Campus and Exhibits | Cafe
The Museum is proud to partner with Durham’s very own Grayson’s Café to provide on-site dining of traditional American favorites. Conveniently located across from the Ellerbee Creek Railway and near the Magic Wings Butterfly House, the Café offers indoor and outdoor seating.
Menu
Grayson’s Café at the Museum offers fresh seasonal menu items with daily specials ranging from warm chicken wraps and daily soups to crisp salads and ciabatta deli sandwiches. And don’t miss their tasty selection of assorted pastries and desserts. Grayson’s Café also has a healthy selection of children’s menu items perfectly sized for those little appetites.
View our current menus (pdf):
Museum Cafe menu
Breakfast menu
Museum Buffet menu
Action Station menu
Hors D'oeuvre and Appetizer menu
Box Lunch menu
Hot Lunch menu
Kid's Sack Lunch menu
Café Staff
The Owners
Arthur Grayson is a graduate of the renowned Culinary Institute of America. Upon graduation he was awarded one of two annual fellowships as a Sous-Chef in the prestigious Escoffier Room. Arthur has trained at the Fontainebleau Hilton in Miami Beach and was the Chef at the Sands Restaurant Beach Club in Key West Florida. Upon moving to New York City, he worked as the Restaurant Chef at the United Nations Plaza and as Executive Sous-Chef at the St. Moritz Sheraton. Over the last three years, he has opened three successful restaurants here in Durham. His wife, Elizabeth Grayson, a former Miss North Carolina and actively involved in the arts, assists him with bringing in the live entertainment offered for special events.
Executive Chef
Chef Rodney Lloyd (“Rod”) graduated culinary school at Alamance Community College. Chef Lloyd has 20 years of experience in specialty restaurants, including Steak and Ale, Bennigan’s Grill and Tavern, Craw Daddy’s Seafood, Pinehurst Country Club and Alamance Country Club, to mention a few. He has served as Executive Chef at the Village Tavern Grill in Burlington and most recently as the Chef at Grayson's Café on Chapel Hill Road.
For more information, contact:
Grayson’s Cafe
(919) 220-5429 x358
graysons@ncmls.org
Grayson’s Café original restaurant is located in southern Durham at:
2300 Chapel Hill Road
919-403-9220
www.graysonscafe.com