Bite of Brown week continues at 509 Caribbean Cuisine
Bite of Brown Week: 509 Caribbean cuisine
and last updated 2021-02-26 19:34:13-05
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â Bite of Brown continues their Black Restaurant week at 509 Caribbean Cuisine, celebrating Black-owned businesses in Tallahassee.
The owner of 509 says they were excited when they got the call to be featured during restaurant week, with hopes to be a role model to new customers from the campaign. We want kids to be aware that we re here, but also, a lot of kids that want to have their own business or be able to want to cook in the future anything like that, we just want them to know you don t have to be a major chain in order to open up a restaurant, said Jayson Eugene, owner of Caribbean Cuisine.
Bite of Brown Week kicks off at Island OMG Seafood Bite of Brown Week highlights local Black-owned restaurants
and last updated 2021-02-22 18:51:03-05
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â Bite of Brown week by Dream Marketing Group is bringing attention to African-American-owned restaurants.
The group is kicking off the week with Island OMG Seafood, who opened in early January.
Florida A&M University students gave a live taste test demonstration highlighting some of their favorite menu items from the restaurant. I am black, I like to put wealth back into Black businesses to help our community. Black businesses are the backbone of the community, said FAMU student Ju cole Grace.
Groups partnering with African American owned businesses for Black Restaurant Week
and last updated 2021-02-22 00:59:34-05
Bite of Brown Week in Tallahassee, a week designed to highlight some of the the cities African American owned restaurants. And we just wanted to do a little small token that we can to drive our customers to these different black-owned establishments and hopefully drive their sales up to where it s impactful to them on the day that we highlight them, said Christian Streat, Co-Founder of Dream Marketing Group.
Together, with the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association, their plan is to highlight one African American owned business a day, offering deals throughout the week.