Mayflower Grill

Green Book Entry/Entries
Mayflower Grill---N. Hillsboro St.
Mayflower Grill Restaurant---N. Hillsboro St.
Green Book Category
Restaurants
Years Listed
1947-1957
Region
Coastal Plain
County
Cumberland

Mayflower Grill was listed in the Green Book from 1947 - 1955 as “Mayflower — N. Hillsboro St.” under Restaurants from 1947 - 1955 and as “Mayflower Grill Restaurant — N. Hillsboro St.” from 1956 - 1957. 1

The Mayflower Grill was a restaurant advertised in the Green Book from 1947 - 1957. It was listed in the section for Fayetteville but has not been found in existing city directories nor in The Carolinian, a Raleigh-based African American newspaper that regularly advertised Fayetteville-area businesses. A restaurant named Mayflower Grill was listed at 133 Person Street in the 1958 city directory and was owned by Mrs. Corrie B. Simmons.2

Essay by Brandie K. Ragghianti, 2022

Notes

  1. Victor Green, 1947 Green Book, 64; Green, 1948 Green Book, 62; Green, 1949 Green Book, 56; Green, 1950 Green Book, 62; Green, 1951 Green Book, 53; Green, 1952 Green Book, 53; Green, 1953 Green Book, 53; Green, 1954 Green Book, 52; Green, 1955 Green Book, 53; Victor Green, 1956 Green Book, 45; Green, 1957 Green Book, 46. 
  2. Hill’s 1958 Fayetteville City Directory, 496 (alphabetical listing), 237 (classified listing); Deluxe Barber Shop, another Green Book business, was also located at this address. If you have additional information about this business please contact the NC African American Heritage Commission.