I’ve been getting a number of requests the last couple of days for a list of black-owned restaurants and bars. Here are the ones I know of in the Portland area—please let me know if you know of any that are missing and I’ll add them to the list.
- 207 Bar & Restaurant – an African/Caribbean restaurant on Cumberland Ave
- Actual Foods – a food truck
- Asmara – an Eritrean restaurant on Oak Street
- Black Betty Bistro – a catering business
- Burundi Star Coffee – a coffee shop on Saint John Street
- Knitting Nook – a cafe and knitting shop in South Portland
- Little Easy Snoballs – a new food truck serving Louisiana-style shaved ice
- Magnus on Water – a cocktail bar in Biddeford
- Mainely Hot Dogs – a hot dog food truck
- Niyat Catering – a catering business operating out of Fork Food Lab specializing in Ethiopian food
- Red Sea – an East African restaurant on Washington Ave
- Rwanda Bean Coffee – a coffee shop with locations in South Portland and on Stevens Ave
- Soul Food Paradise – a takeout restaurant operating out of Fork Food Lab
- Yardie Ting – a Jamaican restaurant located in the Public Market House
For a list of black-owned businesses in a range of industries across the state of Maine see blackownedmaine.com.
Thank you for this list!
A new coffee shop just opened this week too! Burundi Star Coffee. https://www.facebook.com/105668427649029/posts/172050777677460/
Niyat Catering out of Fork
Thank you for this post!
This is wonderful. Makes me proud to be a resident of the beautiful state of Maine where people, passion, and compassion converge to do good works!
Knitting Nook, an amazingly wonderful and welcoming cafe with beer, wine, and a yarn shop in Ferry Village, SoPo; Please add to your list!
I believe Lazzari is also owned by a black man.
Would love to see 207 post a menu online! Been curious about their offerings since they opened but no luck so far. It may be out there and I just can’t find it.
You can see the draft menu they supplied with their liquor license here https://www.portlandfoodmap.com/207-bar-restaurant-to-fill-marias-space/
Black Betty’s Bistro is a black-owned catering company in Portland. Not sure if they are currently working but the food is amazing. http://Www.blackbettysbistro.com
Thank you so much for this post! I am considering a trip to Maine next month and I was looking for places to visit!