The family behind the Palace International | The Palace International/Facebook
The family hopes to reopen in a new location
Durham’s iconic East African restaurant The Palace International announced today on social media that their lease was not being renewed and that they would be closing on February 27.
The restaurant was founded in 1989 by husband and wife Maurice and Caren Ochola. The Ocholas had each come to the United States from Kenya to attend college before meeting, marrying, and settling in Durham. The original location of the restaurant became something of a local legend before sadly burning in 2001.
In 2007 the Ochola’s reopened the Palace International in its current Broad Street location, reestablishing the restaurant’s beloved reputation with the help of their children Moses and Suzana. Moses Ochola also went on to help found the Black Farmers’ Market.
In an Instagram post and video Suzana and Moses joined
- Greenville’s Project Host Now Offering Bakery Box Subscriptions
- Topsoil Announces March Supper Featuring Two James Beard Nominated Chefs
- Starting Today, South Carolina Bars, Restaurants Can Sell Alcohol Past 11 P.M. Again
- March Community Tap Food Truck Calendar
- Downtown Basil’s Final Dinner Service Is Tonight
- How One Rock Hill Restaurant Preserves the Legacy of 1961 Civil Rights Sit-In Protest
- 18 Essential Asheville Restaurants
- After Almost 10 Years, the Macintosh Calls It Quits in Charleston
- Fountain Inn’s Bobby’s BBQ & Seasoning Featured by Morning Express with Robin Meade
- Third-Generation Pitmaster Sam Jones Brings Barbecue Legacy to Downtown Raleigh Amid Pandemic
Upstate News Headlines
- Weekend Things to Do: Greenville South Carolina
- 'We're excited': Greenville bars and restaurants react to lifted 'last call' order
- Upstate schools moving on to state championship games
- Pedestrian hit and killed on I-185 troopers says
- Coroner's office responding to fatal crash involving pedestrian in Greenville
- NC Senate OK's allowing concealed handguns at more churches
- Minimum wage hike all but dead in big COVID relief bill
- Clemson’s graduation moving to Greenville means an economic loss for the campus area
- 3 suspects charged in connection to murder of USC Upstate student
- Gov. McMaster tours new Upstate vaccination clinic
- Car slams in Spartanburg body shop during chase, troopers say
