Black Restaurant Week highlights minority-owned establishments across Chicago, US – NBC Chicago
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on September 16, 2023
Garifuna Flava in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood has been offering a taste of Belizean cuisine ever since it opened 15 years ago.
The restaurant, located at 2518 W. 63rd St., is just one many being highlighted as part of Black Restaurant Week, which runs through Sunday, Sept. 24.
“My wife loves to cook,” said owner Rhodel, “Rhodee," Castillo. “We were entertaining a lot of people at home, and one day I said to her, ‘listen, a lot of people enjoy your food. I’m going to open a restaurant . . .
