Since Oprah Winfrey arrived unannounced in Macon, she made a whirlwind tour of the city, followed by packs of adoring fans. The Winfrey entourage headed to H & H Restaurant to meet Mama Louise Hudson and Mama Inez Hill. More than 300 people waited in front of the restaurant for more than two hours. Read Full Story
Oprah at H & H
Mama Inez Hill Passes Away
Mama Hill has died. Inez Hill, 94, known to virtually everyone around town as “Mama Hill,” was one of the “H’s” in the famed H&H Restaurant on Forsyth Street in downtown Macon. The restaurant has gained international fame for its soul food cooking and for being a favorite haunt of the Allman Brothers Band. Mama Hill co-owned the restaurant with her goddaughter and cousin, “Mama Louise” Hudson, who cooked for the band members when they were getting their start in the early 1970s. Mama Louise said she and Mama Hill were so close, everyone considered them mother and daughter. Read More
Mama’s Big Day
Mama Louise’s Special Day and Night
by Bill Thames,
A pessimist might say, a good deed never goes unpunished, but last weekend, in a room full of smiling optimists, Gregg Allman told the crowd that, ”one shared plate of smothered fried chicken at the H & H Restaurant quickly became several plates,” and those plates fed the emerging soul of Southern Rock, and helped keep it alive while the world caught-on to their musical concept. What started as dinner “ on the house” for a group of scruffy, hungry, long-haired hippie types, almost forty years ago, morphed into one of the most loving evenings in Macon Georgia s history &Mama Louise Hudson’s landmark birthday party
After dinner the evening s festivities kicked-off with an almost never ending parade, to the stage, of Macon music royalty, political dignitaries, and colorful local characters; all of whom were there to honor Mama Louise for a lifetime of kindheartedness, benevolence, and good will.
A Krystal Lover’s Review
Yesterday’s post mentioned my wandering downtown Macon during Cherry Blossom Festival. That walk had many purposes, among them was taking a photo of the original Downtown Macon Krystal. I was lucky enough to run into Clint. But my real purpose downtown was to visit another Macon landmark, H&H. Anyone who has been in Macon for more than a week or two will recognize this: