Black Restaurant Week

Photo by Tom Adabi

Explore Portland’s Black-owned restaurants, bakeries and food trucks during Black Restaurant Week.

Black Restaurant Week celebrates the flavors of African-American, African and Caribbean cuisine and beyond. The week is meant to connect local culinary businesses and professionals with the community. 

Discover new restaurants to add to your list of favorite Portland eateries. Here’s where you can participate in the annual event. 

2025 Black Restaurant Week

Black Restaurant Week is taking place in Portland from February 21-March 2, 2025. There are 17 participating businesses in and around Portland. 

Here are the 2025 participating businesses:

Assembly Brewing

6112 SE Foster Rd., Portland

Detroit-style pizza and beer.

Bete-Lukas Ethiopian Restaurant

2504 SE 50th Ave. Unit E, Portland

Fresh Northwest ingredients blended with Ethiopian spices.

Black Star Grill

1902 NW 24th Ave., Portland

Ghanaian food.

Enat Kitchen

300 N Killingsworth St., Portland

Ethiopian restaurant and bar.

Erica’s Soul Food

101 SE 12th Ave., Portland

Soul food cart. 

Fat Cupcake

8730 SE Woodstock Blvd., Portland

Cupcakes and cakes. 

Fish Fusion

5800 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd., Portland

Southern style soul food.

Grits N’ Gravy

215 SW 6th Ave., Portland

Southern-style breakfast.

Le bontemps cafe & Catering

2716 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd., Portland

Creole cajun restaurant.

Meals 4 Heels

831 SE Salmon St Suite 50, Portland

Vegetarian and vegan bowls.

Mermosa PDX

1422 NW 23rd Ave., Portland

Southern and Caribbean fusion.

Mizz’ipi Sistah Chefs DBA Miss’ipi Chef

602 SE 11th Ave. #300, Portland

Caterers that specialize in homestyle southern cooking (delivery only). 

Rudy’s Pizza PDX

2443 Southeast Powell Blvd.

Pizza restaurant and bar.

The Drip’N Crab

3612 SE 82nd Ave., Portland

Specializes in boiled crab bags.

Trapkitchen PDX LLC

8 NW 6th Ave., Portland

Soul food. 

Waffle On A Stick 

211 SW 6th Ave., Portland

Dessert shop selling specialized waffles.

Viking Soul Food

4422 SE Woodstock Blvd., Portland

Viking Soul Food produces tip-top lefse and handmade Scandinavian goodies.

For more information about each participating location, visit the Black Restaurant Week website.

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