As the sign says, it’s been here since 1929. Unfortunately, it appears to have been closed for some time. It is located on S. Wilmington St.
Does anyone have more information on this place?
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Raleigh Boy
04/28/2008
John,
I often ate at the Raleigh Sandwich Shop back in the early ’70s when I lived in Boylan Heights. It was inexpensive and they served plain good food. I usually got pinto beans with grilled onions, cheese and a dash of Tobasco! I liked the grilled cheese sandwich too. I remember well Mr. Capetanos standing behind the U-shaped counter in his white apron and paper hat.
–Raleigh Boy
The N&O profiled Christ Capetanos, former owner of the Raleigh Sandwich Shop, in Sunday’s paper. A very interesting story; here’s the link:
“When [Capetanos] got out [of the army], he went to work for his brother [John] at the Raleigh Sandwich Shop, a hot dogs, pork chops, cuppa-joe kind of place a block from the State Capitol. At its core, the business was, of course, about food. But there were opportunities for moral stands as well. The restaurant was a de facto meeting place for working-class whites and blacks at a time when the two races didn’t mix in public. There was a partition with blacks and whites on either side, but they shared a jukebox. ‘The cafe was, historically, the only place I know of where blacks and whites ate together in Raleigh,’ said Leon Capetanos, Christ Capetanos’ nephew and John Capetanos’ son.”
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04/28/2008
John,
I often ate at the Raleigh Sandwich Shop back in the early ’70s when I lived in Boylan Heights. It was inexpensive and they served plain good food. I usually got pinto beans with grilled onions, cheese and a dash of Tobasco! I liked the grilled cheese sandwich too. I remember well Mr. Capetanos standing behind the U-shaped counter in his white apron and paper hat.
–Raleigh Boy
The N&O profiled Christ Capetanos, former owner of the Raleigh Sandwich Shop, in Sunday’s paper. A very interesting story; here’s the link:
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/life_stories/story/1051652.html
I included a few excerpts below:
“When [Capetanos] got out [of the army], he went to work for his brother [John] at the Raleigh Sandwich Shop, a hot dogs, pork chops, cuppa-joe kind of place a block from the State Capitol. At its core, the business was, of course, about food. But there were opportunities for moral stands as well. The restaurant was a de facto meeting place for working-class whites and blacks at a time when the two races didn’t mix in public. There was a partition with blacks and whites on either side, but they shared a jukebox.
‘The cafe was, historically, the only place I know of where blacks and whites ate together in Raleigh,’ said Leon Capetanos, Christ Capetanos’ nephew and John Capetanos’ son.”