What is Black Restaurant Week?

The tag on the Black Restaurant Week’s official site reads “More than just a week” and it couldn’t be more appropriate. Black Restaurant Week was founded by Warren Luckett in 2016, and has since gone on to highlight and celebrate many of the African-American, African, and Caribbean flavors and cuisine all over the nation and beyond. Read on to find out more about how this business could potentially benefit your restaurant.

What Black Restaurant Week Does

Black Restaurant Week presents restaurant week campaigns in order to highlight Black-owned restaurants and culinary businesses. There may even be a campaign near you that has weekly specials and much more. Some of the areas and dates that Black Restaurant Week has covered include:

Northwest areas: February 25^th-March 6^th of 2022
Southwest areas: March 18^th– 27^th of 2022
Houston, Texas: April 1^st– April 10^th of 2022
Carolinas: April 22^nd– May 1^st of 2022
Bay Area, California: May 13^th– May 22^nd of 2022
Northeast areas: June 3^rd-12^th of 2022
New York: June 24^th-July 3^rd of 2022
Toronto: July 8^th-July 17^th of 2022
Greater Washington DC and Baltimore: July 18^th-31^st of 2022
Atlanta, Georgia: August 5^th-14^th of 2022

Dates coming up on the future will be:

Los Angeles, California: August 19^th-28^th of 2022
Midwest areas: September 2^nd-11^th of 2022
Southeast east areas: September 23^rd-October 2^nd of 2022
Gulf Coast: October 14^th-23^rd of 2022
Florida: November 11^th-20^th of 2022

There is still time if your restaurant is located in any of these areas to in order to take part. All you have to do is register. Black Restaurant Week has been featured on TV and the news and can gather up some great publicity for your restaurant. You can register your restaurant in on their official website.

Who Can Register?

Registering with Black Restaurant Week is best suited for Black-owned restaurants or any of these other Black-owned establishments:

Food Trucks
Brick and Mortar Bakeries
Specialty Food Shops

Black owned restaurants provide some of the best food that you can get anywhere. It is really great that something like Black Restaurants Week exists in order to make these establishments be better seen. If you fit the criteria and want to be highlighted by Black Restaurants Week, get in touch with a member of their team today and register your restaurant.

Author bio- Falayn Ferrell works with Black Restaurant Week LLC, which is an annual, multi-city culinary movement celebrating the flavors of African American, African, and Caribbean cuisine nationwide

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