15 Essential Black-Owned Restaurants in NYC You Need to Try
Black cuisine is as diverse and multi-faceted as Black culture itself. With influences from the Caribbean, the American South, and, of course various African countries.
And in NYC, with a citywide Black population of 1.9 million residents with a diverse heritage, it’s often looked at as the perfect canvas for all these different hues and flavors to shine.
Amy Ruth’s is a Harlem classic that’s been serving the community since 1998. Known as the ‘authentic soul of New York’ to patrons.
Amy Ruth's Harlem
Harlem
Photo: AMY RUTH'S HARLEM
Experience the Cajun-Creole taste of New Orleans in Staten Island at Bayou Restaurant. The menu has everything from a Bubba Gump Shrimp ‘po boy to river boat crab cakes.
Bayou Restaurant
Rosebank
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This soul food and seafood restaurant dancing on the border between Crown Heights and Bed-Stuy offers unique and bold flavors.
Black Nile Seafood & Soul Food
Crown Heights
Photo: COURTESY OF BLACK NILE RESTAURANT
Founded in 2011, Bunna—which literally translates to coffee in Ethiopian—takes inspiration from its ancestral roots and transports it to Bushwick.