 There really is a Whistlestop Cafe that does indeed serve fried  green tomatoes (among other Southern foods) just North of Macon  Georgia. It is the actual area where many of the scenes were filmed,  such as the Cafe and a few surrounding houses. Although they may  have filmed in Georgia, the true Whistle Stop Cafe is in Irondale,  Alabama (a suburb or Birmingham, where Author Fannie Flagg grew up.)