Rolling Out The Flavor
New website promotes local, black-owned food businesses
The Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau announced the launch of a new website promoting black-owned food businesses in Caddo and Bossier parishes, www.ShreveportBlackRestaurants.com. The site was developed in partnership with Shreveport-based food and travel blogger Jada Durden, author of www. LovingThisLifeJada.com, who recently published an extensive list of black-owned restaurants, food trucks, caterers, event venues and more. Visitors to the site can browse a general list of all black-owned food businesses currently in the database or sort businesses into popular categories like “Sweets & Treats,” “Food Trucks” and “Catering Services.” Site users may also download trip itineraries that highlight black-owned businesses.
“I saw a need to be able to identify these black-owned businesses in order to be able to support them,” Durden said. “So, I reached out to the tourist bureau and said, ‘Let’s get this website going.’ It’s been a collaborative partnership.”
Any owner or manager of a black-owned food business located in Caddo or Bossier parish may request that their business be listed on the new website. To be included, visit www.Shreveport-Bossier.org and click the graphic that reads “Request a Listing.” When submitting a listing request, business owners should be sure to select “Yes” when asked if their business is black-owned.
“Our community is home to many outstanding, black-owned food businesses, many of which are also family-owned small businesses,” said Stacy Brown, president of the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau. “Especially in light of the many challenges currently facing small business owners, we want to do anything and everything that we can to support them.”
For more information, visit www.ShreveportBlackRestaurants.com or call 800-551-8682.
Black Owned Food Businesses You Can Support
20/20 Seafood Restaurant & Market
318 Infused Cigar And Spirits
Alky Therapy
Anthony’s Sports Bar & Grill
Anthony’s Steak & Seafood
Apollo Liquor
Ashley’s Tiers of Love
Bayou2Geaux
Bella T Décor & Gifts
Big D’s Bar-B-Que
Big Mama’s Antiques and Restorations
Booze Babe Mobile Bartending
C&C Café
Cajun Sno
Caked By Britt
Candy Galore and More
Cassandra’s Louisiana Kitchen
Cat Daddy’s Old School Café
Catering ‘Wit’ Creole Culture ‘n Cuisine
CC’s Kitchen
Chef Melvin Nelson Jr.
Chocolate Pineapple
Consortium Venue
Contagious Sno Shack
Creole Cafe’ & Catering – Curbside Only
Crissy’s Treats
C’s Unique SnoBalls
Diamond Catering
DTDs Sweetz
Earnestly Tootie’s Chef Services
Eddie’s Seafood & Soulfood Restaurant
Edith’s Garden of Sweets
Eleven Events
Ethel’s Kitchen
Farley BBQ & Catering Food Truck
Fat Sacc’s Southern Cooking
Feeding The Soul Cajun Cuisine
FitForm Meal Prep
Foi d’Art
Greedy Grove Grill
Haze Blazin Wings
Haze on Texas – Temporarily Closed
Hhog Hheaven Barbecue
Hives Barbeque
Honey’s Neighborhood Market
Honore’s Home Cooking
How The Cookie Crumbles
J’s Cakes and Treats
Keidra’s Kitchen Catering
Kev’s Kitchen
Kimistry Food Patrol
Kimyummy’s
King of Wings
King’s Turkey Legs N Wings
Krab Kingz Seafood
Krazie Cakes By Chere
KRUE Events
Lake Street Bar
Lil Animals Crawfish, Seafood & More!
London Café
Louisiana Daiquiri Café
Louisiana Smoke House
Louisiana Stuffed Pistolettes
Loving This Life Jada
MS KICK
Natijayz Custom Cakes And Cookies
Noble Savage Tavern
NOLA Creations 504
Oh Taste And See Soul Food
Orlandeaux’s Café
Pop N Pizza
Quisine Queen Catering
Ragin Cajun Louisiana Kitchen Food Truck
Real BBQ & More
Remarkable Food
RNL Authentics
Royalty Cigar and Hookah Lounge
Sho’Nuff Soul Food & Catering
Shunnies Blessings
Simply Delicious Ranch Dressing
Small Cakes Shreveport
Sno Dawgz & Co. Southern
Style Sno Balls
So Divine Nutrition
Southern Suga By Mel
Southern Sweets by Sasha Stephens
Style Bar
Sugar Lou’s Southern Creole Cuisine
Sweet Sensations Catering
Taste Of Love Food Trailer
Taylor’s Catering and Restaurant
The Landing Catering
The Red Island
Tiny’s Shop And More
Treats By Shay
Triple T BBQ
Twizted Pineapples
Uncle Junior’s BBQ
U-Nita Treats
Us Up North Kitchen – Temporarily Closed
Vegans on The Run
WackBabies Grilling
White Ice Italian Ice
Wings & Moore
Yum Yum Dessert Bar
Z’s Star Treats