Moonlight Restaurant (ca. 1955–1972) 1 N. Broadway

The Moonlight Restaurant was Greek-owned. It was one of the first restaurants in which many Lumbee Indians arriving from the Jim Crow South could sit down and eat. Much of the planning for what would become South Broadway Baptist Church and the Baltimore American Indian Center took place in The Moonlight. However, the establishment was also known for fights and general discord, sometimes also attributed to the presence of Indians.[1] The building was sold to Baltimore City in 1972.[2] It is a house today.

1. George Vasiliadis, interview with Ashley Minner and Sean Scheidt, February, 2016, Baltimore, Maryland, transcript.

2. Baltimore City Superior Court (Land Records) RHB 2962, p. 0418, MSA_CE168_13280. Date available 11/18/2004. Date printed 07/31/2019.