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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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
