Oscar Bar And Restaurant

[Niklas Terki]

Oscars Restaurant was established in 1953 in Roanoke Rapids, NC. Built on the west side of Roanoke Rapids, in what used to be our town's industrial area. Oscar's has a busy breakfast, lunch, & dinner. They have great food, great service, and it still today has the old town southern experience in dining. They have continued their home-style cooking and the southern personality. It's one of the best southern style, home cooking restaurants in the Roanoke Valley. Come by and experience a bit of history to the Roanoke Valley and have breakfast, lunch, or dinner with us...we'd love to have you and your family.

Most Pensacolians remember Oscar's Restaurant in Brownsville for two things: great breakfasts, courtesy of the Hot Cake King as the sign outside still boasts; and it was where serial killer Ted Bundy was caught early in the morning on Feb. 15, 1978, after police saw his Volkswagen in an alley behind the restaurant.

(The incident was immortalized by Pensacola band This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb's song "Board of Tourism'': "Ted Bundy was caught behind the Hot Cake King / He had a busted head light behind the Hot Cake King.")

"I'm thinking about buying a VW and painting it up like Bundy's,'' said Boyette, who shares his own name with spree killer William "Billy" Boyette, who terrorized parts of South Alabama and Northwest Florida in early 2017. "Maybe get some crazy shirts like "Ted Bundy's Hideaway."

"Navy Boulevard (known for its numerous antique shops) is already established,'' Boyette said. "But this is going to improve Brownsville. I can see more and more places coming in and Brownsville really growing. We're going to give Navy Boulevard some competition."

Boyette and his employees have been renovating the old Oscar's building. There's a large vintage Shell gas sign on the western exterior of the building. Inside, the old Oscar's hot and cold bars are still there, but they're going to be sold as well.

"It was the best,'' Hollis said of Oscar's. "I would come in with my grandfather and my uncle and just sit there with my eyes darting back and forth between them while they told stories. Everyone who has lived in Pensacola for a while has an Oscar's story."

Are you craving house-smoked meats cooked to perfection? Or do you want your breakfast favorites later in the day? Whatever you're hungry for, Oskar Scots is the place to get it in Caledonia, MI.

Our menu items are prepared with passion and professionalism, so you can expect the best flavors in each bite you take. When you dine at our lunch spot, you can choose from all kinds of barbecue options, sandwich selections and other delicious menu items. We can also make something that's not on our menu - just ask your server and we'll do our best to accommodate you.

Call (616) 554-9173 now to learn more about our preferred local restaurant.

There are many good reasons to dine at our local restaurant for breakfast or lunch. Consider that...

We serve breakfast all day longWe're family owned and operatedWe offer event catering servicesWe slow-smoke our meats in-houseWe use fresh, locally sourced ingredients

When you come to our local lunch spot, you'll feel right at home. We go above and beyond to provide friendly customer service in a welcoming environment. Stop in today to try our delicious food.

"There were multiple factors at play," wrote Chef/Owner Oscar Romano. "We were never able to fully recover from the hit we took during the pandemic, we weren't able to renegotiate our lease agreement, and we couldn't keep up with the ever increasing supply costs."

Romano added how grateful he is "to those who have stood by us since we took over the restaurant in 2012. Our goal has always been to provide our patrons with an excellent experience. We hope we accomplished that with you over the years."

This eight-flat apartment building, constructed in 1920, is associated with Oscar Stanton De Priest, the first African American elected to Congress in the 20th century. De Priest bought the building in 1929 and lived in one of its apartments until his death in 1951.

During his three terms (1928-1935), as the only black representative in Congress, De Priest introduced several anti-discrimination bills. His 1933 amendment barring discrimination in the Civilian Conservation Corps was passed by the Senate and signed into law by President Roosevelt. A second anti-lynching bill failed, even though it did not make lynching a federal crime. A third proposal--a bill to permit a transfer of jurisdiction if a defendant believed he or she could not get a fair trial because of race or religion--would be passed by another Congress in another era.

Civil rights activists criticized De Priest for opposing federal aid to the needy, but they applauded him for speaking in the South despite death threats. They also praised De Priest for telling an Alabama senator he was not big enough to prevent him from dining in the Senate restaurant and for defending the right of Howard University students to eat in the House restaurant. De Priest took the House restaurant issue to a special bipartisan House committee. In a three month-long heated debate, the Republican minority argued that the restaurant's discriminatory practice violated 14th Amendment rights to equal access. The Democratic majority skirted the issue by claiming that the restaurant was not open to the public, and the House restaurant remained segregated. The Oscar Stanton De Priest House in Chicago is a National Historic Landmark.

A project through the African American Civil Rights Grant Program, which works to document, interpret, and preserve the sites and stories related to the African American struggle to gain equal rights, funded work to rehabilitate the Oscar Stanton De Priest House. The project focused on repairing and replacing materials on the exterior of the structure to better preserve this historic landmark for future generations.

Visit the National Park Service We Shall Overcome travel itinerary to learn more about the civil rights movement themes and histories. Also, be sure to check out Civil Rights subject site.

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