SUFFOLK, Va. – Suffolk’s newest cafe is serving a little knowledge with every cup of coffee.
Following a soft opening earlier this month, the grand opening for Wall Street Cafe on Washington Street is Saturday, October 24.
Area real estate brokers Domenick Epps and Danita Hayes are behind the new business, and want customers to leave not only with a delicious coffee or sandwich, but also having learned something.
It starts with the name.
Wall Street honors the famous home of New York finance while also paying tribute to Black Wall Street — a name given to prosperous black communities in Durham, North Carolina and Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Greenwood District in the early 20th century.
The latter was destroyed in violent, racially-motivated attacks in 1921.
With that in mind, Epps, a Suffolk native, and Hayes, a Norfolk native, want their cafe to be a place where people can learn about investing, real estate and business.
The cafe has computers and TVs turned to various business and investment…
