the historic general francis marion hotel and black rooster restaurant & lounge, providing luxurious fine dining. the bank of marion. the bank of marion, your vision, your community, your bank. wbrf, 98.1fm. bryant label, a proud supporter of our region's musical heritage. ("cherokee shuffle" by gerald anderson)

family foundation general francis marion hotel, the historic general francis marion hotel and black roostert and lounge, providing luxurious accommodations and casual fine dining. the bank of marion. the bank of marion, your vision, your community, your bank. wbrf, 98.1 fm. bryant label, a proud supporter of our region's musical heritage. (lively bluegrass music)

place where like the cotton club where it was so known, and also black people were allowed to work there, but not to eat there. so the red rooster was, it was an openly diverse gay bar, which i thought was fantastic. it was a place where the maid could go after she got her hair done on thursdays, she could go there, but it was also where young, someone like dinkins, mayor dinkins at a younger age, charles rangel, but also nat king cole and also someone that worked in the post office. it was extremely not just diverse-- - egalitarian. - exactly and we need and at the time i feel we need more places where it has this diverse layer of community. if you think about diversity in a place like new york city you truly only find it in two places. the subway and hopefully in restaurants. - right, it's the place where everybody comes together. now you, because you're you and because the restaurants that you've put together in new york have been at such a high level, you tend to attract a pretty elevated clientele. you cook for presidents in this restaurant. in fact our current president, president obama, not long ago, after you were the fi