Cummings resident Jill Harris grew up in Kansas, baking bread and pies and making jellies and jams together with her grandmother, Mary Lucille Moore. After dropping her spa director place through the pandemic, Harris started baking pies and giving them to family and friends. “Folks requested me to open a bakery,” she says. He began with a cottage bakery and bought 150 scratch pies that first Thanksgiving. “It took off like loopy,” she says. Quick-forward to early 2024. Mary Lucille’s Bakery, Restaurant and Tea Room debuts in Harris Coming Metropolis Middle.
The 5,000-square-foot house appears to be like like an previous Victorian home with a patio and serves to pay homage to the unique Mary Lucille. “She taught me to bake after I was 8. She’s the explanation I really like meals,” Harris explains. Most dishes are made utilizing her unique recipes, together with cinnamon rolls and pies. Patrons should purchase gadgets from the bakery to bacon, egg and cheese biscuits to baguettes to brownies. Entire muffins and pies are additionally out there, as are gluten-free and vegetarian choices.
The eating room serves three meals a day from Wednesday to Sunday. Choices embody brioche French toast, corned beef hash with eggs, a barbecue pork sandwich, rooster salad sandwich, shrimp and grits and chicken-fried rooster. Nightly specials are additionally out there. Diners can even dine on the bar, the place signature cocktails change seasonally. The house seats 69 friends, whereas a blue-, white- and gray-color scheme units a soothing scene, and 4 chandeliers add gentle. A wall shows previous images of Mary Lucille and showcases her story
Tea service is obtainable in a separate, 17-seat room to make sure tranquility. Weekend seatings at 11am, 1pm and 3pm, open to ages 12 and up. Attendees can select from the $55 “Georgia Girl” providing (tea, scones, finger sandwiches, jam, jelly, clotted cream and dessert) and the $65 “Georgia Excessive Society” possibility (all the above, plus quiche or tomato pie and salad) monthly. As soon as, Mary Lucille served a “Little Princess” tea for the youthful set. All tea room reservations should be paid prematurely.
Harris sources 11 of its teas by working with an natural tea farm in India. The signature, peach iced tea is made with peach nectar and easy syrup.
“My grandmother’s coronary heart and soul is on this place. I’m devoted to creating positive that what we serve is one thing that grandma could be pleased with,” swears Harris.
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