Yellow Bowl Restaurant Part 1
Courtesy of Fred Opie
The Yellow Bowl Restaurant in the historic Johnston Square community was perhaps one of the most well known eateries in Baltimore. In 1921, it started as an addition to the east end of the Yellow Cab Company building located on the 500 block of Greenmount Avenue near Preston Street. Sam Greenburg bought the restaurant and reopened it in a larger location in the first floor of a two story row house in the 1200 block of Greenmount Ave the former of home of Shreck’s Restaurant. The Yellow Bowl catered to white cab drivers and the white working class residents employed in clothing and shoe factories in East Baltimore. The original menu included eggs, bacon, and toast for breakfast and sandwiches, Salisbury steak, meatloaf, and spaghetti and meatballs; there was also plenty of hot coffee. Tomorrow the two interpretation of how the restaurant became a long running soul food joint.
