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25 Black-Owned Cincinnati Restaurants You Should Have Tried By Now

By on Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 8:50 am

From barbecue joints to Caribbean cuisine, bakeries to Southern soul food, the Queen City is full of delicious Black-owned eateries to explore.
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Darou Salam Restaurant 4163 Hamilton Ave., Northside Darou Salam is Cincinnati's best kept secret for authentic African food. It offers Senegalese cuisine ranging from Lamb Dibi — which is grilled lamb paired with an onion-mustard sauce, Firir, fried whole tilapia (yes with the head, but don’t be scared, it’s tasty) and Bissap Sorrel, a famous Hibiscus juice and Senegalese favorite. Darou Salam is currently accepting takeout orders only. Photo via Contributed by Owner to Google Photos

Darou Salam Restaurant

4163 Hamilton Ave., Northside
Darou Salam is Cincinnati's best kept secret for authentic African food. It offers Senegalese cuisine ranging from Lamb Dibi — which is grilled lamb paired with an onion-mustard sauce, Firir, fried whole tilapia (yes with the head, but don’t be scared, it’s tasty) and Bissap Sorrel, a famous Hibiscus juice and Senegalese favorite. Darou Salam is currently accepting takeout orders only.
Photo via Contributed by Owner to Google Photos
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Copa Lounge 1133 Sycamore St., Over-the-Rhine Copa Lounge is a nightclub and eatery located in Over-the-Rhine. On Sundays, they offer a brunch buffet with bottomless mimosas. Photo via Facebook.com/COPAOTR

Copa Lounge

1133 Sycamore St., Over-the-Rhine
Copa Lounge is a nightclub and eatery located in Over-the-Rhine. On Sundays, they offer a brunch buffet with bottomless mimosas.
Photo via Facebook.com/COPAOTR
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Triple J's Bar-B-Que Triple J’s Bar-B-Que dishes out soul food specialties from their food truck all around Cincinnati. The menu offers a variety of smoked meats from ribs and smoked wings to fish, burgers and a classic BBQ sides. Photo via Facebook.com/TripleJsCatering

Triple J's Bar-B-Que

Triple J’s Bar-B-Que dishes out soul food specialties from their food truck all around Cincinnati. The menu offers a variety of smoked meats from ribs and smoked wings to fish, burgers and a classic BBQ sides.
Photo via Facebook.com/TripleJsCatering
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Sweet Petit Desserts 1426 Race St., Over-the-Rhine Army veteran Taren Kinebrew comes from a family of bakers. She used the family pastry knowledge passed down for generations to open Sweet Petit Desserts in August of 2009. Her petite treats are small in size, but pack a huge flavor punch and are designed to enjoy, but not over indulge. Find old favorites like Rice Krispy Treats or discover a new love like her petite fours, which is pound cake covered in a confectioner's glaze. Photo via Facebook.com/sweetpetitetk/

Sweet Petit Desserts

1426 Race St., Over-the-Rhine
Army veteran Taren Kinebrew comes from a family of bakers. She used the family pastry knowledge passed down for generations to open Sweet Petit Desserts in August of 2009. Her petite treats are small in size, but pack a huge flavor punch and are designed to enjoy, but not over indulge. Find old favorites like Rice Krispy Treats or discover a new love like her petite fours, which is pound cake covered in a confectioner's glaze.
Photo via Facebook.com/sweetpetitetk/
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Divine Appetite Cafe 8982 Cincinnati Columbus Road, West Chester There are not many places in Cincinnati where you can go and get authentic African cuisine. Divine Appetite Cafe has exactly that, featuring traditional dishes like Waakeye, African stewed tomato sauce, chicken, fish and a hard-boiled egg; and Banku, cornmeal dumplings served with okra sauce which includes fish, blue crab and beef. Photo via Facebook.com/DrivneAppetite

Divine Appetite Cafe

8982 Cincinnati Columbus Road, West Chester
There are not many places in Cincinnati where you can go and get authentic African cuisine. Divine Appetite Cafe has exactly that, featuring traditional dishes like Waakeye, African stewed tomato sauce, chicken, fish and a hard-boiled egg; and Banku, cornmeal dumplings served with okra sauce which includes fish, blue crab and beef.
Photo via Facebook.com/DrivneAppetite
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Wing Champ The King of Wings 2343 E. Sharon Road, Sharonville Wing Champ offers hickory-smoked Swank Wings with 14 different types of sauces and 16 dry rubs. Some of their sauces include HotLanta peach, plum loco, thai chili and spicy garlic. If mouthwatering wings are not for you, they also offer salads, soups, sandwiches and more. Photo: Provided

Wing Champ The King of Wings

2343 E. Sharon Road, Sharonville
Wing Champ offers hickory-smoked Swank Wings with 14 different types of sauces and 16 dry rubs. Some of their sauces include HotLanta peach, plum loco, thai chili and spicy garlic. If mouthwatering wings are not for you, they also offer salads, soups, sandwiches and more. Photo: Provided
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