Black History Month serves as a reminder that it’s an action you can take right now, but also one we should incorporate into our daily, weekly and monthly spending habits. Patronizing these businesses can help offset the unique challenges Black business owners face, bridge the racial wage gap, and reinvest in local communities.
This list was compiled using spreadsheets that have been circulating across NYC social media like this one and this one. This isn’t all-encompassing of the city yet, and we will be continuing to add to it.
The app EatOkra also helps you find Black-owned restaurants near you with an interactive map feature.
So, here are 85 Black-owned restaurants you can support in NYC right now, organized by borough and neighborhood!
We also love following Black-Owned Brooklyn to see what new Black-owned businesses are popping up in the borough, like NYC’s first vinyl record craft beer bar.
In addition, Brooklyn-based female entrepreneur Mandy Bowman created an app, titled “The Official Black Wall Street App,” that connects users to Black-owned and operated businesses in their area.
The Bronx
Castle Hill
1. Melanies Roti & Grill
Location: 1248 Castle Hill Road
Pick-up or order online here.
2. Juices for Life
Location: Multiple: 1026 Castle Hill Ave, 3463 E Tremont Ave, 211 Nepperhan Ave (Yonkers)
Pick-up or order online here.
3. Jenny’s Roti Shop
Location: 1262 Castle Hill Ave
Pick-up or order online here.
Claremont Village
4. Juiceade
Location: 1345 Southern Blvd., Store#1
Pick-up or order online here.
Parkchester
5. King Sunshine Jerk Center
Location: 1294 Westchester Ave
Pick-up or order online here.
6. Next Stop Vegan
Location: 1818 Archer Street
Pick-up or order online here.
Soundview
7. Accra Restaurant
Location: 2041 Davidson Ave
Pick-up or order online here.
8. Cea-Lo Cafe
Location: 1003 Soundview Ave
Call (718) 620-0337 to order. See menu online here.
9. Fouta Halal
Location: 1762 Westchester Ave
Call (718) 792-1700 to order. See menu online here.
10. Taste So Good
Location: 1752 Lafayette Ave
Pick-up in store or order online here.
South Bronx
11. Beatstro
Location: 135 Alexander Avenue
Pick-up in store.
12. Bricks & Hops
Location: 65 Bruckner Blvd
Pick-up or order online here.
13. Flava’s International Grill
Location: 854 Gerard Ave
Pick-up or order online here.
14. Papaye
Location: 2300 Grand Concourse
Pick-up in-store.
Manhattan
East Village
15. Haile
Location: 182 Avenue B
Pick-up or order online here.
16. Mikey Likes It
Location: 199 Avenue A
Delivering by the pint to locations in Manhattan.
FiDi
17. Brooklyn Chop House
Location: 150 Nassau St.
Pick-up or order online here.
Greenwich Village
18. Berber Street Food
Location: 35 Carmine Street
Pick-up or order online here.
19. Negril Village
Location: 70 W 3rd St.
Pick-up in store.
20. Urban Vegan Kitchen
Location: 41 Carmine St.
Harlem
21. 67 Orange St.
Location: 2082 Frederick Douglass Blvd
22. Abyssinia
Location: 268 W 135th Street
Pick-up or order online here.
23. Africa Kine
Location: 2267 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd
Pick-up or order online here.
24. Benyam Ethiopian Cuisine
Location: 2795 Frederick Douglass Blvd
Pick-up or order online here.
25. Blvd Bistro
Location: 2149 Frederick Douglass Blvd
Pick-up or order online here.
26. Caribbean Starr
Location: 280 Lenox Ave
Pick-up or order online here.
27. Charles’ Country Pan Fried Chicken (Temporarily Closed)
Location: 2461 Frederick Douglass Blvd
Pick-up or order online here.
28. Amy Ruth’s
Location: 113 West 116th Street
Pick-up or order online here.
29. Field Trip NYC
Location: 109 Malcolm X Blvd
Pick-up or order online here.
30. Harlem Hops
Location: 2268 Adam Clayton Powell Junior Blvd
Call 646-998-3444 to order. See menu online here.
31. Home Sweet Harlem
Location: 1528 Amsterdam Ave
Pick-up or order online here.
32. Island Bites
Location: 2107 1st Avenue
Pick-up or order online here.
33. Lighthouse Fish Market
Location: 2451 8th Ave
Pick-up in store.
34. Lloyd’s Carrot Cake
Location: 1553 Lexington Avenue (also 6087 Broadway in the Bronx)
Pick-up or order online here. Nationwide shipping also available here.
35. Lolo’s Seafood Shack
Location: 303 W 116th St.
Pick-up or order online here.
36. Melba’s
Location: 300 W. 114th St.
Pick-up or order online here.
37. Ponty Bistro Harlem
Location: 2375 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd
Pick-up or order online here.
38. Renaissance Harlem
Location: 2245 7th Ave
Pick-up or order online here.
39. Reverence
Location: 2592 Frederick Douglass Blvd
Pick-up or dine in here.
40. Ruby’s Vintage
Location: 2340 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd
Pick-up or order online here.
41. Safari
Location: 219 West 116th St.
Pick-up or order online here.
42. Seasoned Vegan
Location: 55 Saint Nicholas
43. Sisters Caribbean Cuisine
Location: 47 East 124th Street
Pick-up or order online here.
44. Sylvia’s
Location: 328 Malcolm X Blvd
Pick-up or order online here.
45. The Edge
Location: 101 Edgecombe Ave
Pick-up or order online here.
46. Tsion Cafe
Location: 763 St. Nicholas Avenue
Pick-up or order online here.
47. Vinateria
Location: 2211 Frederick Douglass Blvd
Pick-up or order online here.
48. Yatenga Bistro
Location: 2269 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd.
Pick-up or order online here.
Lower East Side
49. Omar’s Kitchen
Location: 29A Clinton St.
Pick-up or order online here.
50. Whipped Urban Dessert Lab
Location: 95 Orchard St.
Pick-up or order Nationwide here.
51. Las’ Lap
Location: 74 Orchard St.
Pick-up in store.
52. Cheeky Sandwiches
Location: 35 Orchard St.
Pick-up or order online here.
53. Scarr’s Pizza
Location: 22 Orchard St.
Pick-up or order online here.
54. Divine Flavored Food Truck
Location: Midtown East
Pick-up or order online here.
Morningside Heights
55. Freda’s
Location: 993 Columbus Ave
Pick-up in store.
56. Massawa
Location: 1239 Amsterdam Ave
Pick-up or order online here.
Staten Island
57. Bayou
Location: 1072 Bay St.
Pick-up in store.
58. Blaze Jamaican Restaurant
Location: 3 Corson Ave
Pick-up or order online here.
59. Staten Island Fish & More
Location: 137 Montgomery Ave
Pick-up or order online here.
60. Koten’s Carribean and American Restaurant (Temporarily Closed)
Location: 537 Port Richmond Ave
Pick-up or order online here.
61. TRI Lounge and Cafe
Location: 1938 Clove Road
Pick-up or order online here.
Queens
Jamaica
62. KY’s Take Out
Location: 89-02 165th St.
Pick-up or order online here.
63. Vibes
Location: 143-06 Liberty Ave
Pick-up or order online here.
64. Forever Jerk
Location: 145-94 Guy R Brewer Blvd
Pick-up or order online here.
65. Jamaica Breeze
Location: 232-02 Merrick Blvd
66. The Nourish Spot
Location: 107-05 Guy R Brewer Blvd
Pick-up or order online here.
67. Port Royal
Location: 113-7 Sutphin Blvd
Pick-up or order online here.
68. Sybils Restaurant & Bakery
Location: 159-24 Hillside Avenue
Astoria
69. Snowdonia
Location: 34-55 32nd St, Astoria
70. Nneji
Location: 32-20 34th Ave
Pick-up or order online here.
71. Fresco’s Cantina
Location: 12-14 31st Ave
Pick-up or order online here.
72. Melting Pot Cuisine
Location: 3601 Vernon Blvd.
Pick-up or order online here.
73. Makina Cafe
Location: 37th Ave x 34th St (Food Truck)
Pick-up or order online here.
Brooklyn
Greenpoint
75. Kokomo NYC
Location: 65 Kent Ave
Bed Stuy
75. BKLYN Blend
Location: 194 Tompkins Ave
Pick-up or order online here.
76. BK Lobster
Location: 535 Nostrand Ave
Pick-up or order online here.
77. Brown Butter NYC
Location: 413 Tompkins Ave
Pick-up or order online here.
78. Daddy’s Green Pizza
Location: 1552 Fulton St.
Pick-up in store.
Clinton Hill
79. Buka
Location: 946 Fulton Street
Pick-up or order online here.
80. Sisters
Location: 900 Fulton St.
Pick-up or order online here.
81. Wray’s
Location: 503 Myrtle Ave
Pick- up or order online here.
Crown Heights
82. The BergenBK (Temporarily Closed)
Location: 1299 Bergen Street
Pick-up or order online here.
83. Essence Restaurant and Bar
Location: 1662 Atlantic Avenue
Pick-up or order online here.
84. Ras Plant-Based Ethiopian
Location: 739 Franklin Avenue
Pick-up or order online here.
85. Gloria’s Caribbean Cuisine
Location: 764 Nostrand Ave