David’s Cafeteria [1932-1938] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

David’s Cafeteria [1932-1938]

Current condition: 
Demolished / No longer exists
Date Place completed: 
c.1932-02-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Date Place demolished: 
1938-01-01

Restaurant/Cafeteria at 15 Hankow Road, corner of Peking Road.

Earliest mention is in the 1932 licensing session ( February 1932) for liquors. The following was notified:

Name of Applicants

Description of License

Sign of House

Situation of House

Whether the applicant has held a license to sell liquor in the Colony and, if so, for how long

David Gabruiler

Restaurant keeper's adjunct license

David’s Cafeteria

15 Hankow Road, corner of Peking Road, Kowloon

New application

In September 1936 the new applicant became Yu Man Cho, on the 11.9.1937 it changed to Stanley Joseph Swetland.

Swetland likely changed the name to Red Lion Inn in 1938. 

Photos that show this place

1930