Eat At These Black-Owned Businesses In The Coral Springs Area On MLK Day

ON Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday established in 1986, we commemorate the birthday of the civil rights leader. In his memory, we also remember the achievements of Black Americans who followed his Dream. In doing so, we celebrate people of color pursuing self-determination, their struggle to achieve equal rights under our nation’s Constitution, and aspirations for Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

In my world, as someone who lives to eat, happiness doesn’t come without good food. So I’ve selected several local businesses that I have covered previously at TAP (and elsewhere) that are Black-owned. These are by no means all the Black-owned food businesses in the immediate area, as we have many people of Afro-Caribbean descent who own and operate great places to eat. Many of them — often from mixed heritage — come from the Caribbean and South American countries such as Jamaica,