Uploaded July 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Part Two of an interview with Minas Dascalakis, owner of downtown Greensboro's Matthew's Grill at 223 North Elm Street near the original O.Henry Hotel. He came here as a young man from war torn Greece in 1949.
Also heard is Aleck Alexiou, his father owned the Princess Cafe on South Elm.
Minas takes us on a virtual tour of Elm Street in the 1950s, tells us how the O.Henry & King Cotton Hotel got their start and why the Guilford Building failed as a hotel. (The Guilford building was virtually identical to the King Cotton.)
Part Two of an interview with Minas Dascalakis, owner of downtown Greensboro's Matthew's Grill at 223 North Elm Street near the original O.Henry Hotel. He came here as a young man from war torn Greece in 1949.
Also heard is Aleck Alexiou, his father owned the Princess Cafe on South Elm.
Minas takes us on a virtual tour of Elm Street in the 1950s, tells us how the O.Henry & King Cotton Hotel got their start and why the Guilford Building failed as a hotel. (The Guilford building was virtually identical to the King Cotton.)
