The cozy eatery specializes in Cajun and Créole cuisine, offering such staples as gumbo, zydeco rice, jambalaya and yaka mein along with a special Bayou Burger.
Black Business Spotlight
This space is dedicated to offer snapshots of Minnesota’s Black-owned businesses.
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Black Business Spotlight: K’s Revolutionary Catering
Northsiders Mariam Omari and Kotiareenia Taylor (known as Chef K) have turned catering into a movement.
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Black Business Spotlight:Wilson’s Image Barbers & Stylists
For the past decade or so, Teto Wilson’s barbershop has served as a Northside staple for not just a good haircut, but also as a place for gathering, good times, and even accessing community resources.
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Black Business Spotlight: Lee & Louise Confections
The MSR chatted it up with Allen at a local pop-up to find out more about the inspiration behind her business.
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Black Business Spotlight: Angie’s Hats
Angie’s Hats speak to the rich traditions of Black women and their coveted church hats as well as women all over the world clamoring for crowning…
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Black Business Spotlight: South Mpls Black history inspires Funky Grits
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.
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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: Yumyum Brownie Shop
Jerilyn Sheppheard, 18-year-old owner-proprietor of The Yumyum Brownie Shop, has never been at a loss for initiative.
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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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Black Business Spotlight: Corage Dolls
Flora Ekpe-Idang is using dolls to empower girls of color to celebrate their beauty and become entrepreneurs.
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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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Family fun blossoms into family business
The multi-category, knowledge recall game, created by family matriarch Celeste Lewis, was launched in the fall of 2018 and is now stocked in various stores in the Twin Cities
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Black Business Spotlight: MPower Fitness
Founder Jacob Johnson shares his fitness journey and the inspiration behind his new center.
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Black Business Spotlight: Heritage Tea House & Café
Run by Raeisha Williams, the tea house first opened its doors in December 2017, although it’s been a dream of hers for quite a while.
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Business Spotlight: Nature’s Syrup Skin & Hair Care
Like many entrepreneurs, De’Vonna Pittman is a Jill of many trades. Her endeavors include launching the organic hair and skin line, Nature’s Syrup Skin & Hair Care.
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Black Business Spotlight: Lutunji’s Palate
Her offerings, including a much-in-demand peach cobbler dubbed ‘Harriet’s Escape,’ along with a ‘Dr. T. Adams Philosophy’ pecan cobbler….
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Black Business Spotlight: The BowTie Billionaire
A lot of African Americans don’t really know too much about men’s personal care products. In the industry, it’s very White, so we got into business to hit a target market that wasn’t [being served].
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See the big picture before jumping into business
Black business ownership, along with its benefits — financial freedom, legacy, self-empowerment — is not a new conversation. How people are approaching it is.
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Black Business Spotlight: Autumn’s Vintage Boutique
Autumn Frazier is the proprietor of Autumn’s Vintage Boutique, LLC in Minneapolis. The 59-year-old mother of three owns the resale shop that carries high-end vintage clothing and one-of-a-kind pieces that you aren’t likely to find anywhere else.
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 Business Spotlight: Aniki’s Ice Cream Bow Ties
Aniki is just 11 years old, and he owns his own company called Ice Cream Bow Ties.