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The Black and White Café was a café in St Pauls, Bristol, in the United Kingdom, that opened in 1971, owned by the Wilks family.[1] The Caribbean food café had a reputation as a drug den and was raided more times by the police than any other premises in the country.
Events during a 1980 police raid on the café were a catalyst for the St Pauls riot.[1] The café remained a centre for drug dealing and violent turf wars through the 1990s, with a peak in the early 2000s,[2] and raids also revealed weapons and illegal immigrants.[3] The Observer dubbed the café "Britain's most dangerous hard drug den".[2]
The café closed in 2004 under legal action as a result of new anti-social behaviour legislation[3] and was later demolished.[3]