1005 West Johnson Street, Staunton, Virginia 24401; 38.14803 N, 79.08078 W

William and Sadie Cook, Sr. were the owners of Cook’s Grocery from the mid 30’s till 1971. They opened the store to provide a basic service to not only the neighboring community, but to the newly built high school one block away, that was built without a kitchen or cafeteria to feed the students attending the relocation of Booker T. Washington School from Sunnyside Street to West Johnson Street. William H. Cook, Sr. left the daily operation of the grocery store to his wife Sadie J. Cook, as he persuaded his dream of opening his own restaurant in Staunton’s black business district on North Augusta Street.