What to Know
- Black Restaurant Week
- Presented by SoCal Gas
- Aug. 22-31
- Joyce Soul & Sea, Camille’s Culinary Creations, and several other regional favorites are participating in the 2025 event
- Black Restaurant Week, which launched in Houston and now takes place in a number of cities around the U.S., is turning 10; the Los Angeles event began in 2018
The happy call to “Eat. Sip. Repeat” is one that foodies will answer most enthusiastically, especially when the cuisine-centered celebration is taking place at several beloved restaurants.
Those are just the businesses that are in food-strong focus each August when Black Restaurant Week returns to Southern California.
The restaurant-championing, chef-spotlighting celebration was founded in 2016 in Houston by Falayn Ferrell, Derek Robinson, and Warren Luckett. Soon after its initial launch, cities across the country were joining the joyful week-plus happening, including Atlanta and Los Angeles…