From a sourdough bakery café in San Francisco to a new taco concept on Philadelphia’s South Street, Black business owners have continued opening new food and hospitality concepts in 2026.
Some are first brick-and-mortar locations built after years of catering, pop-ups or wholesale operations. Others represent expansion by experienced restaurateurs entering new markets.
Here are some of the restaurants and cafés that opened in 2026.
Heritage Supper Club | Atlanta, GA
Chef Demetrius Brown opened Heritage Supper Club in Atlanta’s Summerhill neighborhood in September. The restaurant is part of Bellevue Hospitality, the restaurant group Brown founded with business partner Brandon Blanchard.
The restaurant includes a cocktail lounge and a tasting-menu dining room, with dishes influenced by Ethiopian berbere, Jamaican patties, and Caribbean ingredients.
Family history runs through the menu. Brown has cited dishes made by his mother, aunt, and grandmother among the inspirations behind the restaurant.
Rize Up Bakery Café | San Francisco, CA
Azikiwee “Z” Anderson opened the first public café for Rize Up Bakery in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood in September.
Anderson started Rize Up as a home-based sourdough project in 2020. It eventually grew into a production bakery supplying more than 70 wholesale accounts and farmers markets around the Bay Area.
The café operates inside Rize Up’s production facility, giving customers access to its sourdough breads alongside tartines, grilled cheese sandwiches and pastries.
The opening followed years of setbacks, including a burglary and flooding caused by a neighboring fire. Anderson built the company without outside investors.
Kitchen + Kocktails | Miami, FL
Attorney Kevin Kelley expanded Kitchen + Kocktails to Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood in January.
The restaurant group began in Dallas in 2020 and has since expanded into multiple major U.S. markets. Its Miami location combines the company’s Southern comfort-food menu with an upscale dining and cocktail experience.
The restaurant is located at 2838 NW 2nd Avenue.
Voyce Bistro | Wilmington, NC
Chef Keith Rhodes and his wife, Angela Rhodes, opened Voyce Bistro in downtown Wilmington in January.
The intimate restaurant focuses on coastal Carolina cuisine infused with Caribbean flavors and locally sourced ingredients. Rhodes, a two-time James Beard Award nominee, previously operated the acclaimed Wilmington restaurant Catch.
Voyce also carries a family connection. Its name was inspired by Rhodes’ grandparents, Virgie and Royce Rhodes, reflecting the couple’s emphasis on family and heritage throughout the concept.
The Besties’ Table | Indianapolis, IN
Chef Tyler Williams opened The Besties’ Table across from the University of Indianapolis in March.
Williams had been building toward the restaurant for years. After losing his corporate job during the pandemic, he began selling meals from his mother’s kitchen before launching catering company The Cooking Besties in 2021.
The business eventually secured corporate clients including Nike, Cummins and Eskenazi Health. The Besties’ Table became Williams’ first brick-and-mortar restaurant, serving breakfast and brunch dishes ranging from chicken and waffles to hot-honey shrimp deviled eggs.
Taste Taco Bar | Philadelphia, PA
Kevin Dolce opened Taste Taco Bar on Philadelphia’s South Street in October.
The restaurant serves tacos with fillings including beef birria, al pastor, jerk chicken and cheesesteak, alongside fajitas, burritos, quesadillas and margaritas.
Located at 300 South Street, Taste Taco Bar is the latest concept from Dolce, who has built several food and hospitality businesses in Philadelphia.
Calabash | New York, NY
Award-winning chef Camari Mick opened Calabash in Manhattan’s West Village in October.
Her first solo restaurant is an Afro-Caribbean brasserie and bakery drawing from West Africa, the Caribbean and the U.S. East Coast. Daytime service includes naturally fermented breads, pastries and dishes such as cornbread pancakes and suya steak with maduros.
Dinner features a five-course tasting menu, while the alcohol-free beverage program draws on African herbalism. The 30-seat space also showcases work by Black and Brown artists and hosts a monthly Pay What You Can dinner.
DKR | Paris, France
Brothers Abdoulaye and Fousseyni Djikine opened DKR in Paris in April.
The brothers previously created BMK Paris-Bamako and BMK Folie-Bamako. Their latest concept takes a faster, more contemporary approach to African and Afro-descendant cuisines.
Working with chef Diadié Diombana, DKR’s menu draws from West Africa, other regions of the continent and the Caribbean. Dishes include Ghanaian kelewele, Senegalese yassa, Nigerian jollof rice, Kenyan kuku paka and Malian-inspired preparations.
The restaurant is located at 19 Rue de la Roquette in Paris’ 11th arrondissement.
Civic on Eighth | Washington, D.C.
Rhonda Foxx opened Civic on Eighth on Capitol Hill in January. The coffee salon occupies a property that has been under Black ownership for nearly five decades. The family that owns the property has also operated neighboring Chat’s Liquors for decades.
Foxx, a longtime political strategist entering hospitality for the first time, created Civic on Eighth as a neighborhood gathering space centered on coffee, culture and community.
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