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Check Out Black Restaurant Week in New Orleans

Who’s down for some culture with their cuisine?
Black Restaurant Week wraps up in New Orleans this weekend.

That means it’s the perfect time to experience some of the city’s food businesses owned by African-Americans.

Black Restaurant Week is all about spotlighting and promoting the Gulf Coast and New Orleans’ African American-owned restaurants, food businesses.

The annual food event also considers its mission as one that educates and raises awareness of the black culinary industry in the United States and its plights and delights.

When Is Black Restaurant Week In New Orleans?

In New Orleans, Black Restaurant Week runs from Oct. 20-Oct. 29, 2023. 

Black Restaurant Week sees its role ans one that helps create experiences that will cater to a diverse culture of tastemakers, professionals and area foodies seriously.  Gone this year are the panels and food workshops, it’s all about support. That’s why the goal is just to eat at participating restaurants and spread the word.

What began in Houston seven years ago has expanded in major U.S. markets like Atlanta, New York, Washington D.C. and Chicago.

James Johnson

James Johnson is a writer originally from New York City. She has lived in the South for the last 15 years and enjoys Creole cooking and shrimp and grits.

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