Black-owned restaurants to try during NBA All-Star Weekend

The 2024 NBA All-Star Weekend is attracting thousands of visitors to Indianapolis, including a few celebrities and renowned TikTok food reviewer Keith Lee.& Those visitors are bound to be hungry, so in honor of Black History Month, the Recorder put together a short list of Black-owned restaurants and food vendors our staff recommends trying during All-Star Weekend (and year-round). Black Leaf Vegan Café (V) Black Leaf Vegan, owned by Taria Slack, opened its first brick-and-mortar at 335 W. 9th St. in October of 2022. (Photo provided/Black Leaf Vegan) 335 W. 9th St. Holding the title of Indiana’s first vegan food truck, Black Leaf Vegan Café is a community staple, serving customers and frequenting festivals and fairs year-round. Owned and operated by Derrick and Taria Slack and their three daughters, Black Leaf Vegan offers an extensive menu of vegan soul food and burgers, breakfast foods and comfort dishes, such as nachos and mac and cheese. blackleafvegan.com Burgeezy (V) The Canal Walk, 335 W. 9th St., Suite D. Committed to offering the community a variety of accessible, vegan comfort foods, owners Kadeesha and Antoine Wiggins first opened Burgeezy as a test kitchen in 2021 before opening their own brick-and-mortar on the Canal...