The former owner of Raleigh’s oldest restaurant, The Mecca, has died. Paul Dombalis died Thursday at 68, according to an obituary. Dombalis worked at the family restaurant for almost 50 years and led the business for 28 years before selling in 2018. His grandfather opened the Mecca Luncheonette in 1930 at Fayetteville and Hargett streets in downtown Raleigh, according to the restaurant's website. In 1937 it moved about a block south to 13 E. Martin St., where it remains.