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Small businesses that did not previously qualify for relief funding under the initial pandemic relief program in the state can apply for grants of up to $75,000 that can be
Gov. Charlie Baker traveled to Brockton to relaunch a small grant program for small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, visiting a West African restaurant to mark the opening of the application window that will end with $75 million going to support businesses.
Amelia Goncalves came to the United States from Angola in 1996, and by the early part of the next decade she and her family had opened a restaurant in Brockton serving the types of West African dishes she had grown up on.
BROCKTON Amelia Goncalves was born on a boat sailing through the rough tropical waters off West Africa heading towards Angola where she learned traditional dishes that would become her legacy in a new business venture, Luanda Restaurant & Lounge in a country thousands of miles miles away.
If you re from Brockton, you probably have driven by Luanda Restaurant & Lounge at 453 Centre St., on the East Side, across from East Middle School.
You probably saw dozens of cars parked like packed sardines on a Friday night with the echoing of Cape Verdean music in the distance.
Or maybe you ve heard about their famous dish chicken natas conceived by the manager Jaysen Goncalves, Amelia s son.