As black-owned restaurants and shops struggle, your business matters. Here’s a list.
In this moment of nightly protests against systemic racism in America, thousands throughout the Triangle have looked for ways to better support the black community.
This week there’s been an effort on social media to spotlight black-owned businesses, including many restaurants and shops already hurting due to the shutdown related to the coronavirus.
“We have truly felt the love behind every tag, share, mention & DM,” said popular Durham restaurant True Flavors Diner on Instagram. “It has shown us that you care, that you’re listening and that we are in this thing together.”
Jeanetta Hopkins of Durham’s Bull City Music School says that many black business owners like her in the Triangle have struggled to receive funding through federal programs like the Paycheck Protection Program. She’s joined with other business owners in the Durham Small Business Coalition to advocate for additional support that will aid black owners commonly denied other funding.
Learning to play classical music as a black woman in the south, Hopkins says she got used to being “looked at as a two-headed monster.” She wanted to create a place in Durham where kids like her could learn safely.
“We know that in the realm of classical music, African Americans and Latinos are underrepresented, so I wanted to be an agent of change,” said Hopkins.
Three years later, Bull City Music School teaches students of diverse backgrounds at two locations, in Durham and Hillsborough.
As protesters push for police and justice reform following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and black business owners across the Triangle struggle to stay afloat, you can help by supporting these restaurants and businesses.
This list will grow and evolve as readers share more businesses with us. To add a business, send an email to skasakove@newsobserver.com or jdjackson@newsobserver.com.
Black-owned restaurants
Durham
5122 NC Hwy 55, Durham; 919-544-9911
341 W Main Street, Durham; 919-683-1058
2110 Allendown Drive, Durham; 919-797-7576
406 Blackwell Street, Suite 150; 919-902-0520
Food truck
3019 Fayetteville Street, Durham; 919-682-5697
530 Foster Street, Suite 130; 919-682-9235
5607 NC Hwy 55, Durham; 919-908-9264
910 W Main Street, Durham; 919-588-4660
4853 NC Hwy 55, Durham; 919-544-1532
706 E Main Street, Durham; 919-680-6227
123 Market Street, Suite A, Durham; 919-973-3020
Mobile kitchen
530 Foster Street, Suite 1, Durham; 919-908-9339
1004 Morning Glory Avenue, Durham
826 Fayetteville Street, Suite 110, Durham; 919-680-2219
1104 Broad Street, Durham; 919-416-4922
2514 Fayetteville Street, Durham; 919-682-0939
608 N Mangum Street, Durham 919-908-8970
2637 Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard, Durham; 919-237-3499
▪ The Shrimp and Pasta Dankery
206 Broadway Street, Suite 104, Durham; 919-688-2337
Food truck 919-358-9155
4125 Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard, Durham; 919-219-6050
▪ True Flavors Diner/Debbie Lou’s Biscuits
2022 Chapel Hill Road, Durham; 919-294-9757
1106 Morning Glory Avenue, Durham; 919-251-9265
4600 Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard, Suite 26, Durham; 984-219-7555
Raleigh
1177 Buck Jones Road, Raleigh; 919-462-8404
1516 New Bern Avenue, Raleigh; 919-755-1551
1909 Poole Road, Raleigh; 919-231-7697
5500 Atlantic Springs Road, Raleigh; 919-873-0200
4638 Capital Boulevard, Raleigh; 919-872-7422
1100 North Raleigh Boulevard, Suite 116; 919-521-5957
3901 Capital Boulevard, Suite 101, Raleigh; 919-615-2332
2822 New Birch Drive, Raleigh; 984-222-9140
Morgan Street Food Hall (currently closed)
18 E Martin Street, Raleigh; 919-239-4010
6617 Falls of Neuse Road, Suite 105, Raleigh; 919-703-0095
716 Splash Pine Drive, Cary; 919-234-1572
Food truck 919-827-7308
Food truck 919-346-3019
▪ Sweet Tea & Cornbread Grill and Eatery (Currently closed due to COVID restrictions)
Located in the North Carolina Museum of History
5 E Edenton Street, Raleigh
10930 Raven Ridge Road, Suite 105, Raleigh; 919-803-0099.
Chapel Hill
408 W Rosemary Street, Chapel Hill; 919-942-5837
919-627-7135
Blue Dogwood Public Market
306 W Franklin Street, Suite G, Raleigh; 919-960-1832
111 S Merritt Mill Road, Chapel Hill; 919-933-1744
Black-owned businesses
Durham
▪ Blackspace (closed due to COVID)
212 W Main Street, Durham; 919-864-0293
1810 W Markham Avenue, Durham; 919-251-8194
▪ Bull City Music School (offering virtual summer music classes)
3329 Chapel Hill Boulevard, Suite D, Durham; 919-423-5701
121 North Churton Street, Suite 1C, Hillsborough
▪ Empower Dance Studio (closed due to COVID but doing Facebook live performances)
109 W Parrish Street, Durham; 919-377-2017
▪ Perkins Orchard produce market
5749 Barbee Road, Durham; 919-491-9559
3825 S Roxboro Street, Suite 138, Durham; 984-219-6043
2116 Angier Avenue, Durham; 919-908-1060
711 Iredell Street, Suite A, Durham; 919-286-3298
Online shop
123 Market Street, Suite B, Durham; 919-480-1762
▪ The 360 Approach (offering online classes)
404 Hunt Street #135, Durham; 919-695-1604
Raleigh
608 W Peace Street, Raleigh; 919-834-9886
▪ Colors of Yoga (online classes only due to COVID)
16 S Glenwood Avenue, Suite 30B, Raleigh; 919-238-9283
1105 Capital Boulevard, Raleigh; 919-414-0903.
743 West Johnson Street, Suite A, Raleigh; 919-951-4755
▪ Nail Yeah (closed due to COVID-19 but online shopping available)
22 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 1, Raleigh
208 S Wilmington Street, Raleigh; 919-916-5115
Chapel Hill
414 E Main Street, Carrboro; 919-929-9122
111 N Merritt Mill Road, Chapel HIll; 919-933-2883
128 E Franklin Street, Chapel HIll; 919-932-2188
This story was originally published June 5, 2020 at 10:00 AM with the headline "As black-owned restaurants and shops struggle, your business matters. Here’s a list.."
