Tag Archives: restaurant industry
Ludacris Cooks up Success with Straits Atlanta Restaurant
The entertainer/entrepreneur gets into the franchise business with restaurant venture
Currently appearing in New Year’s Eve, Ludacris talks shop about his popular Atlanta restaurant and…
By Anslem Samuel
Dine Where the Pros Eat: 5 Top Black-Owned Restaurants
Top chefs and restaurateurs share favorites from across the nation
Restaurateurs and chefs from Black Enterprise magazine’s November 2011 issue share their favorite food spots.
By Janell Hazelwood
Capitalizing on a Family Recipe and Reputation
Lefty’s Spices uses popular family restaurant’s barbecue sauce to attract industry giants
Lefty’s Barbecue started out as A rib joint founded by Walter Nash Sr. (a.k.a. Lefty)…
By Carolyn M. Brown
Hungry for More
Couple rebounds from failed restaurant to serve up a side dish business
A failed chicken wing restaurant left husband-and-wife team Claude and Crystal Booker with a heap…
By Tamara E. Holmes
‘America’s Next Best Restaurant’ Winner Jamawn Woods Talks Healthy Soul Food Inspired By His Daddy
Jobless for six months, Woods won a spot on TV and made his entrepreneurial dreams a reality
Jamawn Woods went from dreams of being a restaurateur to opening three Soul Daddy locations…
By alexisstodghill
How They Made It: Buffalo Wild Wings Franchise Owners
African American businessmen fill void, seek to help community
African American businessmen fill void, seek to help community




