The celebration of Juneteenth continues as Black Restaurant Week kicks off in New York.  

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Wake Up With Cheddar

Celebrating Black Restaurant Week in NYC 

Brat. Welcome back to wake of a chatter. I make of a chat and but we are live in Manhattan. The celebration of Juneteenth continues as Black Restaurant Week kicks off right here in the New York tri state area. Take a look at some of these amazing restaurants. Black Restaurant Week in New York City kicks off on this first day of June. Majar Carter is the owner of the boogie down grind in Hunts Point. I love the fact that it starts on June. We're acknowledging where we've come from. The week long celebration of local black owned restaurants was first started in Houston seven years ago. Since then, the culinary campaign has expanded to include other cities across the country. Derek is one of the co founders of Black Restaurant Week. That's what we strive to do is to highlight some of those staples and also some of those up and coming restaurants this year marks the fourth annual celebration in NYC to highlight the culinary flavors of African American, African and Caribbean cuisines. Carter who opened the boogie down grind in 2017 says the extra support is needed to help level the playing field we are still struggling, you know, with this idea that somehow or another, everything that's associated with Black is deficient in some way, about 160 black owned restaurants and food spots in the city are participating in Black Restaurant Week, offering discounts and specials. Meanwhile, Carter says supporting black owned businesses helps more than just the owner when a black business succeeds. It's not just the, the business owner that does, they're literally, we do things in ways that actually to our communities. Much, much, much, much more so than I think, just sort of like the traditional change and whatever comes to our neighborhoods because we actually often living and working in our own communities. Organizers of Black Restaurant Week say they will also be providing support to local eateries by hosting special events throughout the year in Hunts Point, Carmen Grant News 12. I love the name of that restaurant. We have to check this out and thanks to Carmen Grant for that report.