Created By: Dr. Elizabeth Rule and The Guide to Indigenous Lands Project in Partnership with Dr. Ashley Minner
George Vasiliades worked in the Moonlight Diner (1 N. Broadway) as a teenager. In 1965, when he was in his early 20s, he set out on his own. He purchased the original Sip & Bite, which had opened on the west side of Van Lill Street in 1948, [1] and learned how to cook. A few years later, he moved the diner to its present location, 2200 Boston Street, on the east side of Van Lill.[2] The Indian community followed the business from Broadway to Boston Street, as the Moonlight Diner closed in 1972, during Urban Renewal.[3] For many years, Sip & Bite was a favorite after-church lunch spot for members of both South Broadway Baptist and East Baltimore Church of God.
1. “Our History - Timeline,” Sip & Bite, Accessed August 8, 2019,
http://www.sipandbite.com/index.php?/history/timeline
2. Rafael Alvarez, “The Story of Sip & Bite, Part 3,” The Arbutus Patch, October 25, 2012, https://patch.com/maryland/arbutus/the-story-of-sip-bite-part-3
3. Baltimore City Superior Court (Land Records) RHB 2962, p. 0418, MSA_CE168_13280. Date available 11/18/2004. Date printed 07/31/2019.
This point of interest is part of the tour: Guide to Indigenous Baltimore
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