Chicago Black Restaurant Week 2022 is Under Way | WATCH

*In case you hadn’t noticed, Chicago Black Restaurant Week (which actually runs 3 weeks) has returned this year, featuring restaurants, bakeries and more during Black History Month 2022.

Here is more via ABC7 Chicago: Chicago Black Restaurant Week is set to return this year from Feb. 6 to Feb. 20.

It’s the seventh year of Black Restaurant Week, founded by Lauran Smith, who decided that it was simply time for African American-owned food and beverage businesses to have increased visibility after realizing that there were so many in Chicago that were not heard of.

“This idea actually blossomed out of learning that a very popular restaurant in Chicago was black-owned. It sparked my interest to not only patronize this particular establishment, but to also give other Black-owned restaurants, bakeries, mobile eateries, beverage companies the opportunity to have their businesses recognized on a larger scale,” Smith said.

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As you may have already figured out, Chicago Black Restaurant Week commemorates Black history while creating a stage for Black entrepreneurs to have time in the spotlight. Over the past seven years, 200 restaurants have participated and 50,000 customers have dined, Smith said.

The event also has increased and diversified the locations of participating restaurants. Neighbors can choose from three dozen eateries this year, according to BlockClubChicago.

In Beverly, Flippin Flavors has fresh hoagies and jerk chicken salads. Dock’s Chicago, a Chicagoland staple for more than three decades, has fried fish sandwiches and shrimp po’boys. And when diners start craving something sweet, Afro Joe’s Coffee and Tea in Auburn Gresham has sweet potato pie puffs and tiramisu lattes.

Here’s what’s open:

• Luella’s Southern Kitchen, 4609 N. Lincoln Ave., Lincoln Square
• Hidden Manna Cafe, 3613 216th St., Matteson
• Kitchen + Kocktails Chicago, 444 N. Wabash Ave., Streeterville
• The Mukase Restaurant, 1363 W. Wilson Ave., Uptown
• Surf’s Up South Shore, 2236 E. 71st St., South Shore
• Haire’s Gulf Shrimp, 7448 S. Vincennes Ave., Greater Grand Crossing
• Flippin Flavors, 1848 W. 95th St., Beverly

• Cocoa Chili Restaurant, 135 N. Kedzie Ave., West Garfield Park
• Surf’s Up Bronzeville, 4317 S. Cottage Grove Ave., Bronzeville
• Pink Panini Soups & Salads, 17505 Kedzie Ave., Hazel Crest
• Taste 222, 222 N. Canal St., West Loop
• Unbeatable Eatables, 3208 W. 95th St., Evergreen Park
• Afro Joe’s Coffee & Tea, 8344 S. Halsted St., Auburn Gresham
• Good to Go Jamaican Restaurant, 711 W. Howard St., Evanston

• Dozzy’s Grill, 2537 S. Wabash Ave., South Loop
• Flavours Seafood Bar, 19755 Torrence Ave., Lynwood
• Flammin Restaurant, 641 E. 75th Street, Park Manor
• Lemme Get Ummm, 7016 W. North Ave., Galewood
• Mabe’s Deli, 312 E. 75th St., Park Manor
• CheSa’s Gluten Tootin Free Gourment Food Truck, 3517 N. Spaulding Ave., Avondale

Get the rest of the list at BlockClubChicago

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