Today I am mentioning the black owned restaurants that I can personally recommend. I do note that I haven’t been everywhere in metro Phoenix so other great black owned restaurants are out there that you should want to visit too. The restaurants mentioned are not in any particular order.

I had dishes that were to die for from The Larder + The Delta in Downtown Phoenix.

It’s a cute little casual restaurant in Phoenix that offers high quality Southern American Inspired Modern Cuisine.

This Hoppin John is like no other. It’s FORKING SCRUMPTIOUS! It’s earthy, spicy, deeply flavorful with interesting textures. It’s a Hum-YUM-Dinger!

A LONG While back I had the very best of the hot chicken sandwiches that I have tried anywhere. It was like a religious experience.

I had many delicious hot chicken sandwiches before but this one had the best and most delicious flavors of any hot chicken sandwich that I’ve ever had. One thing that really stood out was that the chicken was the only one that still tasted like it was on the bone. Then this one also had many layers to it that were the most delicious. It was so amazing that I wonder why this sandwich isn’t often found on the menu.

During the pandemic The Larder + The Delta did hot chicken take out.

They did re-opened for dine in service but these are uncertain times so you must contact them for up to date details.

I only got to eat at Mingo’s Louisiana Kitchen once (because this place is pretty far for me) but everything we tried was delicious. My husband said that the red beans and rice were really great. He usually only eats this dish in New Orleans…because usually it is usually only good in New Orleans.

He also enjoyed the Shrimp Po Boy.

I had some sort of hot chicken sandwich that was different but delicious. If I remember correctly I think it was made with his own hot sauce and specialty remoulade sauce. The fries were seasoned with Old Bay.

Currently Mingo’s Louisiana Kitchen operates out of a food truck so you have to look up their schedule.

At a food festival in Peoria (Devour The World) I enjoyed the food from Abyssinia Restaurant and Cafe very much.

I decided that I should try the Ethiopian Restaurant Abyssinia Restaurant and Cafe myself. (PHX)

We got a couple dishes on one large platter lined with injera bread and served with rolls of it. Everything was DELICIOUS! There were three kinds of lentil dishes, vegetable dishes…..a couple meat dishes and in the middle was this insanely delicious dish called Doro Wat. It was a great experience.

We enjoyed many dishes from Carribbean Cuisine in Glendale. I do note that this is a very small place that is mainly open for take out. (possibly only take out during the pandemic)

Red Snapper

Jerk chicken

Curry chicken

Oxtail (not always ready because this takes hours to prepare)

Escoviitch

Everything was delicious from Caribbean Cuisine.

We enjoy Desert Island Eatery and Cafe very much. This is a Caribbean Restaurant that also serves Vegan foods. Inside is only three tables but they recently added a patio. Currently during the pandemic they are Take Out only and the patio is not in use.

Our mutual favorite dish here is the Curry/Jerk Chicken combo that comes with cabbage and your choice of rice and peas or yellow rice.

We are both crazy about this curry and jerk chicken. Many other people in town love it too and this restaurant has been expanding the menu and their hours.

D’s Jerk Hut recently opened in Phoenix. They offer Caribbean and some vegan foods sort of cafeteria style. It’s sort of like a buffet behind the cashier and your order is kept warm in a warming oven.

We tried a number of things there.

Above is small sized jerk chicken and curry chicken. The jerk chicken his less spiced and less hot than all the other jerk chickens that I’ve tried. I really liked the curry chicken here. It was very flavorful and falling off the bone.

Here’s medium sized brown strew chicken. It’s very flavorful and really good but this one gets the developed flavor from the bones and there are lots of bone fragments in it.

D’s Jerk Hut is the only place that I have found Jamaica’s national dish Ackee (a fruit) and Salt Fish. It’s VERY Unique….You have to go to D’s Jerk Hut to try it.

The Breadfruit and Rum Bar is another place for Jerk Chicken and other Caribbean foods.

We’ve enjoyed numerous dishes from the Breadfruit and Rum Bar from Festivals that we’ve been to. Often The Breadfruit and Rum Bar served us our favorite bite from various food festivals. Each Jerk Chicken that I tried taste different and the jerk chicken here is also very unique. Ours that we took out was more breast meat with all kinds of flavors that danced on the exterior of the chicken. There also was this WICKED mighty nuclear HOT sauce to pour onto it (If you dare). Ours came with nicely prepared farm fresh vegetables.

These were the Black Owned restaurants that I can recommend personally recommend.

The Larder + The Delta (PHX)

Mingo’s Louisiana Kitchen (Food Truck)

Abyssinia Restaurant and Cafe (PHX)

Caribbean Cuisine (Glendale)

Desert Island Eatery (N.PHX)

D’s Jerk Hut (PHX)

The Breadfruit and Rum Bar (PHX)

Again I haven’t been everywhere and I know that there are other great ones out there.

Everything is subject to change and we hope it does for the better.