Wine Enthusiast is committed to showcasing the incredible, diverse talents in our industry who are helping to positively evolve and broaden the wine, spirits and beer landscape for all of us. This growth and evolution of the space is part of what makes being a wine lover today so exciting. We’ll continue to highlight more personalities, stories and perspectives that point to that positive change and result in more great pours on your table.
The Black community is indispensable to America’s food and drink culture. Unfortunately, systemic discrimination has added layers of hurdles to business ownership in hospitality and all fields. Support for those businesses is integral to any efforts for equity in our industry.
To help interested consumers channel their spending power to Black-owned businesses in the food and drinks space, we’ve aggregated a list of resources being compiled by individuals and communities across the country. While hardly exhaustive, we hope we can use our platform to help amplify the visibility of these businesses to Wine Enthusiast readers, as well as highlight the tireless work being done by others to compile these resources.
To share additional assets to include in this list, please email editor@wineenthusiast.net.
Black-Owned Wine, Spirits and Beer
- A Global Guide to Black-Owned Wine Labels — Wine Enthusiast
- 67 Black Owned Wineries — Robin and Andréa McBride (@mcbridesisters)
- 10 Black-Owned Distilleries Making Some of America’s Finest Bottles — Kara Newman for Wine Enthusiast
- The Best Black-Owned Breweries In The US – DeAnna — Taylor for Travel Noire
- These Black-Owned Breweries Give Us Hope for the Future — Ale Sharpton for Thrillist
- Diversity Your Palate with Travels of a #BlackBeerTraveler — Brandon Montgomery of @BlackBeerTravelers via Google Maps
- 13 Black-Owned Drinks Businesses to Check Out — Mark Stock for The Manual
- Where are all the Black-owned wineries in the Pacific Northwest? — Adria Saracino for The Emerald Palate
Nonprofits Providing Resources to Black Hospitality Workers and Entrepreneurs
- Food Education Fund — New York City-based nonprofit that offers job training and a paid internship program to culinary public high school students.
- The Okra Project — “The Okra Project is a collective that seeks to address the global crisis faced by Black Trans people by bringing home cooked, healthy, and culturally specific meals and resources to Black Trans People wherever we can reach them.”
- 11 Charities And Organizations That Support Black Lives Matter And Diversity In The Food Industry — Kristin Salaky for Delish
Black-Owned Restaurant Lists
- EatOkra App — A mobile guide to Black-owned restaurants across the US
- 101 Black Owned Restaurants You Need To Try In All 50 States! — Jarett for Black Excellence
- Lists of black-owned food businesses — Source unknown
- Black-Owned Businesses to Support—Now & Always — Food52
- Support Black Businesses — Cherry Bomb
- Black-Owned Restaurant Lists Circulating the Internet, Organized by City — Bon Appétit
- How to Support Black-Owned Restaurants Right Now — Vice Munchies
- How to Support Black-Owned Restaurants in Your Community — Food & Wine
Below are lists and spreadsheets of Black-owned restaurants and bars specific to US cities and organized by the following regions: Northeast, South/Southeast, Midwest, Northwest, West/Southwest (If you don’t see your city here, check one of the above lists or search #blackownedrestaurants on Instagram).
Northeast
- Brooklyn, NY: Black-Owned Brooklyn — Tayo Giwa and Cynthia Gordy Giwa
- New York, NY: Black-Owned Restaurants in New York City — Hannah Goldfield of The New Yorker and Rachel Karten and Joseph Hernandez of Bon Appétit
- Boston, MA: Here are 60+ Black-owned restaurants to support in the Greater Boston area — Erin Kuschner for Boston.com
- Philadelphia, PA: 28 Black-Owned Restaurants to Support in Philadelphia — Visit Philadelphia
- Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Black-Owned Restaurants You Can Order From Right Now — Alex Tewfik for Philadelphia Magazine
- Pittsburgh, PA: List of Black owned and operated restaurants — The Vandal (@thevandalpgh)
- Providence, RI: Top Black-Owned Restaurants In Providence, Rhode Island — Leah Freeman-Haskin for Travel Noire
- Maine: Black-Owned Maine — @roseofbom and @realgeniusblack
Mid-Atlantic/South/Southeast
- Baltimore, MD: Black-Owned Food Businesses to Support in the Baltimore Area — Lauren Cohen for Baltimore magazine
- Washington, DC: DC’s Black-Owned Restaurants Open During COVID-19 — Anela Malik for feedthemalik.com
- Nashville, TN: Nashville Black Small Businesses to Support
- Charleston, SC: Black Owned restaurants Google Map in Charleston, SC — KJ Kearney
- Charlotte, NC: 50 black-owned shops, restaurants and studios in Charlotte — Deanna Taylor for CharlotteFive
- Memphis, TN: Memphis Black-Owned Restaurants Guide — Edible Memphis
- Louisville, KY: Black-Owned Restaurants You Need to Try — Louisville Scoop
- Atlanta, GA: 50 Outstanding Black-Owned Restaurants in Atlanta — Trisha Pintavorn for Atlanta Eats
- New Orleans, LA: Five Multigenerational Black Owned Businesses to Visit in New Orleans — Summer Suleiman for Go NOLA
- Little Rock, AR: 150+ Black-Owned Businesses to Support in Little Rock — Jess Ardrey for Little Rock Soirée
- Central Arkansas: 100 Black-Owned Eateries in Central Arkansas — The Mighty Rib (@themightyrib)
- Miami, FL: Eat like a local at Miami-Dade’s black-owned restaurants. Here are some of our favorites. — Carlos Frías for Miami.com
- Richmond, VA: BLK RVA — Richmond Region Tourism
Midwest
- Detroit, MI: 10 outstanding Black-owned restaurants in the Detroit area — Detroit Metro Times
- Ann Arbor, MI: Black Owned Businesses in AA + YPSI — Medha Krishen (@medhacooks)
- Chicago, IL: How to Support the Black Community in Chicago Right Now — Meredith Heil for Thrillist
- Indianapolis, IN: Black-Owned Indy Food Businesses To Support Right Now — Eat Here Indy
- Kansas City, MO, and Kansas City, KS: Black restaurants in Kansas City to order from now — Liz Cooke for The Pitch & Buy Black Kansas City – Monarch (@monarchcoffeekc)
- St. Louis, MO: Black-Owned Restaurants to Support in St. Louis Right Now — Kasey Carlson and Heather Riske for Feast
- Minneapolis–St. Paul, MN: Where to Support Black-Owned Businesses in the Twin Cities — Bergen Flom, Tiffany Lukk, Dru Berry and Evie Odden for Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
- Omaha, NE: Black Owned Restaurants in Omaha — Sydney Peterson (@syydneymarie)
- Columbus, OH: 40 Black-Owned Establishments — Blackout Coalition
Northwest
- Seattle, WA: Support Seattle’s Black-Owned Restaurants — Google spreadsheet by writer Naomi Tomky
- Spokane, WA: Here Is A List Of Black-owned Businesses In Spokane — Spokane Eats
- Portland, OR: Directory of Portland Black-Owned Eateries — iloveblackfood.com
West/Southwest
- Bay Area, CA: Black-owned restaurants and pop-ups in the Bay Area — Soleil Ho of The San Francisco Chronicle
- Los Angeles, CA: Support LA’s Black-Owned Restaurants — Kat Hong of The Infatuation LA and Talia Mayden
- Tucson, AZ: 18 Black -owned Restaurants & Bars To Support in Tucson — Jackie Tran for Tucson Foodie
- Houston, TX: Where to eat in Houston right now: 12 favorite Black-owned restaurants — Eric Sandler for CultureMap Houston
- Houston, TX: Local African and Caribbean Houston Food Business Owners — Kavachi Ukegbu, Grubido
- Houston TX: 10 West African Cuisine Spots — Timothy Malcolm, Houstonia
- Texas: Black-Owned Restaurants in the 956 & Black-Owned Eateries in Austin and San Antonio — @i35eats
- Salt Lake City, UT: Black Owned SLC Food Businesses — BROWNIESx3 (@browniesx3)
- Denver, CO: 250+ Black Owned Businesses to Support in and Around Denver — Brittany Werges for 303 Magazine
Below, find links to Black-owned wine importers, distributors, events, festivals and symposiums. Please email us if you’d like your business to be added.
Importers, distributors, association groups, etc.
- Wandering Wines
- Branwar Wine
- Lawrence Boone Selections
- Black vintners, importers, association groups, and wine writers – Brenna Ritchey for Carr Winery
- 10 Organizations that Support Black Drinks Professionals – Wine Enthusiast
- Beverly Hills Wine Tours
Events, festivals and symposiums
- Bay Area, CA: Black Vines
- Pittsburgh, PA: Fresh Fest Beer Fest
- Washington D.C.: Black Owned Wine & Spirits Festival
- Oakland, CA: Black Food & Wine Experience
- Livermore, CA: Association of African American Vintners Annual Wine Symposium
- New Orleans, LA: Resistance Served
- Richmond, VA: Black Restaurant Experience
Other hospitality businesses
This list was updated January 26, 2023.