Breakfast, barbecue, coffee, sandwiches, southern cooking, vegan options — Chicago has it all.
One simple way that you can support the wide range of Black-owned businesses in Chicago is by visiting eateries owned by black restauranteurs. Thankfully in Chicago, there are plenty to choose from. See which is closest to you with our map at the bottom of the page.
1. 14 Parish Chicago
2. Ain’t She Sweet Café
3. AndySunflower Café
4. B&B’s Ice Cream and Candy
5. B’Gabs Vegan Kitchen
6. Bani’s Beets
7. BaseHit BBQ & Catering
8. Batter & Berries
9. Bear Down Barbecue & Catering Co.
10. Big Ed’s BBQ
11. BR Bar Dining & Dancing
12. Bronzeville Wingz
13. Brown Sugar Bakery
14. Can’t Believe It’s Not Meat
15. Caribbean Jerk Palace
16. Chef Sara’s Cafe
17. Cleo’s On Southern Cuisine
18. Crazy Bird Chicken
19. Culver’s in Bronzeville
20. Dan’s Soul Food and Cafe
21. Deli King
22. Dock’s
23. Doughboy’s Chicago
24. Eleven | Eleven
25. Eméche Cakery & Cafe
26. Flammin Restaurant & Co.
27. Flippin Flavors
28. Friistyle Chicago
29. Frontier
30. FruVé xPress Juicery
31. Garifuna Flava
32. Give Me Some Sugah
33. Golden Gloves Cuisine
34. Haire’s Gulf Shrimp
35. Hidden Manna Cafe
36. Home of the Hoagy
37. Ina Mae Tavern & Packaged Goods
38. IntoxiCakes
39. Iyanze Bar And Cafe
40. Ja’ Grill
41. Jerk 48
42. Jerk Taco Man
43. JJ Fish & Chicken
44. Josephine’s Southern Cooking
45. Juiced By Shic
46. Kilwins
47. Kizin Creole Restaurant
48. Kozy Korner Catering & Deli
49. Krazy Hog BBQ
50. Lemme Get Ummm
51. Lem’s Bar-B-Q
52. Lexington Betty Smoke House
53. Litehouse Whole Food Grill
54. Live And Believe Nutrition
55. Lizzy J Cafe
56. Luella’s Southern Kitchen
57. Mabe’s Deli
58. MacArthur’s Restaurant
59. Mae’s Que House
60. Majani Soulful Vegan Cuisine
61. Mikkey’s Retro Grill
62. Mr. Brown’s Lounge
63. Ms. T’s Southern Fried Chicken
64. Nita’s Gumbo
65. Old Fashioned Donuts
66. Original Soul Vegetarian
67. Pearl’s Place Restaurant
68. Pink Panini Soups & Salads
69. Phlavz Bar & Grille
70. Q’s Tips & Wings BBQ
71. Redwood Luxe Bar and Grill
72. Shawn Michelle’s Homemade Ice Cream
73. Signature Sweets Factory
74. Simi’s Restaurant
75. Sip & Savor
76. Sizzlin Skillets
77. Slice Of Bronzeville
78. Some Like It Black Creative Arts Bar
79. Soulé
80. Soul Shack
81. South Shore Brew
82. Southside African Restaurant
83. Surf’s Up
84. Sweet Maple Cafe
85. Taste 222
86. Taylor’s Tacos Chicago
87. TeaPotBrew Bakery
88. The Bureau Bar and Restaurant
89. The Full Slab
90. THE LICKING CHICAGO
91. The Slab Bar-B-Que
92. The Woodlawn
93. Truth Italian Restaurant
94. Turkey Chop
95. Two Fish Crab Shack
96. Uncle Remus
97. Urban Grill Chicago
98. Vee-Vee’s African Restaurant
99. Virtue
100. Windy City Ribs & Whiskey
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