Royal Cafe

Green Book Entry/Entries
Royal Cafe
Green Book Category
Restaurants
Taverns
Years Listed
1947-1955
Region
Coastal Plain
County
Bladen

Royal Cafe was listed in the Green Book as “Royal Cafe” under “Restaurant” and under “Taverns” in 1947 and as “Royal Cafe” under “Taverns” from 1948-1955. The business was listed in Elizabethtown. No address was given.1

Royal Cafe was located in Elizabethtown but was not listed in the Green Book with an address. This business has not yet been located. The 1950 federal census for Elizabethtown enumerated several African Americans who worked in cafes but none who owned a restaurant, cafe, or tavern.2

Essay by Brandie K. Ragghianti, 2022

Notes

  1. Victor Green, 1947 Green Book, 64; Victor 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.
  2. Another Green Book business located in Enfield, NC was also called the Royal Cafe. These are two separate businesses.