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National Urban League Teams With Pepsi to Launch Black Restaurant Accelerator Program

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonOctober 26, 2020October 23, 2020

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonOctober 26, 2020October 23, 20208850

Pepsi has announced that The National Urban League is launching the Black Restaurant Accelerator Program Powered by a $10 Million Grant...

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Black-Owned Family-Style Restaurant in Alabama Has No Prices and Feeds Anyone Who Is Hungry

BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsAugust 24, 2020August 28, 2020

by BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsAugust 24, 2020August 28, 202078184

The founders of Drexell & Honeybee’s, a Black-owned family-style restaurant in Brewton, Alabama, are gaining national attention because they serve meals with no prices. The donation-only...

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One Couple’s Recipe for Business Survival In COVID-19

Caroline ClarkeMay 13, 2020May 13, 2020

by Caroline ClarkeMay 13, 2020May 13, 202014822

This couple have done everything they can to save their restaurant, uplift their community, and survive the virus themselves....

Entrepreneurship

Nick Cannon Opens A Vegan Soul Food Restaurant in Los Angeles

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonMay 8, 2020May 8, 2020

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonMay 8, 2020May 8, 202014318

Nick Cannon recently opened a vegan restaurant, located inside a 100-year-old Japanese restaurant called Yamashiro, in the Hollywood Hills....

Entrepreneurship

Historic D.C Restaurant Gets Approved for Coronavirus Relief Loan

Dana GivensMay 3, 2020May 1, 2020

by Dana GivensMay 3, 2020May 1, 202015027

Ben’s Chili Bowl, a well-known historic restaurant located in Washington, D.C, recently received a PPP loan to save its business....

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Sammed Okyne finds success with Liberian Restaurant Kings and Queens

Daron PressleyMarch 2, 2020March 2, 2020

by Daron PressleyMarch 2, 2020March 2, 2020688

Sammed Okyne, a Liberian native who immigrated to the United States in 1997, has turned his native cuisine into the profitable restaurant Kings and Queens....