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A picture of El Dorado Cafe, a former establishment in Frenchtown, Tallahassee. The cafe was a well known stop on the Chitlin Circuit, where renowned musicians such as Cannonball Adderley would perform.
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A picture of the building that formerly housed El Chico, located on Osceola Street.
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A picture of Nims Grocery and Market, located on Brevard Street and Old Bainbridge Road in Tallahassee, Florida. The store was formerly owned and operated by Joe Nims, who first rented the grocery store around 1900. A brush with the law made him run away to Canada for two years, but upon his return he borrowed $800 from his father and bought the store, which he ran since 1904 until his death in 1991.
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A picture of the Monroe Pool Hall, located in Frenchtown, Tallahassee, Florida.
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A picture of the the building that formerly housed Jackson's place, a Cafe restaurant on Virginia and Macomb Street in Tallahassee, Florida.
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A picture of the building that formerly housed Joe Franklin's Modern Cleaners on Macomb Street in Tallahassee, Florida. Franklin owned and operated Modern Cleaners in Frenchtown until the 1970s.
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An image of the original Mahalia Jackson Franchise located on Adams Street in Tallahassee, Florida. Mahalia Jackson’s Chicken System, Inc. was an African-American fast-food venture launched by a group of Memphis businessmen led by A. W. Willis and Ben Hooks. Mahalia Jackson contributed her name and at least a portion of the chicken recipe.
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A picture of the Cherry Hill Grocery store and Market located on Saxon Street in Tallahassee, Florida.
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A picture of the former Baldwin's store, an African American-owned business in Tallahassee , Florida.
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The former Knowles Cleaners and Laundry, once a notable African American business in the area.
