Black-Owned Restaurant Month comes to NYC in September

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Black-Owned Restaurant Month comes to NYC in September

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s this year's summer NYC Restaurant Week comes to a close, a new prix-fixe menu event is hitting the city—this one, with a cause.

Genese Jamilah, Ebony staffer and founder of the blog I Don't Do Clubs, had trouble locating black-owned eateries, stores and medical services when she moved to New York City. Wanting to support local businesses owned by African-American proprietors specifically, she took matters into her own hands, creating comprehensive lists of black-owned restaurants in New York, Washington, D.C. and Atlanta.

After those lists quickly went viral, Jamilah decided to take it one step further. Black-Owned Restaurant Month starts Wednesday, September 9th with $35 three-course prix-fixe menus on Mondays through Wednesdays at popular Harlem and Brooklyn haunts like Lolo's Seafood Shack, Rustik Tavern and Seasoned Vegan. The month officially ends on September 30th, by which time Jamilah hopes to have generated awareness about the city's African-American dining establishments. See participating venues and menus.

 

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Introducing Black-Owned Restaurant Month ATL from I DON’T DO CLUBS
Did you know that Black Americans are just 13 percent of the U.S. population and will have a buying power of $1.4 trillion by 2019? But how much of that money is flowing back into our communities?

Enter I DON’T DO CLUBS. Since 2011, I DON’T DO CLUBS has successfully catered to Black professionals who are looking for social events beyond the typical nightclub scene. I DON’T DO CLUBS Founder Genese Jamilah, who is also the Digital Production Manager of iconic EBONY Magazine, was raised to always support Black businesses. This passion was reignited last year with the#NotOneDime campaign to boycott Black Friday purchases in protest of the grand jury decision not to press criminal charges against Darren Wilson for the shooting to death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

This summer, I DON’T DO CLUBS began the mission of highlighting Black-owned businesses around the country. The lists went viral! In just a few months, 438,023 people have read the lists targeting New York City, Washington, DC, and Atlanta. (Don’t fret, Genese plans to cover every major city in America.)