BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Several Black-owned restaurants are preparing to receive more business as Black Restaurant Week gets underway.
Jackson’s Soul Food is a family-run business known for its popular haddock breakfast served with grits of your choice, toast and egg and cheese.
The Jackson family has been cooking up orders inside the kitchen of Fellowship World Church.
“We were happy that Pastor Young was able to lease us this place, so it’s a blessing,” says Latrice Jackson, owner of Jackson’s Soul Food. “Sometimes you have to start from the bottom and rise to the top.”
Jackson’s Soul Food has been around for seven years, but the family is hoping one day to have a place of their own.
“I’m proud of her because she’s in a kitchen doing this, before it was a house doing it,” says Thomia Nelson, the owner’s daughter. “Now you’re in a kitchen doing it, and then she’ll be in her own restaurant doing it. So, I’m proud of my mom. And I’m happy to come here and help her every day.”
For Black Restaurant Week, Jackon’s Soul Food will add an extra side and a drink to your order. A typical order will cost you about $20.
It’s a special week while many in the Buffalo community are passionate about supporting Black-owned businesses.
“As a general practice, I support Black like every day,” says Drea D’Nur, a resident. “If I’m going out to eat, buy some clothes or hire anybody for any services it’s going to be Black first.”
Other Black-owned restaurants like Rise N’ Grind Cafe have made it their mission to help fight a food desert on the East Side.
“And that set in our minds that we needed a place for people to come for fresh food,” says Anita Sanders, co-owner of Rise N’ Grind Cafe. “And a fresh breakfast sandwich, lunch. Not something processed.”
Below is a full list of Black-owned restaurants taking part in Black Restaurant Week:
Crenshaw’s Chicken and Waffles
Pandora’s Sports Bar & Restaurant
