Juliette georgia fried green tomatoes. This quaint festival is celebrates juliettes hollywood fame and the whistle stop cafe. The film fried green tomatoes was filmed there and the town has been the focal point of three popular southern humor books. The staff were attentive and friendly.
Walk through various shops on the street and of course grab a plate of fried green tomatoes. Juliette is an unincorporated community in monroe county georgia united statesthe community is part of the macon metropolitan statistical areanamed for juliette mccracken daughter of a railroad engineer the town formed with the merging of brownsville and iceberg. Juliette was the location for fried green tomatoes serving as the fictional whistle stop alabama.
Juliette georgia where the movie fried green tomatoes was filmed see 521 traveler reviews 555 candid photos and great deals for juliette ga at tripadvisor. During august of 2004 and again in 2005 we visited atlanta georgia. Juliette georgia fried green tomatoes whistle stop cafe central ga.
The main floor consitst of approx 5460 sq. The former grist mill was constructed in julette ga in 1927 as a four story concrete structure. The famous old grist mill seen in fried green tomatoes and a killing affair is now for sale.
However in juliette georgia just 10 miles off interstate 75 from forsyth about one hour south of atlanta guests are welcome to ramble the set where fried green tomatoes was filmedthe movie starred jessica tandy kathy bates mary louise parker and mary stuart masterson and was based on a book by fannie flagg about a friendship between two women in a small alabama town at the turn of. Juliette was a bustling railroad community during the early 1900s. Please see this page description for more info.
On just over 30 acres and overlooking ocmulgee river the building contains approx. Home about us events festivals our menu directions franchising photos links. Dont miss out on the fried green tomatoes and the peach cobbler they alone are worth the trip.
We also made a side trip to the tiny town of juliette about an hour south of atlanta.