Roof Partially Collapses At Iconic Atlanta Eatery Amid Storms: Report

ATLANTA, GA — The roof at Atlanta's longstanding Mary Mac's Tea Room partially collapsed overnight Wednesday as storms rolled into the metro area, per media reports.

Channel 2 Action News shared photos of the scenery, showing rubble on the ground and first responders at the scene near Ponce de Leon Avenue.

Mary Mac's took to Instagram early Wednesday morning to announce a temporary closure.

"Due to unforeseen circumstances, Mary Mac’s will be temporarily closed. We apologize for any inconvenience and will provide an update on our reopening date as soon as possible. We appreciate your understanding," the restaurant wrote.

Dubbed "Atlanta's Dining Room," the Southern comfort food eatery is the last of 16 tea rooms remaining in Atlanta, the company said on its website. Founder Mary MacKenzie opened the made-from-scratch restaurant in 1945.

"In those tough days right after the end of World War II, enterprising women in search of a living, some of them mothers widowed by the war, were establishing restaurants all over Atlanta. At the time, a woman couldn’t just open up a restaurant, so many female proprietors used the more refined Southern name of 'Tea Room.' Mary Mac’s Tea Room was one of 16 tearooms in Atlanta and seated 75 guests. Today, Mary Mac’s is the only original tearoom that remains," the company said on the website.

President Jimmy Carter, former U.S. First Lady Hillary Clinton, the late Congressman John Lewis, Dalai Lama and Beyonce are among some of the public figures that have dined at Mary Mac's, the company said.

It is unknown when Mary Mac's will reopen.