What to Know
- Black Restaurant Week
- Presented by SoCal Gas
- Aug. 22-31
- Joyce Soul & Sea, Camille’s Culinary Creations, and several other regional favorites are participating in the 2025 event
- Black Restaurant Week, which launched in Houston and now takes place in a number of cities around the U.S., is turning 10; the Los Angeles event began in 2018
The happy call to “Eat. Sip. Repeat” is one that foodies will answer most enthusiastically, especially when the cuisine-centered celebration is taking place at several beloved restaurants.
Those are just the businesses that are in food-strong focus each August when Black Restaurant Week returns to Southern California.
The restaurant-championing, chef-spotlighting celebration was founded in 2016 in Houston by Falayn Ferrell, Derek Robinson, and Warren Luckett. Soon after its initial launch, cities across the country were joining the joyful week-plus happening, including Atlanta and Los Angeles.
The event’s Los Angeles happening opens Aug. 22, giving locals the opportunity to try out great brick-and-mortar eateries, and food trucks, too, and several acclaimed Black-owned businesses over several late-August days and evenings.
That cuisine includes Camille’s Culinary Creations, Blaqhausnoho, and The Vegan Joint; find the full list on this site, as well as details about what each participating restaurant has planned for the event.
SoCal Gas is presenting the 2025 celebration, which includes some special highlights like a complimentary cooking demo for foodservice professionals with Chef Denise Smith on Aug. 25. The theme? Yummy: It’s Southern Desserts.
Black Restaurant Week is devoted to “(c)elebrating the flavors of African American, African, and Caribbean cuisine” and connecting diners with great Black-owned businesses creating memorable dishes and experiences.
Find out more now about the history of the week, and what is ahead in Los Angeles from Aug. 22-31, at this site.