A History of South Carolina Barbeque by Lake E. High

Author:Lake E. High
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2013-06-14T16:00:00+00:00

The Rotisserie Diner & Tea Room advertised that it was “catering to the Colored People of Charleston” with its sit-down establishment. Courtesy of the author.

In 1955, the H&M Barbecue Grill on 200 Presidents Street opened up, and it was joined by Johnnies Barbecue and the Bar-B-Q Nook at 47 Morris Street. The Pig Inn was still on Folly Road, and the Smoky Pig Drive Inn was still in operation, as were most of those aforementioned restaurants. One big change was that the Rotisserie Diner was gone, but the Ebony Drive Inn seemed to take its place in the black community. “Ebony” was often a code word for businesses that catered to the black population in the 1950s, and the address for the Ebony, 224 St. Phillip Street, would place it in a location that would have been convenient to black neighborhoods. Ebony’s half-page ad was the largest that any operation had ever taken out in the restaurant section in Charleston, and while it actually showed a graphic of a chicken serving the customer and listed “Tasty, Golden Fried Shrimp” as its lead food, it also sported a large graphic of a pig and the words “Bar-B-Q Ribs.” The Ebony also advertised free delivery.

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