Black Restaurant Week comes to the Carolinas soon — here’s what you should know.
Black Restaurant Week — Carolinas will be held from Friday, April 28 - Sunday, May 7, and it will feature more than 20 Charlotte-area restaurants.
The nationwide tour will feature local and regional favorites including:
Charlotte area:
BCooks! Food Truck
Coordinates Coffee
- Cru Charlotte
Cuzzo’s Cuisine
Derita Dairy Bar & Grill
Exposed Vegan
Grandeur Cuisine
Graze-Full Eats
Hip Hop Smoothie
Juicin’ Juice Bar
Krustaceans Seafood
Island Cuisine Charlotte
It’s Poppin! Gourmet Kettle Korn
LuLu’s Maryland-Style Chicken and Seafood
Nana Morrison’s Soul Food
The Nappy Chef
Rio Ultra Lounge (formerly 360 Lounge Reloaded)
- Romeo’s Vegan Burgers
- Roy’s Kitchen and Patio
- Stats Restaurant & Bar
Two Scoops Creamery
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Road trip time: Elsewhere in the Carolinas
Big Pat’s Soul Food in Burlington
Gate City Tavern in Greensboro
A Peace of Soul Vegan Kitchen in Columbia
Pure Soul in Durham
Shyah’s Vegan Bakery in Rocky Mount
Black Restaurant Week is a nationwide campaign that was founded in 2016 by by Warren Luckett, Falayn Ferrell and Derek Robinson. It is designed to help support Black-owned culinary businesses, featuring African-American, African and Caribbean cuisine nationwide. Local restaurants join at no cost.
Other ways to support Charlotte’s Black-owned restaurants
- Of note: Black Restaurant Week - Carolinas is different from the locally owned Charlotte Black Restaurant Week event.
- Another way to show up: Black Food Truck Fridays is back for the season.
- Also, mark your calendar for this year’s Eat Black Charlotte, which will be Friday, June 2-Sunday, June 11. More details to come!
This story was originally published April 18, 2023 at 12:26 PM.
