hawks.

Young finished with 24 points – including 10 in the fourth quarter – and 20 assists for Atlanta, while Lauri Markkanen matched his season-high 35 points for the Jazz.

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In Denver, Jayson Tatum top-scored with 29 points as the Boston Celtics beat the Denver Nuggets 118-106.

Kristaps Porzingis added 25 points for reigning champions Boston, who stay second in the Eastern Conference.

Russell Westbrook scored 26 points and nine rebounds in reply for 2023 NBA Championship winners Denver.

The Dallas Mavericks ended a five-game losing run with a convincing 118-97 win over the Los Angeles Lakers.

Quentin Grimes came off the bench to score 23 points and nine rebounds for Dallas, who were without Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving because of injury.

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Anthony Davis scored 21 points and LeBron James added 18 for the Lakers, who drop one place to sixth behind the Mavericks in the Western Conference.

Zion Williamson’s comeback from injury was not enough for the New Orleans Pelicans, who lost 104-97 to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Williamson scored 22 points on his return after missing the previous 27 games with a hamstring injury, but Anthony Edwards’ game-high 32 points helped Minnesota to victory.

Elsewhere, the Charlotte Hornets ended a 10-game losing run with a 115-104 victory over the Phoenix Suns. Nikola Jovic top-scored with 20 points as the Miami Heat beat the Golden State Warriors 114-98 in San Francisco, while the Houston Rockets beat the Washington Wizards 135-112.



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Server at Atlanta‘s Mary Mac’s Tea Room shares stories of waiting on former President Jimmy Carter

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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – For nearly 40 years, Marion Mims has served customers at Atlanta’s iconic Mary Mac’s Tea Room.

She has waited on a number of celebrities over the years, but none bigger than former President Jimmy Carter.

“When he came in and I waited on him, I almost started crying. I said I get a chance to wait on Jimmy Carter,” Mims said.

It’s a moment in time, Mims will not soon forget considering she waited on him many times. She remembers it like it was yesterday.

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Mims said Carter would sit at a round table back in the day when it was in the middle of the Atlanta dining room next to The Carter Center mural on the wall.

“He loved it. He loved the picture,” Mims said.

Carter also loved to order the fried chicken and vegetable plate with a side of Southern hospitality.

“I put my hand on his shoulder, and I said what can I get you to drink baby. I called him baby. I call all my customer’s baby,” Mims said. “He loved that. He just smiled.”

Mims said all the servers wanted to wait on Carter when he came in and not just because he was a gentleman, but because he was a good tipper.

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“I think the first time, I got $50, and the bill wasn’t that high, and I think one of the other servers got like $100 from him,” Mims said.

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Perhaps the real reason Carter loved to dine at Mary Mac’s was his special recipe for “Carter Custard,” which he gave the restaurant. And in his honor, it’s back on the menu this week only.

“It’s real peanuty, really, really peanuty,” Customer Crystal King said.

And just about as unique as Carter’s custard is on the menu at Mary Mac’s Tea Room are the number of photographs of the former president on the wall. He takes up more room than any other celebrity or dignitary and in one, he left a personal note.

“Thanks for putting the custard on the menu. This will be a great boost to my campaign. Love, Jimmy” the note dated February 1976 reads.

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“He was really down to Earth, he was real down to Earth,” Mims said.

The Carter legacy will live on at Mary Mac’s and Mims is just grateful to have been a part of it.

“He’s really going to be missed. He’s really going to be missed,” Mims said.



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