Featured in Southern Living as “The South’s Best Soul Food” for Georgia, currently Voted Best Soul Food by Thrillist, Yahoo, City Search, Creative Loafing 2015, Atlanta Magazine’s Best of Atlanta for the delicious Fried Chicken 2015.
In 1947 Lucy Jackson, a self-taught cook decided to own her own restaurant. While working on developing a name for the business, she received some uncommon inspiration from a couple of sources. First, while on a trip to California, she saw a picture of a bee on a large moving sign, and viewing it as a sign, decided to name her restaurant after it.
Shortly thereafter, she was moved to help an African missionary by providing ahot meal for her. The missionary was previously in another well known restaurant, but couldn’t afford to buy anything to eat. She was told, “Go down to Busy Bee, Momma Lucy will feed you!”. The missionary was so refreshed and enjoyed the meal so much that she was moved to encourage the aspiring entrepreneur that because of her kindness, her business would always be busy, and that it would always be blessed. It was these two encounters that inspired the now-famous name “Busy Bee.” After enjoying more than two decades of lasting success, Lucy decided to retire by sel
Established: 1947
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