How to Find and Support Black-owned Restaurants in Your Community
Neighborhood ties are frequently enhanced in times of strife since we need to rely on one another to endure. For Black communities and Black culinarians in specific this has always held true. Black-owned restaurants are very important pillars of our communities, offering edible connections to Black foodways and spaces for Black neighborhood members to convene. They likewise offer livelihoods for Black entrepreneurs and employees. Below are resources to discover and support Black-owned dining establishments in your community. Support them now and in the future.
Black and Mobile
Established by David Cabello, Black and Mobile is the very first shipment service that links consumers with Black-owned restaurants. They are currently operating in Philadelphia, Atlanta, and Detroit.
eatOkra App
eatOkra is a guide to Black-owned restaurants with over 1,700 listings across the country. Creators Anthony and Janique Edwards began the app in 2016 with the objective of making it easier for diners to discover and support Black-owned organisations.
DMV Black Dining Establishment Week
There are over 2,000 restaurants in Washington, D.C. and even more in nearby Maryland and Virginia (affectionately known as the DMV to residents). Dr. Erinn Tucker, a professor of hospitality at a local university, Andra “AJ” Johnson, a food entrepreneur, and Furard “Tate” Tate, a former Washington D.C. restaurateur, produced DMV Black Restaurant Week to highlight and promote Black-owned organisations in the area. This year’s dining establishment week will be November 8-15.
Black Chicago Eats
A basic request for a list of Black-owned restaurants led reporter Toure Muhammad to create Black Chicago Consumes– an online directory of Black-owned restaurants in the city. Today the site features interviews with Black chefs and featured restaurants and it’s broadened to Taste of Black Chicago, a food celebration highlighting the city’s Black cooking community.
New York City African Restaurant Week
NYARW started in 2013 to highlight and celebrate African food in New York City and has actually since turned into a two-week occasion with cooking demonstrations and occasions throughout Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx, and Brooklyn.
Black Dining Establishment Weeks
BRW gathers information about Black Restaurant Weeks across the country, assembling them all onto one easy to follow page. Watch out for your city to find approaching dates.
Boston Black Hospitality Coalition
The BBHC is committed to preserving Boston’s Black history by supporting Black-owned restaurants in the city including the famous Wally’s Jazz Cafe which was established in 1947.
