In honor of Black History Month, we put together a list of Black-Owned Brands & Businesses around Chicago that you can support today and every day.
Shop
- The Silver Room: eclectic jewelry, fashion, art and music
- BLR Design: focused clothing design and photography
- Nearly New Bike Shop: refurbished bikes and repairs
Eat
- Down State Donuts: potato donuts made with fresh, local ingredients
- Black Chicago Eats: directory of Black-Owned restaurants in Chicago
- Bettie Lou’s: American cuisine cooked with love
- Black Cat Kitchen: women-owned catering and specialty foods
- Table 4 Twenty: infused dinners, desserts and CBD products
- Tesfa Cuisine: family-style Ethiopian food and catering
- Demera Restaurant: woman-owned Ethiopian restaurant and catering
- Urban Grill Chicago: American classics and catering
- Crazy Bird Chicken: provides home cooked meals with meats that contain no steroids, no hormones, just fresh and free range chicken
- Ain’t She Sweet: pairs passion for food with passion for art through meals and sweet desserts
- Pearl’s Place: the restaurant that your friends told you about for down home Southern cooking
- Old Fashioned Donuts in Roseland: classic style doughnuts made fresh every day
- Sip & Savor: serves a plethora of coffee, pastries, and small bites from local bakeries
- Majani: serves soulful vegan cuisine on the Southside
- Virtue in Hyde Park: offers Southern American culture, hospitality, and kindness
- Yassa in Bronzeville: provides guests an immersive experience into the cuisine and culture of Western Africa
Move
- Eb & Flow Yoga: yoga studio with online classes and new student specials
- Bodi Shak: group and private fitness classes in Uptown
- Sirron Pilates: Pilates lessons and group classes
Community
- Seeds of Joy Daycare: daycare and early childhood education services with three locations in Chicago
- Lesson Check-In: volunteer-based community and education resources for students struggling with e-learning
- Brave Space Alliance: Trans-led organization providing affirming community services for the LGBTQ+ community
Cool Chicago Artists to follow
- @jackoat: art, logos and custom merch designs
- @bone.reader: Afrolatine DJ and producer
- @trapdecks: handcrafted fingerboard
- @sheacoulee: RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 5 Winner
- @butchdreamdaddy: Hip Hop photographer
- @mr_letthatdevelop: portrait and street photography
- @forboyslikeme: Chicago vocalist and pop artist
- @camieaux: illustration and commisions
- @ChicagoQari: Hip Hop artist and D33 budtender
