Type of cuisine: Cuban & Puerto Rican Cuisine. While many Black-owned restaurants saw a boost in support after being promoted in Black-owned restaurant lists that came in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, months later, that surge has since slowed down. Currently, alaMar is … Hours (takeout and delivery): Thurs.-Fri. 3-7 pm., Sat.-Sun. To make Black Restaurant Week accessible to even more food businesses, the organization has opened a free registration level this year.

The brewery raised about $3,000 for the cause. As Oakland chef Rashad Armstead told Eater SF earlier this month, investor support and financial options remain in shorter supply for Black-owned food businesses, which mean “that when something like [the pandemic] happens, we’re hurting that much more, and have less ability to recover.”. Kerr said she hopes to be open for breakfast and espresso in a month or so. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. This year we are passionate more than ever to serve the culinary industry. Oakland Restaurant Week (taking place now through Sept. 13) and Berkeley Restaurant Week To-Go (Sept. 15-30) is an opportunity for us food lovers to … It’s About Revolution. Dine, order delivery or takeout at any of our restaurants, food trucks, or caterers. All Pick Up Orders must be picked up at our sister restaurant, alaMar (100 Grand Ave.) Plus, Standard Fare brings back lunch service; MudLab hosts a zero-waste grand opening party and lots more of the latest East Bay food news.

100 Grand Ave, Oakland (pick-up at alaMar Kitchen). One of many things we miss when dining out during the pandemic: the pop in. To that point, for the first time ever, Black Restaurant Week has opened a free registration level for food businesses that don’t have the funds to join at the paid level. Located in the heart of Uptown Oakland, alaMar is a fast casual seafood restaurant headed by Executive Chef/Owner Nelson German.

The 2020 roster of participating restaurants include Oakland's Jamaican mainstay Kingston 11 Cuisine, San Francisco's only Nigerian restaurant Eko Kitchen, Emeryville's popular fried chicken spot Minnie Bell's Soul Movement, as well as a variety of lesser-known food trucks and catering businesses. Nosh reached co-owner Sarah Wilde by email, who had some hopeful news: the cafe plans to reopen, however, its return is tied to the reopening of the theater. The cafe is open 7 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday; 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. It didn’t even seem to occur to Ferell — whose Black Restaurant Week organization holds events across the country — that they might skip this year. Bay Area Black Restaurant Week runs from August 21-30. We’ve expanded our participation from restaurants to food trucks, caterers, sweets and more.

It’s proof, organizers say, that restaurants are realizing that by banding together, they can all be stronger. Why Aren’t Crab Melts the Iconic Seafood Sandwich of San Francisco? Now open 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday, chef Kelsie Kerr’s casual California-cuisine cafe serves sandwiches and salads, along with drinks and pastries, that can be ordered on-site for takeout (Advance orders can also be made online). Watch its Instagram for specials and outdoor dining opportunities, and see a full list of participating restaurants here. Enjoy your prize.

Both options often feature interesting combinations of flavors.

1-8 p.m. Black Restaurant Week Menu: Two-course meal including Bacardi Limon Lemonade and Caribbean Veggie Stew Rice Bowl/Jerk Pork Shoulder Rice Bowl ($20).

11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Black Restaurant Week Menu: Hella Loaded Tacos ($12), Oakland Po' Boy ($16), The Illest Lobster Roll made from lobster mushroom ($12), cinnamon roll ($7), etc.
“I’ve been eating inside my bubble,” Banks says (sound familiar?). Despite being from rival gangs, the pair decided to change their life paths via their own business.

Ferell says that she believes that “the [restaurant] industry is hurting as a whole,” and “it’s not just black-owned businesses” that are suffering. 1-8 p.m. Black Restaurant Week Menu: Two-course meal including Bacardi Limon Lemonade and Caribbean Veggie Stew Rice Bowl/Jerk Pork Shoulder Rice Bowl ($20). Expect dishes like Peruvian ceviche ($16); a sophisticated vegan crudite with tea-smoked tomatoes, roasted eggplant, blistered peppers and herb and citrus-marinated stonefruit ($15); lamb meatballs with harissa romesco and roasted corn and amaranth ($17); and a charcuterie board with achiote spiced pork rillete and chimichurri jerky ($18).

Click through the gallery above for Bay Area restaurants offering special menus; see a full directory of participating restaurants here. Cocobreeze is bringing the islands to your backyard. The 2020 roster of participating restaurants include Oakland's Jamaican mainstay Kingston 11 Cuisine, San Francisco's only Nigerian restaurant Eko Kitchen, Emeryville's popular fried chicken spot Minnie Bell's Soul Movement, as well as a variety of lesser-known food trucks and catering businesses. Bay Area Black Restaurant Week runs from August 21-30. All proceeds from sales of East Brother’s Black Is Beautiful beer — available by the half-pint at East Brother’s taproom and in to-go growlers — will go to Safe Return Project (SRP), a Richmond-based organization working to empower formerly incarcerated individuals. In 2017, there were just 12 restaurants participating in Black Restaurant Week in the Bay Area. Black Restaurant Week is committed to the education and awareness of the Black Culinary Industry in the United States of America. With COVID-19 in mind, this year's restaurant week won't include its usual live events and in-person dinners, but the show must go on.

While many Black-owned restaurants saw a boost in support after being promoted in Black-owned restaurant lists that came in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, months later, that surge has since slowed down. decides to play Black Restaurant Week bingo, see a full list of participating restaurants here. This year, that number has doubled, according to Ferell, and in the middle of a pandemic, no less.

Cocobreeze Caribbean Restaurant and Vegan Bakery.

Type of cuisine: Cuban & Puerto Rican Cuisine.

It didn’t even seem to occur to Ferell — whose Black Restaurant Week organization holds events across the country — that they might skip this year.

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Donate to help us continue to provide you with reliable, independent reporting. Stay in Oakland, Spend in Oakland, Eat in Oakland. Hours (takeout and delivery): Wed.-Thurs 3-8 p.m., Fri.-Sat. We are best known for not only it’s seafood boils but also Chef Nelson’s childhood favorite, the Signature Braised Oxtail dish. Black Restaurant Week, an annual celebration of African-American, African and Caribbean cuisine nationwide kicked off in the Bay Area on Friday, Aug. 21.

Back in 2017, the event was known as Oakland Black Restaurant Week (the name change, Ferell says, is a sponsor-driven effort to broaden its appeal, but “Oakland … Black Restaurant Week Menu: Hella Loaded Tacos ($12), Oakland Po' Boy ($16), The Illest Lobster Roll made from lobster mushroom ($12), cinnamon roll ($7), etc. That bump continues even after the week ends, Ferell says, with people heading to places they’ve discovered through BRW. Bay Area restaurants you can support during Black Restaurant Week. Expect, worldwide collaborative effort amongst the brewing community, 1951 Coffee Company’s last remaining cafe, location at 6323 College Ave. is temporarily closed. And at recently closed KangNam Pho at 4419 Telegraph Ave., an ABC application to sell beer and wine notes that a new restaurant called Izza aims to open in the space.
Black Restaurant Week is exploring the flavors of the greater Bay Area. 6:30 p.m. - 2:30 a.m., Sun.

In May, Richmond’s East Brother Beer Co. launched Pride and Purpose, a special release Belgian pale ale, to raise money for the Richmond Rapid Response Fund, an initiative helping locals in need during the pandemic. Last week, East Brother launched a second brew in its “beers that give back series.” Black Is Beautiful, an imperial stout, is a collaboration with a worldwide collaborative effort amongst the brewing community to bring awareness to racial injustice and raise money for local funds and legal defenses for Black and brown communities. Black Restaurant Week runs Friday, August 21 through Sunday, August 30. Today’s sandwiches, for instance, are a roasted sweet potato and black bean purée sandwich with garlicky broccolini, white onions with lime, cilantro-sorrel pesto and arugula ($6.50 half/$12.75 whole) and a roast chicken sandwich with lemony cucumber salad, eggplant purée, fresh scallions, aioli, and mizuna ($6.75 half/$13.50 whole).

This is certainly reflected and embraced in its food. Winners get chose! By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. That’s because, while Black-owned restaurants did benefit from the groundswell of support following the police slaying of George Floyd (remember all those Black-owned restaurant lists? Murder charges were filed this week against Jessie McAllister after the fatal shooting Saturday at a Berkeley Hills home. De La Torre describes the eats this way: “Think about it like if Dionysus was tasked with throwing a kickback for Quetzalcoatl in the barrio.” Not sure what that means?