#BlackBusinessMonth: Black-Owned Restaurants in Chicago
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#BlackBusinessMonth: Black-Owned Restaurants in Chicago

HEY CHI-TOWN, who’s hungry?! In honor of #BlackBusinessMonth, we teamed up with @eatokratheapp, a Black-owned app designed to connect you with some of the best #BlackOwnedRestaurants in YOUR city – and this week, we’re highlighting some of Chicago’s best!

Here are our recommendations of restaurants to visit if you’re in The Chi! 

The Delta

1745 W North Ave., Chicago, IL 60622 
Instagram: @thechicagodelta | Site: thedeltachicago.com

 

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Owed by Memphis native Eldridge Williams, The Delta is a restaurant and cocktail bar in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood dedicated to the Mississippi Delta region’s food, beverage, and culture. The Delta specializes in Mississippi Red Hot tamales and craft cocktails. 

Ain’t She Sweet Cafe

526 E. 43rd Street Chicago, IL 60653 & 9920 S. Western Ave Chicago, IL 60643
Instagram: @aintshesweetcafe | Facebook: Ain’t She Sweet Cafe’

Have a taste for a sandwich? Head to one of their locations for fresh and healthy sandwiches, soups, salads, wraps, smoothies, and sweets! 

Frontier

1072 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60642
Instagram: @frontierchicago | Site: thefrontierchicago.com

 

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Tucked away on the outskirts of West Town, just off Milwaukee Avenue, Frontier will take you out of your comfort zone and give you a taste of eating and drinking on the edge of civilization, where nature dictates what’s on the menu. Their menu pays tribute to what those adventurers ate and hunted on the trail as we invite you to savor the modern-day interpretations of their fare. 

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Peach’s Restaurant

4652 S. King Drive Chicago, IL 60653
Instagram: @peachson47th | Site: peachson47th.com

 

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Southern staple eatery for breakfast & lunch with menu items like shrimp and grits, biscuits and gravy, alligator sausage, and more. 

Garifuna Flava

2518 W 63rd St, Chicago, IL 60629
Instagram: @garifunaflava1| Site: garifunaflava.net

 

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Showcasing Caribbean cuisine, jerk chicken Chicago, oxtails, and more in Chicago, Garifuna Flava has been on many local media and print’s “Best Of” and “Must Visit” lists. Garifuna Flava has also been featured on the Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives,” ABC7’s “Hungry Hound,” WTTW Chicago’s “Check, Please,” WGN’s “Chicago’s Best,” ABC7’s Windy City LIVE, and the “Taste of Chicago!” 

Ja’ Grill

1510 East Harper Court Chicago, IL 60615
Instagram: @jagrillhydepark | Site: jagrill.com


Ja’ Grill Hyde Park invites you to experience the Islands right here in Chicago, serving Authentic Jamaican Cuisine. Their menu consists of Jerk Chicken, Curry Goat, Red Snapper (Escoveitch), Cabbage and Carrots, Plantains, and Beef Patties, to name a few signature dishes. Or perhaps sip on a Red Stripe, a Cozy Island Cocktail, or signature “Ja’ Rum Punch” while listening to Jamaican / Caribbean beats in their communal / bar area!

Bronzeville Wingz 

4300 S Michigan Ave, Chicago 60653
Instagram: @bronzevillewingz | Site: bronzevillewingz.com

 

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Bronzeville Wingz is the only Black-women-owned restaurant specializing in sauced, battered or naked, boneless, party, and whole wings. Owned and operated by former educator Nichole M. Jackson, a native and resident of the Bronzeville Community, the premiere chicken wings restaurant gives various chicken choices and offers pescatarian and vegetarian food options.

What’s your fav Chicago #BlackOwned restaurant? Shout them out in the comments below, and be sure to download the Okra App on the App Store and Google Play for more! 

About Eat Okra’s founders:

In 2016, Anthony and Janique Edwards created EatOkra as two Brooklyn transplants who didn’t have the means to cook or store food. Without a stove or refrigerator in their new apartment, the husband-wife duo sought out spaces that were inviting, familiar, and brimming with the food they loved or would grow to love. Immersing themselves in their new community, the co-founders explored ways to support local Black businesses and champion the vibrant, cultural voices of their neighborhood, eventually planting the seed for EatOkra.

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