Broad St. Diner packs the house, HAS GREAT COFFEE
BROAD ST. DINER OPENS
Steve and Marypat Gaffney heard the call.
The recently opened Broad Street Diner is filling the need many Edenton residents and visitors were asking for - a breakfast spot where the bacon sizzles, the potatoes are hot and the eggs are perfect.
Merry Christmas your wishes have come true.
The Broad Street Diner is the Gaffney’s new restaurant at 301 S. Broad Street. If you’ve walked by the restaurant over the past few months you’d have seen the Gaffney team scrubbing, painting and brightening the space in the former Mitchner’s Drug Building. The Gaffney’s have spent the last month’s of their culinary journey upgrading the space adding to Edenton’s influx of new businesses.
Broad Street Diner serves breakfast all day. Steve runs the back of the house and is a professional chef. Mary Pat oversees the front of the house operation.
The Gaffney’s offer exactly what the community was asking for.
A variety of breakfast entreesincludingOmelettes, Benedicts, and hashes are always available along with a selectionof breakfast meats, grits, potatoes, toast andhomemade biscuits. There are Gluten Free selections on the menuand for those loving a sweeter breakfast, pancakes, French toast and waffles are available. Their robust gluten-free breakfast menu includesGF pancakes with blueberries to GF cinnamon raisin bagels. The teammakeshomemade southern biscuits, and offers chicken and waffles, as well as other southern treats. Lunch menu starts at 11 a.m. servingburgers, a Little Taste of Philly sandwiches (hot & cold), salads, and more. Itwouldn’t be a “diner” if theydidn’t have milkshakes. The Board Street Diner has milshakes.
“Weknew we needed a great place with sit-down breakfast and all the fixings,” said Marypat. ”When the opportunity was presented to us, we knew we had to bring our passion for breakfast food to our new home”.
Edenton’s new breakfast team comes with a seasoned professional in the kitchen.
“Steve cut his teethas a young cook while working at the prestigious Adams Mark Hotel in Philadelphia. While living in the suburban Philadelphia area, Steve later owned a food truck near the University of Pennsylvania, providing all the classic Philly cuisine, later opening a BBQ restaurant in Kennett Square,” said Marypat.
Marypat spent her early career in the US Air Force, then entered the private sector, later returning to the Defense industry post-9/11.
“Edenton is an idyllic community filled with kind people, and an appreciation for the extraordinary gifts given us by the Creator,” Marypat continues. “We loved the fact that Edenton Coffee House had a t-shirt that read “all I need is a cup of coffee and Jesus”… we decided our tribe is here in Edenton’.
Hours of operation are Monday to Saturday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. serving breakfast all day, and lunch starting at 11:00a.m.; Sunday, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. serving limited Brunch menu.The wait is over, stop in and enjoy.
The Broad Street Diner
Steven & Marypat Gaffney
301 South Broad St.
Orders to-go Call: 252-415-0039
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The Fannie A. Parker Women's Club Officers
Parker Women's Club Celebrates 79 Years of Community Service
By Karen Foley
Club officers and members were joined by family, friends and community residents for the monumental milestone of celebrating the Fannie A. Parker’s Women’s Club seventy- ninth year.
The highlight of the event was keynote speaker Rev. Dr. Andra Cunningham, Parker’s granddaughter who was nurtured by Parker to adulthood.
What began as a regular gathering in Parker’s Edenton living room of her Africa American female friends grew into an institution the educator would be proud of today. Parker's name proudly sits above the door of the club she and the mebers moved into 49 years ago.
Cunningham beamed with Parker’s pride as she shared real life memories, many recorded in the scrap books that rested in their original boxes in front of the lectern.
Cunningham spoke of the times she did her homework on her grandmother’s kitchen floor “while all these ladies were in the living room”. The reverend, currently Pastor, Greater Glory Mission AME Church in Greenville, expressed more fond stories about the founding members of the club she knew while growing up.
She told first hand stories bringing smiles to those who worked diligently to carry on her work helping children and guiding and educating future generations.
It was by mere happenstance Cunningham connected with Stella Brothers through the Internet. The women spoke of those who made the club possible. That was the beginning of the newly formed relationship with Cunningham and first hand Parker stories.
From the stories told and examples shared Parker's reach stretches far from Edenton. Her legacy lives in the hearts of many she and the Fannie A. Parker Women’s Club continue to touch.
Celebration Photos
A celebration to be remember. An afternoon remembered...