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Black Owned Food Businesses in the Miami Valley

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The observance of Black History Month this year brings an opportunity for a much-needed focus on supporting Black-owned businesses. Black Americans make up about 12.4% of the country’s population, but Black business owners represented only 2.4% of all employer-firm owners according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Supporting Black-owned businesses goes beyond making a purchase. It is an investment in the economic empowerment of our community by contributing directly to job creation, wealth accumulation, and community development.  We’ve highlighted a few of our locally black owned eateries.  Please add your favorites in the comments below, so we can highlight them in a future post!

 

Chef Dane Shipp

CULTURE416 E. Fifth St, Oregon District
Tuesday – Saturday 2:30pm til 9pm

Featuring comfort food that is elevated, made with high quality ingredients,” Shipp says.” The menu changes every two to three months, but staples like the Drip Burger will remain.

Nood Bar Dayton

810 E. First St, The Silos
Tuesday – Thursday 4-10 PM
Friday 4 PM – Midnight
Saturday 11 AM – Midnight
Sunday 11 AM – 7 PM
A celebration of Asian cuisine featuring authentic noodles, bao buns, and dumplings.

Lester  and Larry Gates

Invoke

600 E 2nd St, Dayton, 2nd Street Market

Thurs-Fri 11:00am-3:00pm
Sat 8:00am-3:00pm
Sun 11:00am-3:00pm.

Invoke serves up healthy food with options for all diets–whether you are vegan, vegetarian, gluten free, or sugar free! Lester was just named a finalist  on season 2 of ‘Top Vegan.’

 

Sofi Kinde

Nanyea Restaurant Coffee house & Bar
6129 N Dixie Dr, Dayton

Tues – Thurs 11am – 8pm
Fri & Sat 11am – 9pm

Ethiopian food cafe happy  to veganize many things on the menu with excellent Ethiopean coffee.

 

 

Co-0wner Jerrod Fisher

Alematic Artisan Ale & B-Side Coffee Bar
6182 Chambersburg Rd
Huber Heights, OH 45424

Opened the Dayton-area’s first Black-owned brewery, in February 2019, specializing in craft beers- ales, lagers and sours, and in March of 2023 added the coffee business next store allowing them to offer  baked goods, bagels, breakfast sandwiches and more.

 

Carrie Johnson White & John Riley co-owners

Benjamin’s The Burger Master
1000 N. Main St. 

Mon – Sat 10am – 7pm
Sun 11am – 4pm

For nearly four decades, they been serving up with of the best food around—including ribs, chicken and burgers—in a family friendly atmosphere with affordable prices.

 

Owner Darion Lewis

More Than A Apron  rebranding  to D’s Birria and More 
1015 S. Main St., Miamisburg

 Tues – Sat 11 am – 8pm
Sun noon – 6pm

They serve a variety of food including Lamb Mac, Beef Mac, Chicken Birria Fries, Supreme Chicken and the best birria tacos in town. Catering available as well. Order online for carryout!

 

Meshell & Paul jr. Palmer
The Palmer Place
4823 Salem Avenue suite B, Trotwood

Tues – Fri 11am – 8pm
Sat 2-8pm
The restaurant seats about 40 and guest can also do carry out. Their menu features salads and potatoes as the main stay.
Shafton Greene
1100 W. Third St,
W. Social Tap & Table
Mon – Thurs 11am – 9pm
Fri & Sat 12 – 10pmShafton, originally from Trinidad & Tobago, uses his family recipes to create Caribbean food. Started as a food truck.
Naiyazcsia King-Thomason, aka“Mz. Jade
Mz. Jade’s Soul Food
1100 W. Third St,
W. Social Tap & Table
Mon to Sat  11 AM and 10 PM.
Whether you’re looking for a hearty lunch or a flavorful dinner, her salmon patties, fried catfish, breaded porkshop and seafood boils all made with love have created a loyal following allowing her to now expand to locations in Cincy, too.  Save some room for her signature strawberry, banana pudding.

Chris & Quinya Sinclair

Taste of Jamaica
100 N. James H. McGee blvd

Monday-Saturday 1pm-8pm

Serves authentic Jamaican food, including jerk chicken, oxtail, and more. Meals typically come with rice, peas, and cabbage, but customers can also add baked mac and cheese, sweet potato corn bread, and more.  Dine in or carry out.
Owner Eric Evans

just moved into Carrillon Brewing Company

featuring Dayton Barbecue Company

Soft opening WED — SUN 4-9PM, 3RD Week 11AM – 9

Featuring southern style barbecue, cooked low and slow. Customers can expect some of their favorite dishes from Dayton Barbecue Company such as  pulled pork and brisket,  the marketplace salad loaded with veggies and smoked chicken and crispy pork belly, mac & cheese, crispy brussel sprouts with balsamic glaze. They’re also planning to have sausages made locally that will be served on buns from Dorothy Lane Market. All sauces and dressings will be made from scratch.

Chef Centruela Collier
The Burger Bistro
810 E. First St, The Silos

Tuesday – Thursday 4-10 PM
Friday 4 PM – Midnight
Saturday 11 AM – Midnight
Sunday 11 AM – 7 PM

The Burger Bistro will offer a traditional American burger along with a buttermilk fried chicken sandwich, glazed salmon filet sandwich, black bean burger, sliders, wings, fried mac & cheese balls and of course fries – cheese fries with a house-made cheese sauceAnthony Head

Vandalism & Destruction Closes Chicken Head’s

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Store front of The Chicken Spot

In the early hours of Valentines Day 2021, Chicken Head’s, restaurant which is more than symbolically located in the “heart” of the NorthWest Shopping center, suffered damage  (vandalism) to critical equipment forcing the immediately closure of the restaurant.

Owner Anthony Head shared this post on facebook:

“While our streak of making every payroll will remain intact, we will not be able to resume operations open until we replace it and ultimately relocate.

What started out as a “love letter” to our city has become, in just two short years, a destination fried chicken spot in Northwest Dayton.  As one of the few black owned restaurants in the area, we  were just beginning to hit our stride.  Our community collaborations were treating our legion of local fans to creative takes on classics as well as supporting many other small business vendors.  We continued to win fans as recently as last night (2/13/21) while others have sung our praises and given us fuel to keep firing up the peanut oiled filled pressure cooker everyday.

After besting every challenge presented to our operation during these pandemic times, we fell victim to the “only ship that won’t sail.”  While all legal remedies will be pursued, our community goes without what has become a gem in the resurgent west side of Dayton and our employees without work (for the time being).

While our story has been temporarily “paused” we are reaching out to those who have supported us in the past to reopen better, get working folks back to work, and continue to build the next great chicken spot.   The unique flavor profile and experience of our crispy, juicy chicken  relied most on a pressure fryer that retails new for 12,842.50 :(.  We will more than likely be relocating and purchasing new cooling and cooking equipment and had been in talks to start a food truck (sooner than later 🙂

Regardless of the outcome of this campaign, we are so very grateful to have served Dayton some of the “best damned chicken” and plan on doing more in the very near future!”

 

If you’d like to support the Chicken Head’s Restaurant Relief and Rebuild Fund a go-fund me page has been set up.