Chicago Black Restaurant Week 2/12- 19

From Chicago Eater:
Chicago Black Restaurant Week Returns Sunday With More Participants
Feb 7, 2017
As promised, Chicago Black Restaurant Week has returned for its second year. From this Sunday, Feb. 12 through Feb. 19—partially in honor of Black History Month—participating restaurants across the city, and a few in the suburbs, will offer specials to highlight Black-owned restaurants which are often overlooked. The list is growing, but so far there’s 26 participants onboard.

The rules for Chicago Black Restaurant Week are less rigid than Chicago Restaurant Week, which is going on now through Thursday. The specials will differ at each restaurant; they aren’t required to come up with a special menu. In the spirit of camaraderie, organizers are asking special to end in “17” as in 2017. But that’s totally optional. Seventeen also happened to be the number of restaurants that participated in last year’s promotion, which was also in February. Organizer and social media consultant Lauran Smith was inspired by Negro History Week, the precursor to Black History Week.

Last year, Smith told Eater that she didn’t care about geography, as segregation plagues the city from North and South sides. It didn’t matter where a Black-owned business stood, she hoped her promotion could help support all Black-owned restaurants. Chicago Black Restaurant Week isn’t affiliated with the city’s tourism arm, Choose Chicago, the organizer of Chicago Restaurant Week.

Check out the list which includes new participants like Bin 36 in the West Loop and Cracked at 695 in River West. The Tribune first reported the news.

The Crazy Crab Chicago
Harold’s Chicken of Homewood
NADIA’s Gourmet Grapes
Peach’s Restaurant
Diamond’s Sport Bar & Grill
The Cajun Connoisseur Food Truck
Luella’s Southern Kitchen
Currency Exchange Cafe
OoohWeeSweetTea #11
Haire’s Gulf Shrimp
Kimbark Beverage Shoppe
Love Cork Screw
Brows N Berries
So Co Sweets
Kozy Korner Deli & Catering
Siovhan Food Diaries
Flavor Brunch N Bar
Flavor Restaurant
Chesa’s Gluten Free Food Truck
Chicago Style Italian Beef
Picky Eater Life
Bin 36
Mood Meals, Inc
Mikkey’s Retro Grill
Litehouse Whole Food Grill
Cracked at 695

More than 70 black-owned Chicago restaurants celebrate Juneteenth with $6.19 specials https://bit.ly/3fATpHC

EVERYONE!!!! We have over 70 Restaurants registered in Chicago and other cities offering $6.19 specials this weekend for JUNETEENTH STARTING THIS FRIDAY!!! Seen the full list of specials that you can get and the days that they will be offered( some are 1 day some are all weekend) we hope that you use this list to eat good, create memories, and support black-owned restaurants. We also have put all the restaurants in a map( link in bio) so please use that for location purposes. Please use hashtag #blackpeopleeats and #juneteenth when taking pics and videos so we can share them!!! Here are the below restaurants that will be participating ( taxes may be included and some items may possibly run out)
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