Owning a business is tough enough under normal circumstances, and the world is anything but normal due to COVID-19, which has wreaked havoc on the restaurant industry. Christopher Joseph, Jr., general manager of Houston’s This Is It Soul Food, joined Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on Black-owned businesses. This is it Soul Food is one of the oldest African-American restaurants in Houston, Texas. It was founded in 1959 by.