Atlanta's The Busy Bee is a soul-food institution, an American classic, just like Dusty Baker. Both are beloved and brimming with old-school charm. It's why Baker keeps returning, writes DOBrienATL. “It was like the mayor when he was walking in.'
ATLANTA — More than 50 years after Dusty Baker’s first visit to The Busy Bee Cafe in Atlanta, back when he was a young Braves outfielder with Hank Aaron as a mentor in the early 1970s, Baker keeps coming back. The Busy Bee is a soul-food institution, an American classic, as is Baker. Both are beloved, revered and brimming with old-school charm., stopped by the Busy Bee on Martin Luther King Jr.
“They know me when I call,” Baker said, smiling. “They’re like, ‘Hi Dusty!’ Miss Mae used to be there. She was there for years. She’d take care of me. We went to the same church.” “Remarkable guy,” Gates said. “He has been — personality-wise, friendliness — the same person always. Win the World Series or don’t win the World Series, Dusty is just a good ol’ country boy. He’s getting oxtails, and he said, ‘You got some corn?’ I had to find out when Houston’s coming back to town because I have to have him fresh corn. We accommodate Dusty, because we’re just happy to see him, glad he’s healthy, glad he’s still in baseball. Dusty’s good for baseball.
Dusty Baker’s signed photo inside The Busy Bee gives a shoutout to the “Home Run Ham Hocks” — his good luck charm. . I’d go over there on a date — cost me seven bucks for dinner, know what I mean? A“At that time, that’s where most of the Black guys hung out — it was called Hunter Street at that time. Paschal’s was right there too. … So this is where you went. It wasn’t far from my church, it wasn’t far from one of my good buddies, who lived down the street.
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