Green Acres Café

1705 - 4th Avenue, North

Businesses that occupied this building between 1908 - 1970

1908 - 1913 Southern Bell Telephone Company Stockroom

1915 - 1926 OK French Dry Cleaning Company

1927 - 1938 George Kanelis Billiards

1940 - 1945 Alex’s Steak House

1946 - 1971 OK Cleaning Company

Historically, this building has been identified as the OK Cleaners building. During the early 1970’s until 1989 this building remained vacant. Green Acres Café was established in 1959 and was located at 1600 - 6th Avenue, North; In 1963 the business moved to 1724 4th Avenue North.

Charles Gratton, with the assistance of Urban Impact, purchased this building through the city’s 4th Avenue Land Bank Program, and on February 23, 1990 celebrated the grand opening.

Green Acres Café is famous for its “Peak Of Perfection Chicken Wings.”

Marker is on 4th Avenue North, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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