Now through March 24, the Denver dining scene is celebrating its fourth iteration of Black Restaurant Week!
Though it’s now celebrated in cities across the nation throughout the year, BRW began in Houston in 2016, as a multi-day marketing campaign designed to uplift Black-owned culinary businesses and educate locals on the “abundance of cultural cuisines within their neighborhood,” as well as to bring light to the disparities faced by minority-owned businesses.
One recent study reported that 41% of U.S. Black-owned businesses failed in the early months of the pandemic at more than twice the rate of white-owned businesses. BRW provides public relations and marketing efforts at no cost to Black-owned businesses who otherwise might not get the same exposure as wealthier, often white-owned, counterparts.
“We can rival them with the environment and we will definitely rival them with the quality of food.” Ty Allen, owner of Mississippi Boy Catfish & Ribs, recently told Denverite.
Below is a list of the local restaurants participating in Denver’s Black Restaurant Week. (You can find updates and details for each on the BRW website.)
- TK’s Surf & Turf Kitchen | 10890 E Dartmouth Ave (In the Fairways Center)
- Mississippi Boy Catfish & Ribs | 5544 E 33rd Ave (In the Holly Market)
- Little Bodega | 613 22nd St
- Smokin’ Bones BBQ | Food Truck
- Walia Creamery | 1119 Syracuse St (In the Syracuse Market)
- Toby’s New Orleans Poboys | Food Truck
- TeaLee’s Tea House & Bookstore | 611 22nd St
- Mattie’s Soul Food Bar & Lounge | 7520 E Colfax Ave
- MyKings IceCream | 2851 Colorado Blvd (Inside Mega Mini Mart)
- Sweet Sweetz Ice Cream & Desserts | 2325 E 28th Ave
- Taste Bud Bullies | 4780 E Evans Ave (Inside The Dirty Duck Bar)
