#black owned restaurants

[blackbrownfamily]

Leroy Campbell

[the-bookworm-cafe]

One of my favorite series! A.L. Herbert’s soul Food Series are 4 unique books that are just as good as single stand-alone books. Each book is about Halia growing her business into a national success as she nosily finds herself holding her own investigations as sudden deaths follow her and her cousin Wavonne. What started out as one crazy murder mystery adventure, the first book was so perfect it begged the question: “How on earth will the sequel work out?”

The first book: Murder With Fried Chicken and Waffles

A great introduction and world building as a believable slice-of-life story begins with a single, black woman owns and runs her own family restaurant. Late one night, Halia and Wavonne check on the restaurant before going home for the night and suddenly, gets engulfed into the middle of their investor's murder case!! The girls break the law by dragging his body out of the restaurant to avoid bad press, BUT due to a stupid action by Wavonne, Halia performs her own secret investigation to prove her cousin's innocence.

The second book: Murder with Macaroni and Cheese

An ooey gooey sequel to Murder with Fried Chicken and Waffles that starts off the series as a whole. Almost a year after Marcus Rand's murder inside Sweet Tea, Halia and Wavonne stumble upon a second murder after catering Halia's high school reunion party! Unlike the first book, A. L. Herbert takes his time to get to the murder mystery and instead, leads the first half of the book as world and character building as we follow Halia's family cater her own high school reunion, prepare herself for the big day, and deal with continuous high school drama and discrimination that never dies regardless of how old you get. What was a nice, stand-alone story building up to the murder, this time around, Halia and Wavonne do the right thing and call the police this time. Unfortunately for the police, Halia's controlling, boss-mode personality, makes her nosey on into the investigation, creating her own secret investigation once again!

Third book: Murder with Collard Greens and Hot Sauce

The beginning of Halia's TV presence, as a famous actress turned hair icon Monique hosts a cross country tour of her top selling hair salons. Halia and her family get swept into the lights and cameras, as a documentary crew follow Monique's every step. During a private party at Monique's new home, Halia witnesses Monique and her friend bickering in the corner after they all had to deal with Monique's drunk husband flirts with an even drunker Wavonne. Dragging a black out drunk Wavonne home, the family sees on the news the next morning that Monique had died after the party.

Fourth and Final Book: Murder with Honey Ham Biscuits

The last book in the series and probably the BEST book in the series. Is a massive send off for Halia's "celebrity chef" career, as Halia guest judge's a famous TV Cooking Competition. As they shoot the final episode of the season, a clueless or purposeful betrayal ends a contestant's life. With a couple solved murders under her belt Halia does everything she can to investigate herself, with or without the police's knowledge.

[rerunren]

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[blckbuzinessdistrict]

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[spineless-lobster]

Some people aren’t normal about black women’s hair and it really fucking shows

[cyarskaren52]

Ma’am we said we are resting and not participating in Jack shit. You don’t need to check in. We aren’t going…lol

Nah...I did my FINAL part on Nov 6th. I ain't doing shut else for nobody. I'm not marching, fighting, donating, and/or shedding a tear. No 8%, 22%, yt women, latinos, lgbtq, Muslim, asians...NOOOOOBODY!!! they deserve the hate, the deportations, the babies by rapes , the painful miscarriages, the suffering, the hell, everrrrything!

meanwhile, my black rear end is gonna be like

marching? What for? Absolutely not. If anyone bw goes heaven help them because they will most likely put them on the frontlines for any potential danger.

Black women need to stand down, protect our energy, plan and stratigize for ourselves and REST!!

[angelwisps]

My roommate and i have been reaching out to every other black girl we see in our grad programs/at our schools to connect:) we are having some of them over this week to drink and mingle and have a night out on the town before classes start <3

[cyarsk52-20]

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For what y'all made y'all choice you wanted this man in office because u couldn't vote for a black woman so fuck y'all and y'all march 🙄🖕🏾 I’m done! No more marching for anybody unless it’s for black folks like me.

[blackbrownfamily]

Soul Food

[the-bookworm-cafe]

A. L. Herbert Murder with Honey Ham Biscuit Series

A. L. Herbert's final book: Murder with Honey Ham Biscuits

The final book in the series, and possibly my favorite book, is the perfect send off for our female crime solving hobbyist: Halia Watkins. What starts off as a normal Saturday lunch rush a strange assistant barges in with a TV Offer that will be filming the very next day! Halia gets the offer of a lifetime to be a local, celebrity judge for a well known cooking competition. As she gets teamed up with one of the top 3 contestants, she suggests making a unique form of Honey Ham Biscuits. After clueless accidents, or....purposeful sabotage.....her contestant lost the round and the saboteur was found dead in her bed....

[takethistoyourstardust]

i’m trying to think of other book series i liked as a kid/teen… i know i REALLY liked the alex rider series. i also read a series called skullduggery pleasant which i don’t remember much of but i do remember the main character had to send a mirror clone of herself to school and she had to take her school jacket off before doing the spell or else her school’s logo would be mirrored on the clone. as for the big series, percy jackson was my number one, as well as the kane chronicles. i also remember insisting my mom braid my hair for special events and even send me to a girl scout camp that offered archery because of the hunger games.

what else. i read the uglies series way too young bc my mom loved it. and i read the other book series by the uglies author that was like about parasites and every few chapters was about an irl parasite and that’s how i learned abt the Parasite That Makes You Love Your Cat. i already mentioned this series in another post but i cannot overstate how obsessed i was with the arthur brown series for a good while.

[isthespiceoflife]

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[reasoningdaily]

CHICAGO - A South Side eatery is celebrating 50 years in business. They're believed to be the oldest running Black-owned soul food restaurant in Chicago.

St. Rest Country Kitchen along 87th Street and Cottage Grove has been a Chicago staple for half a century. The menu boasts a variety of dishes, including turkey legs, short ribs, smothered pork chops, cabbage, black-eyed peas, succotash, and candied yams.

Owner and head chef Daniella Coffey, along with her husband John, inherited the restaurant from her father in 2021 – the late Rev. Larry Hopkins, who founded the eatery in 1972. At that time, the business was facing significant challenges, with $600,000 in debt and foreclosure looming. Tragically, her father passed away just two months later.

Coffey said that within a year, the family managed to pay off the debt, restructure the business, and now they're thriving.

"Great customer service, sanitation and great food. Those are our pillars here and of course faith," Coffey said.

It’s beyond just Soul food – it’s a story of resilience. The restaurant has attracted the likes of NBA legend Michael Jordan.

It’s a family thing, with 77-year-year old matriarch Sophia Hopkins serving as lead waitress. When she’s not singing her southern tunes, she’s making customers feel right at home.

"As soon as you walk through the doors, everyone is family. That’s just how it is down south back in the day," said Angela Chatman, general manager.

Outside the restaurant, Coffey inspires women all over the world to walk in their purpose.

"You don’t need another person to validate you. You have everything that you need in your hands. The only thing left is for you to use it," she said.

The restaurant operates on Fridays through Sundays.

[saturdaytimesims]

Clara Hendrix just finished some shopping at @thekenyabrand wowzerss amazing !