

On Navy Pier, the cooks at Windy City Ribs prepared for their Black Restaurant Week sampler. In recent decades, the traditional rest area has grown into a gathering place where eating something quickly is no longer the most important thing. Let's get the whole community to come out and try Black-owned restaurants," Luckett said. "I remember the dinner table being a safe place to have conversations, so I'm like, let's just use the Black restaurants as a safe place for conversation. The next two weeks feature restaurants in the Midwest. It now does campaigns across the country. Warren Luckett started Black Restaurant Week nationally in 2016. If you go around, you see a lot of brick and mortar are not around," Miles said. "We don't want to see our small businesses closed. The small business owner doesn't have the budget for marketing, but she hopes the word of mouth will bring in new customers. Facilities such as rest rooms, picnic areas and public telephones, are shown as well as food and gas at the larger service centers. All Florida rest areas are referenced by mile marker. "I hope people get that it's made with love," Miles said. Florida rest areas and service plazas along I-75 are listed below. Owner Kathryn Miles pivoted during the pandemic, and the former property manager started doing more of what she loved. The map is interactive so you can zoom in closer for more detail, select a marker for rest area information, or select the View larger map icon at top-right to open the map in Google Maps. Shrimp and grits is the special from Kathryn's Soul at the French Market for the Midwest Black Restaurant Week. List by State Map of Rest Areas Advanced Search Map of Rest Areas Below is a map that shows the location of rest areas along Interstate highways.

Black Restaurant Week hopes to bring in new business before winter. Midwest Black Restaurant Week kicked off, and some participating Chicago restaurants are Kathryn's Soul and Windy City Ribs.ĬHICAGO (WLS) - As the rain falls, Chicagoans know what's next: rain turning to snow.Īnd, for restaurateurs in Chicago, they know the slow season has begun.
