FRIED GREEN TOMATOES FILMING LOCATIONS THEN AND NOW 2023 / INTERVIEW WITH OWNER OF WHISTLE STOP CAFE 

My dad roofed the “Threadgoode” house in Senoia! Also, the scene where Kathy Bates says, “face it girls, I’m older and have more insurance” was filmed is in my hometown of Fayetteville. I used to work at that Winn-Dixie.

Fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe. Amazing read by Fannie Flagg. 👏🏼

All this time, I thought all these buildings were set built for the movie. So cool that they really exist. Now I want to visit.

No matter how many times I watch this movie(which is a bunch) I love it even more every time! My grandma and I loved Jessica Tandy!

My Mama grew up in the mill village there and I played many a day with my cousins at Granny and Grandaddy's house in the curve. There's nothing like hearing a screen door slam and sitting on the front porch drinking sweet tea and hearing the train whistle blowing in the distance on it's way thru town. You should have taken a trip thru the village across the river. Some of my family still live there and many are buried in the cemetary on the hill. When I come home to visit and stop to hear the wind thru the trees, I can still hear our laughter of playing outside. We never even wondered if there was anywhere else to live, because we felt it was always home. Thank you for the video. Safe travels to you and your family.

We visited there today! Absolutely loved being there. We travel in our RV full time and visiting film locations is a hobby of ours.

What a Nice Tribute to this _WONDERFUL Film !!! As far as the town turning into a 'tourist trap'.... you can't blame them... it's like Gatlinburg, back in the 60's where Family's rented 'Summer Cabins: Bohanan's? hanging over the Little Pigeon River.. right in the heart of downtown. Enjoyed this tour & now am craving some good ol' BBQ with a side of Fried Green Tomatoes :) *hold the Frank*.

Both sets of my grandparents lived in Juliette so we were there many many times over the years. Mom and Dad met there and eventually married. Dad's dad was the telegraph operator at the station before he retired. Mom's Dad was the meat cutter in the store (the restaurant) and at the cotton mill across the river. Mom also worked there while she was pregnant with me.

The gentleman said that there was a cafe called Mable's Table but he did not want to open his cafe because it would hurt her business, but when Mable's table closed, he went ahead and opened up his cafe. What a heart he has.

One of my favorite movies. Such iconic town. Fried Green Tomatoes is a timeless movie. The only reason I would go to Georgia is to go to Juliette and see the town and eat fried green tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe' and get some Georgia peaches. Great video. Thank you soooo much!❤

I have eaten fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe! Magic!

I watched this again yesterday. My mom may she RIP loved this movie❤ they will never make movies as great as this.

I'm glad that I came across this video it was interesting ❤ I love the movie I've watched it a thousand times.

I absolutely had to make my way too Juliette Georgia about twelve years ago due to my long love for this movie. However i did not walk around and explore as much as i would have liked, because i could not tolerate the heat. To be honest i don't understand how people live in that heat. But of course people would come to my Canadian town and wonder how I tolerate the cold. Anyway...thanks for the video. Fried Green Tomatoes was/is such a special movie.

One of my favorite movies!

Delightful little town and yes many of the buildings are little shops. The cafe is still serving some mighty fine fried green tomatoes as well as a mouthwatering apple pie with ice cream. A great place to visit and wander about in time past.

The actual Whistle Stop Cafe is in Irondale AL, where the location in the story actually was. It was a place and the Bar B Q restaurant was renamed Golden Rule Bar B Q and still exists. It is now in Trussville AL, by the train tracks. I know because I lived there.

Very fun to watch, now I gotta watch the movie again

I remember my family fried green tomatoes. The taste was a delicacy. Days of my childhood, that I wouldn't forget. 😊

Thank you so much for this tour!

So cool! The movie is great, but the book is amazing. ❤👏🏼

The investigator was from Georgia, and the movie was supposed to take place in alabama, that's why it was the best damn barbecue in the entire state of Alabama

I watched FGT many many years ago,probably when it came out.. At the library the other day I saw Fannie Flagg and FGT.. Never knew she was the writer,loved her on tv,wo I picked it up,and took my time reading... I felt like I had stepped back in time as everything in it was pretty close to my own childhood in the deepest part of south Alabama close to the Florida line... This book had me tearing up at Buddies death,laughing out loud at Idgies doings,and crying again when each character passed on... I didn't want it to end,and wished that someone had written a sequel to the earlier years with morw doings and going ons with everyone from FGT... I believe that had Hollyweird stuck closer to the book it'd have been a much better movie,not saying it wasnt a great movie,but maybe just a little bit better.. Thank you Ms Flagg ❤❤ and thank this guy for putting these images with the story I just completed earlier today,Sat,Jan 6th,24..

Just beautiful. This reminds me of my daddy and his family. We just lost him the end of 2020. It's a comfort to see such places being cared for and visited.

Love Fried Green Tomatoes

It wasn't Idgie who thought her house had been stolen. It was her sister in law. In the movie she explains how she married into the family.

Thanks for showing.

Nice little place, the food was good. The antique store was also fun! Saturday is deferentially a busy day for business. They also used the tracks and bridge in The Walking Dead.

I grew up in Macon, Ga and ate fried green tomatoes way before the movie! But, since Jessica Tandy (and her husband, Hume Cronin) are my two favorites, I watched any movies they made! I still fry green tomatoes, but, it's so hard to get any decent sized tomatoes here in Wyoming!!

They should have the Theme music as ambient music throughout the Town! LOL How cool, I always wondered about the Main Threadgood house! Seems they found a Gem to make one of my Favorite Movies! The music fits even today!

Ty for sharing this is my favorite movie.

So awesome I loved the movie and knowing the town is still going

Thank you for every thing Amen.❤

Fried Green Tomatoes is one of my favorite movies! Loved your video of this wonderful little town! First time finding your channel and I will check out your site! Thanks for sharing your travels with us!

Great video and narrations! Loved it! My Grandmother and I loved this movie! I never get tired of watching it! Great friends are everything and the movie shows that on so many levels.

I just booked a trip to Julieta so excited.

That movie was a “feel good” type of movie for me.

I love this movie......

Big thumbs up on this ..especially the history lesson by the two town patriarchs ..excellent!

I live an hour away from julliette growing up we would go to lake julliette every summer.

Yeeeeeeeesss! My favorite movie of all times!!!!! Thank YOU SO VERY VERY MUCH!!!

I’m a huge fan of this movie my entire life❤ was a favorite to watch with my mother. Thank you for taking on this adventure with you❤! Much appreciated

Secrets in the sauce 😂

I would love to visit.

What a beautiful little town with lots of history. I loved the movie and then seeing the actual filming locations was a treat. Fried green tomatoes is special to me as its the last movie my mother asked to see before she passed in 1992. I will have to come visit in Juliette and try some fried green tomatoes ! Great video and enjoyed the interviews.

I love this movie. I saw it when I was a kid and I was turned into Kathy Bates acting. She does some damn good acting in this movie. Thank you for making this video. I’m 42 myself and so when this movie came out I wanted to see it. Jessica Tandy is in it and I loved anything with her. I think my Aunt had bought the movie on VHS and let me borrow it or we watched it together. It just was written so well. I didn’t realize all the buildings were mostly there still altogether close by. I also love trains and it is right next to train tracks. It looks like they moved the tracks a little. You have a great on camera presence. I really liked your interaction with the old timers. Your wife is a lucky woman lol I wanna know how those fried green tomatoes taste!

Thank you for doing this video! This is one of my all time favorite movies. I've seen it so many times (I watched it again recently)! I love that you stayed & ate at the café & met the two gentlemen. I'm so excited that your video popped up in my feed. Thanks again!

The original restaurant from the book was - and still is - in Irondale, Alabama.

LOVE this movie! It has a very enjoyable "down home,,,back in the day" vibe to it. It does flow well and even with the flash backs, it gets you hooked into watching it all just to see what happens next. I watch it every chance I get. I "have" to get a disc or whatever player so that I can buythe movie and watch it any time.....Thank you for your great video on this!

The movie FRIED GREEN TOMATOES is my favorite movie 🎬 i love this movie 😊 and i have ever since i was 9 years old

That is a very good movie and never knew where the location the movie was made its pretty awesome they left everything the way it was

My husband and i stopped in a few years back. It was an hour out of our way and my husband was so annoyed with me for making him go. The Whistle Stop was closed due to some water issues but we ended up having the best time. We both loved it and if you are a fan of the movie, i can't recommend it enough. My husband had to admit it was worth the drive.

One of I'm my favorite movies 🎬 Thankyou for take me back in time. Sandra Massachusetts. 😊

One of my all time favorite movies! The music really set the tone and it always affects me when I hear it.

Thank you for this. That was my favorite movie. Seen it a lot of times. Got the DVD. I didn’t know they did all this after the movie. I would love to go there and eat some fried green tomatoes. I love them. I’m 77 years old and my traveling days are over Thank you for this. I set on UTube and travel now days.lol. Love and Prayers ❤🙏

I can count on all of my fingers and toes how many times I’ve seen Fried Green Tomatoes. Lol It is one of the best, (if not THE best), movies I ever saw. I think I’m going to watch it again tonight. 😂 Thanks for the tour of the town. 🩷❤️

My favorite movie, thanks for showing this.

Thank you so much good job... we love the movie also.

Love this movie

One of my favorite movies. We stopped at the koa for the night and found out we were very close to this area. We did go but it was late and closed up. Susie

My daddy was born and raised there. My Grandparents are buried across the river on Aldridge Road.

Thanks I really enjoyed this. One of my favorite movies. Might just have to watch again tonight 😊

My favorite comfort movie. I watch it on RU-vid and even with ALL the ads its stood the test of timw. Im inclined to believe Idgy is Ninny. She knew too much and Sibsy wasnt privy to.

Sweet video!!

I've ate at the whistle stop Cafe was great food.

I deer hunt right down the road fro Juliette it's a cool little area.

Thank you, I love that movie.

Brilliant Movie ❤❤❤

Ty for sharing this information ❤

Memory’s ❤

Visited there on our way to Florida and had the fried tomatoes, so good. They said the bbq was going out back, nope weren't eating that. 😂

Hmmm. My grandma used to make fried green tomatoes!

Love that movie, just watch it over the weekend

Thank you for this video! I love the movie and love your video!

Im so glad so many love the movie and its lore as I.

I will be visiting on my war through

Now I'm going to have to go watch the movie again for like the upteenth time! haha It is my favorite movie of all time. I've been to Senoia and did the Walking Dead tour but never made it to Juliette. (Will have to go!) Years ago, I visited the original cafe that Fanny Flag based the cafe on in the book, in Irondale, AL outside of Birmingham. Still have my Fried Green Tomatoes Cookbook I got from there. Great video! So neat that you got to talk to the owners!!

I love this movie ❤

Love this Movie ! Thanks, Mark in Michigan

Love that move Jessica Tandy

I didn't know you could visit the town and cafe. I thought it rotted away. Now I'll have to visit it.

OMG.....tht movie has always bn my very fav movie n I remember wen it first came out n where n who I watched it with. My sister rented the movie n we watched it tgthr at her house n I was pregnant with my oldest son. I also have the movie on VHS & dvd plus I grew up eating green fried tomatoes bc my daddy always made them wen he had a garden n he was the cook while momma worked bc my daddy was retired from navy after 20yrs...he was the chef on the boat! Btw.....im a new sub...jus came across ur channel. Im jealous of ya all...bc me n my hubby wanna travel after he retires. Tyfs 😉

The Whistle Stop Cafe was what started my dream for my own cafe.

I actually run a Boarding House for 7 years now and I tell everyone because it is; this is the Whistle stop.

Great video 👍

You need to do one for My Cousin Vinny. Filmed not to far from Juilet, in Monicello GA. Hwy 16 and sack o suds, the square, the couthouse.

Great video!

In the making of FGT, they state the train depot was rebuilt and moved to the film location. According to the video, there were trees growing through it before filming. After, the railroad deemed it an insurance risk and they removed it to preserve it..

Secrets in the sauce 😅

My all time favorite movie .❤❤

It's funny how the movie blew up. Even with the hidden meaning behind it. ❤

First time I saw this movie was at 35,000 feet over the Atlantic... the in-flight movie on a return from Ireland.

My husband and I have been there twice. We ate in the café. The FGTs are excellent.

Love this movie!

The original is in Birmingham Alabama , that the movie is based off of❤️

I grew up here lol church and whistle stop isnt far from where I lived

You’ve got it backwards lol. It was shot in Georgia but it was set in Alabama. It was a Georgia sheriff that came to Alabama and ate the “barbecue”

Not sure if it's true but heard they covered the road in tons of dirt to make it look like an authentic dirt road m

Reminds me of the town I grew up in Onsted Michigan. Established because the rail road put a stop there but the rail iine is long gone.

I enjoyed your video but it was made quite clear in the movie and the book that Ninny Threadgood is not Idgie. She states when talking with Evelyn that she married Idgies brother Cleo.