Taste of Black Cleveland: Restaurant Week

December 9 through December 16, Cleveland will feature and focus on black-owned restaurants during the inaugural Taste of Black Cleveland: Restaurant Week. Created by The Real Black Friday - Cleveland's Black Business Directory - this event aligns with their mission to "create an opportunity to bring awareness to local black owned restaurants throughout Northeastern Ohio and to encourage the entire community to support these various businesses by tasting, visiting and financial supporting their locations,". 19 restaurants will be featured, and The Real Black Friday is encouraging people to visit their website and vote for their favorite restaurants of the week. The top 5 will be chosen to be featured at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse during a Cleveland Cavaliers game, as well as the Launch Test Kitchen event. Participating restaurants: Pearl's Kitchen (located at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse) The Rib Cage ( Ohio City , Cleveland Hts. ) Sauce the City Beckham’s B&M BBQ Black Box Fix The Sweet Fix Bakery Swerve Grille Sam Sylk's Chicken and Fish ( Shaker Hts. , South Euclid , Euclid , Garfield Hts. ) The Crispy Chick Floods Urban Seafood Lounge Zanzibar Soul Fusion ( Downtown , Shaker Hts. ) Fawaky Burst Subcity ( Cleveland , Euclid , Maple Hts. ) The Fresh Fix of Heights Fresh & Meaty Burgers The Original Grill 5 Points Grille Goodfellas BBQ Legends Bistro