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A New Black-Owned Vegan Restaurant Opens in Portland
Plant Based Papi will offer vegan comfort foods such as jackfruit nachos, truffle mac and cheese, and spicy fried vegan chicken.
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New Black-Owned Vegan Soul Food Restaurant Opens in Philadelphia
UnSoul Food’s new brick-and-mortar eatery offers vegan fried chicken and waffles, cheesesteaks, and its award-winning mac and cheese.
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Violife and Wu-Tang’s RZA Give Black-Owned Restaurants $20,000 to Go Plant-Based
Black-owned restaurants who commit to adding plant-based options can apply for a $20,000 grant courtesy of dairy-free cheese brand Violife and legendary vegan musician RZA.
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Black-Owned Vegan Restaurant Twisted Plants Opens in Wisconsin, Serving Stoner-Inspired Fare
Twisted Plants offers fully loaded burgers such as Next Friday, Superbad, and Pineapple Express, along with cauliflower wings, loaded waffle fries, and ice cream.
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Philando Castile’s Cousin Hands Out 300 Free Vegan Meals During Minneapolis Protests
Louis Hunter—owner of Trio Plant-Based, the first Black-owned vegan restaurant in Minnesota—supports his community as they fight for social justice by providing refuge and meals.
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Black-Owned Seasoned Vegan Restaurants Launch a New Online Market with All the Goodies
The new online vegan market operations manager talks vegan staples, hard-to-find brands, and a few deliciously unexpected cooking tips.
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New Black Woman-Owned Vegan Restaurant to Open in Alabama
Entrepreneur Khalilah Sowell is opening a brick-and-mortar location of her Underground Vegan food truck in Birmingham, AL.
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Yelp Releases List of Its Top Black-Owned Vegan Restaurants
From coast-to-coast, Black-owned vegan restaurants are getting rave reviews on Yelp—which has seen mentions of “plant-based” increase by 140 percent in the last two years.
Restaurants
These 25 Black-Owned Restaurants Are Redefining Vegan Food
From Ethiopian wots in Los Angeles to crab-cake sliders in New York, these plant-based hotspots are proving that vegan food isn’t just about quinoa salads and grilled tofu.
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Black-Owned Vegan Restaurants Win $25,000 from Discover Card
Discover’s “Eat It Forward” program is supporting 200 Black-owned restaurants with $25,000 grants and vegan recipients include NYC-mainstay Seasoned Vegan, Brooklyn-based Sol Sips, and Philadelphia’s newly opened UnSoul Food.
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Black-Owned Vegan Fried Chicken Restaurant Opens in Texas
Chef Troy Gardner—known for creating the now popular vegan brisket at Dallas restaurant V-Eats—opens new TLC Vegan Kitchen where he serves comforting dishes such as Chicken Fried Impossible Steak, Texas Chili, and Buttery Cream Cake.
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Black-Owned Vegan Food Truck Raises Nearly $80,000 to Open First Restaurant
Malibu’s Burgers has received tremendous support from its community to expand into a permanent location.