The Black-owned restaurant boasts a menu like none other in the area, with soul food recipes based off of cheesy grits with a twist towards vegan ingredients.
Jonika Stowes
Jonika Stowes is a contributing writer at the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder. She can be reached at jstowes@spokesman-recorder.com.
Posted inBlack Business Spotlight, Business
Black Business Spotlight: ME&I Fitness & Performance
Looking to leave a 25-year career in financial services, Jeff Scott opened ME&I Fitness & Performance last September.
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Black Business Spotlight: Nokomis Dental Center
After working at a dental practice for nine months, Dr. Grace Warren of Nokomis Dental Center not only knew she wanted to own her dentistry business but also own the building that housed it.
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Fancy Ray’s remarkable rise to stardom
With 30 years in the game, Fancy Ray McCloney went from lip-sync concerts to becoming a Twin Cities entertainment icon.
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Black Business Spotlight: Lisa’s Shoe Shine
February 2019 will mark Lisa Fredell’s 28th year as a shoe shiner in downtown Minneapolis. In 2001, after working at a stand for 10 years, Fredell jumped on the opportunity of a lifetime to buy her own stand from her boss.
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Black Business Spotlight: KMS Air Duct Cleaning
‘We do air duct cleaning, which is our primary business. We started out doing apartment buildings and houses. As time went on we got into commercial air duct cleaning in hospitals, schools, an account for the airport — targeting big business and commercial buildings.’
Posted inLocal & State, MSR Legacy Archives, MSR Legacy Archives, News
Black history unearthed in Mpls’ oldest cemetery
The oldest cemetery member is Morgan Jones, a former slave of a Virginia tobacco field who moved to Minnesota after gaining his freedom. Jones lived in Minnesota for 44 years as a free man. He died in 1906 at the age of 101.
Posted inSister Spokesman, Sister Spokesman Highlights
Networking with a sisterhood focus
Sister Spokesman keeps growing to meet Black women’s needs and interests High praise comes from Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Publisher and CEO Tracey Williams-Dillard when speaking about the Medtronic Foundation, crediting Jacob Gale, the foundation’s vice president of philanthropy, with making a strong effort to support communities of color. The Spokesman-Recorder nonprofit has benefited from Foundation support […]
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United Negro College Fund helps students across the nation attend college
It’s been doing so since 1944 “A mind is a terrible thing to waste” is the signature slogan at the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), led by President and CEO Michael L. Lomax. Local UNCF offices across the country are mandated to raise funds for the Washington, D.C. office where scholarship funding for students is […]
Posted inPhoto Galleries, Remembering Prince
Sheila E., The Revolution, and Morris Day and the Time brave cold to salute Prince (photos)
A bitter cold draped “Salute to Prince” night at Super Bowl Live in downtown Minneapolis on Monday evening. It was cold enough that the singers seemed unable to perform without mentioning the dire weather. But even with the frigid four-degree temperature steadily dropping into the night, the cold couldn’t stop attendees from dancing and reminiscing. […]
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Couple provides safe housing for women in recovery
Community living is becoming popular around the nation, which makes it easier for individuals who have a common purpose to come together to support and strengthen one another. So it is for Central Village Housing (CVH), providing a holistic wellness approach to women in transformation. Bernard Jones and his wife Georgia have owned and operated […]
Posted inArts + Culture, Theater
‘Dot’ handles topic of Alzheimer’s with humor and realness
E.G. Bailey has experienced family dementia first-hand with his grandmother and then his aunt. Bailey said, “My aunt’s progression was really quick; she was diagnosed in the early stages of dementia in her late 50s and died within three years.” Born and raised in Liberia, Bailey moved to the United States at age 10 with […]
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United Way expands local, national, international outreach
Greater Twin Cities United Way’s new mission is to “galvanize the community to build pathways towards prosperity and equity for all.” This new mission has led to implementing college partnership programs and youth LGBTQ partnership programs, just to name a few new initiatives. Over a hundred years old, Greater Twin Cities United Way is one […]
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Stress relief offered to those caring for persons with dementia
Program is first to focus on African Americans Quietly unique in who it serves, Dorothea Harris’ Volunteers of America (VOA) — Minnesota office has until recently operated at 36th and Bryant Avenue in South Minneapolis for about 18 months. Harris says with pride, “We are the only African American Caregiver and Dementia project in the […]
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Minneapolis mayoral candidates woo public housing voters
Candidates for mayor of Minneapolis held a forum at a Minneapolis Public Housing Authority highrise in downtown Minneapolis on Tuesday, October 24, sponsored by the Minneapolis Highrise Representative Council, a citywide resident organization. The panelists addressed funding for public housing, public safety, transportation and other audience concerns. Once rolling, candidate Al Flowers pointed out how […]
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Imagine giving all kids a fair chance — that’s a core mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters
Born in South Korea to a Korean woman and an African American man, Michael Goar was placed in an orphanage where he was unable to mingle with the Korean children due to his mixed race. At age 12, Goar was adopted by a Caucasian couple in South Minneapolis and attended Anthony Middle School and Washburn […]
Posted inHealth + Wellness
Screening unit on wheels encourages health conversations
A medical emergency is unexpected, especially when enjoying the festivities of a street fair, but the unexpected happened while I was on an MSR assignment with Craig Hotvedt, the executive director of Health Fair 11. Fortunately, I was in just the right place for dealing with it. Owned and operated by Southside Community Health Services […]
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New urban hip-hop station engages youth, women
The name Freddie Bell is well known in the Twin Cities, having a morning radio show at 89.9 KMOJ. With a broadcast career reaching back into the 1970s, Bell has been a force in radio broadcasting, helping to launch three radio stations. This third launch, the brainchild of Chris Styles, the music director at KMOJ, […]
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Co-op takes its “concern for community” principle seriously
The year was 1972 when volunteers started Seward Cooperative in South Minneapolis. Since then, the co-op has had three different address changes before settling into its current location at 2823 E. Franklin Avenue in 2009. Members invested $1.5 million dollars into that location. As a member-shared co-op, only Minnesota residents can buy stock in the […]
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New Rules workspace expanding for more creative tenants
From the start, Chris Webley has based his business on feedback from the community where he lives. Webley has worked with Target, Calvin Klein and Victoria’s Secret as a textile engineer. His entrepreneurial spirit began in the Twin Cities when he and a few friends put on a fashion show in 2014. After hearing about […]