1616 7th Street NW
This file appears in: Lingering on the Palate: Southern Dining Room (1938 - 1980s)
This 1870s commercial building once housed the Southern Dining Room.
This file appears in: Lingering on the Palate: Southern Dining Room (1938 - 1980s)
Lingering on the Palate: Southern Dining Room (1938 - 1980s)
In the age of racial segregation and discrimination that kept Washington, DC’s “fine restaurants” out of reach for African American Washingtonians, a wide range of eateries, such as informal cafeterias and full-service commercial restaurants, filled…