Food & drink

By Janae Price

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

Photo: COURTESY OF BAYOU

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.

Bunna Cafe

Bushwick

Photo: COURTESY OF BUNNA CAFE

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