New York Restaurant (New York Cafe)

This business was listed as a restaurant in the The Green Book from 1950-1957, and again in 1959-1967.

William M. Moras was listed as the owner of New York Cafe in a directory , and the householder at 702 E. Franklin with spouse Ethel Moras. They both are not listed as African American or colored in the Raleigh city directories. Though the owners were not African American, they serviced and employed African Americans in the community.

Like, Benjamin Robinson who is listed as African American waiter at the New York Cafe ,Joseph Yoines an African American who is listed as a cook and Maryland Campbell an African American woman listed as a dishwasher for the cafe.

As of 2016, the London Bridge Pub (bottom floor) and the Architect Bar (top floor) are the two businesses that now occupy the building previously known as the New York Cafe/Restaurant. In the 1960s, an architectural firm was housed in the space hence the name of the bar upstairs.