Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Traditional black owned restaurants worldwide
RevenueBase identified 232 traditional black owned restaurants worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 1,100 professional contacts across them, including 97 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Atlanta the largest hub.
This list covers traditional black owned restaurants worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 22, 2026. Country and city lists for traditional black owned restaurants follow the table.
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The 25 largest traditional black owned restaurants worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 107 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to the Good Life.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Thoughtful about food.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fixins seeks to set the standard for the American soul food experience by offering authentic soul food and impeccable service in a hip, energetic atmosphere.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1979 by the glover family, kay’s first restaurant opened its doors in donaghmede shopping centre.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Approaching a half-century ago, Big Mama’s Kitchen & Catering (BMK) was launched as a part-time catering service offering biscuits, cakes, and other soul food-inspired classics.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Chops & Hops is a locally owned restaurant in Watkinsville, Georgia, serving elevated Southern fare in a laid-back, family-friendly setting.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Table & Main is a Southern restaurant rooted in the idea of the neighborhood clubhouse, a place where locals gather, reconnect, and feel at home.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Madres Kitchen is run by passionate bad-asses who love food and people, and any gathering that brings them together.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “End of Elm’s intuitive concept and design is the product of two long time Morristown families.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Nestled in Upham's Corner Dorchester, Comfort Kitchen is a cozy cafe by day and a 30-seat restaurant by night with a full bar and outdoor patio seating.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Black Coffee Northwest Café and Community Hub is a locally owned Black business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Black Restaurant Week is an experiential and creative marketing agency that creates awareness of black-owned culinary businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “In 2011, Chef Olrie took a leap of faith and opened ZaZ, a restaurant that has become a cherished staple in the Hyde Park community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Rose Café is dedicated to bringing black business to a predominantly black community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Southern Birmingham” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “James Beard nominee & Winner of Throwdown with Iron Chef Bobby Flay, Melba Wilson is a Harlem native that was born, bred, and "buttered" in the vibrant neighborhood of New York…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Chick-fil-A Makiki is locally owned an operated by a Kamehameha schools graduate who attended the United States Air Force Academy and after serving in the Air Force for 8 years…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Ahinke’s kitchen our mission is to nurture harmony in homes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “One of the oldest African-American restaurants in Houston, Texas, This Is It, dishes out delicious soul food from the steam table from a diverse mix of customers, working-class…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Yiayia (Grandma) Theodora inspired us to create our own kitchen fuelled by family, love, and a passion for good food.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in October, 2014, 48th Street Grille is becoming a staple in the West Philadelphia community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Vision: We provide joy to the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: traditional black owned restaurants. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names traditional black owned restaurants.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of traditional black owned restaurants, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name traditional black owned restaurants. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Traditional black owned restaurants worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 22, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among traditional black owned restaurants, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for traditional black owned restaurants are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “traditional black owned restaurants”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names traditional black owned restaurants), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among traditional black owned restaurants, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 97 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Traditional black owned restaurants by location
1 lists · largest firstEvery Traditional black owned restaurants list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names traditional black owned restaurants, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many traditional black owned restaurants are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 232 traditional black owned restaurants worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
The Good Eating Company US, headquartered in New York, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most traditional black owned restaurants?
The United States leads with 148 companies. Every traditional black owned restaurants list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most traditional black owned restaurants?
Atlanta leads with 9 headquartered companies, followed by New York (6) and Houston (5).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 97 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 232 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 22, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.