Portland celebrates Black-owned food spots for NW Black Restaurant Week

Black Restaurant Week runs through March 2 PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — As Black History Month comes to a close, Northwest Black Restaurant Week (BRW) has only just begun. From Friday, Feb. 23 to Sunday, March 2, nearly 80 Black-owned food businesses in the region are participating in Northwest Black Restaurant Week, featuring the flavors of African American, African, and Caribbean cuisine. Initially launched in Houston in 2016, BRW is now celebrated in many regions and cities across North America, including Portland, Toronto, the Bay Area and the Midwest. Lo Steele, daughter of famous Portland singer, making her own name and reaching new heights At the time, two of the organization’s founders, Derek Robinson and Falayn Ferrell, owned a digital marketing firm in which they supported small businesses and non-profit organizations in their city. They soon met the third founder, Warren Luckett, who pitched the idea of a Black Restaurant Week. “Since 2016, we aspired to set ourselves apart from similar organizations,” said Farrell. “BRW is solely guided by business owners and operators. They are in the trenches every day and experience the ebbs and flows of running a business during one of the most difficult periods in US history.” Atlas...