Support The Bay's Black-Owned Businesses

Where and how you choose to spend your money makes a difference, so while donating, protesting, and petitioning are all great efforts, buying from Black-owned businesses is also a surefire way to support the community directly. Grab a coffee, a sweet, or a bite to eat from one of these spots, and maybe even pair it with a movie, show, podcast, or book on Black lives + antiracism. 

CLOTHING + GOODS

Via Blk Girls Greenhouse

• Aliyah Wanek (Oakland)
• Beija Flor Naturals (Oakland)
• Blk Girls Greenhouse (1700 Center St // Oakland)
• CanDid Art (Oakland)
• Free + True Skincare (Concord)
• Glam House Oakland (4318 Martin Luther King Jr Way // Oakland)
• Harwell Godfrey (San Francisco)
• Ian James Made (303 Valencia St // San Francisco)
• III Antiques & Thangs (1232 Fruitvale Ave // Oakland)
• Iva Jewell (Oakland)
  
• Iyoba (Oakland)
• Made By Rheal (Oakland)
• Marcus Books (3900 MLK Jr Way // Oakland)
• McMullen Boutique (3687 Sacramento St // San Francisco)
• Multicultural Bookstore (260 Broadway // Richmond)
• Nothin' But Hits (Bay Area)
• Oakland's Own (2916 Fruitvale Ave // Oakland)
• Prideful Patchez (San Francisco)
• Queen Hippie Gypsy (337 14th St // Oakland)
• ReLove Vintage (Nob Hill // Oakland)
• Renegade Running (45 Grand Ave // Oakland)
• Soyful Aromas (Hayward)
• Spoiled Boutique (5659 Bay St // Emeryville)
• Taylor Jay Collection (Oakland + Union Square)
• The Herbal Alchemist Skincare (Bay Area)
• The Plant Queen (Berkeley)
• The Sanctuary (3344 Grand Ave // Oakland)
• TrooRa Magazine (San Francisco)
• True Sugaring & Skincare (2400 Olympic Blvd, Suite 9 // Walnut Creek)
• UnoEth (Oakland)
• Waist Beads by Ayodele (326 15th St // Oakland)
• West Oakland Mural Project (831 Center St // Oakland)

BAKERIES

Via James & The Giant Cupcake

• A Girl Named Pinky (Emeryville)
• Anthony's Cookies (Mission District + Berkeley)
  
• Chef Ron's Pastries (Oakland)
• Cheese Board Collective (1504 Shattuck Ave // Berkeley)
• Claire's Crunch Cake (San Mateo)
• CupCakin' Bakeshop (Multiple Locations)
• Crumble & Whisk (Farmers Market - Multiple Locations)
• DeeLee Cakes (San Jose)
• Full Belly Bakery (Oakland)
• Gregory's Gourmet Desserts (285 23rd St // Oakland)
• It's All Good Bakery (5622 MLK Jr Way // Oakland)
• James & the Giant Cupcake (6326 San Pablo Ave // Oakland)
• Layers by Xanthe (Berkeley) 
• Luv's Brownies (Multiple Locations)
• Nabolom Bakery (2708 Russell St // Berkeley)
• No Cookie (Oakland)
• Nuttin Butter Cookies (Berkeley)
• Real Cutie Pies (Oakland)
• Rize Up Bakery (Multiple Pickup Locations)
• Shampa's Pie Shop (1625 Palmetto Ave // Pacifica)
• Sugarsweet (5855 MacArthur Blvd // Oakland)
• Whack Donuts (San Francisco)
• Yahshi Bakes (4168 Piedmont Ave Ste E // Oakland)
• Yvonne's Southern Sweets (5128 3rd St // Bayview)

COFFEE SHOPS & BRANDS

Via Red Bay Coffee

• Alem's Coffee (5353 Claremont Ave // Oakland) 

• Burlap Coffee (511 40th St // Oakland)

• Cafe Capuchino (1158 Capuchino Ave // Burlingame)

• Cafe International (508 Haight St // Lower Haight)

• Excelsior Coffee (4495 Mission St // Excelsior)

• Fenn Coffee (Menlo Park)

• Hella Tea (Oakland)

• Hippie's Brew (Multiple Locations)

• Kinfolx (1951 Telegraph Ave // Oakland)
• Lan-e Kefa Coffee (77 8th St Ste 182 // Oakland)
  
• Nirvana Soul Coffee (Multiple Locations)

• Rasa Caffe (411 13th St // Oakland)

• Red Bay Coffee (Multiple Locations)

• Sextant Coffee Roasters (Valencia St + Folsom St // San Francisco)
  

• Spritzers Cafe (734 Central Ave // Alameda)

• Tallio's Coffee & Tea (4732 3rd St // Bayview)

CANNABIS DISPENSARIES, BRANDS, & DELIVERY

Via Kingston & Royal

• Bay Queen (Facebook)
• Conscious Mindz (Instagram | Facebook)
• Euphorium (Instagram)
• KANNA (2019 MacArthur Blvd // Oakland)
• Lady Gemini (Instagram)
• Lobo (Instagram)
• Maat Apothecary (Facebook)
• Posh Green Collective (828 Innes Ave #110 // Bayview)
  
• Purple Heart (415 4th St // Oakland)
  
• SF Roots (Instagram | Facebook)
• Club Shady Pines (Membership Only)

SF RESTAURANTS + MORE

Via International Smoke

• Bissap Baobab (2243 Mission St // Mission)
  
• Buena Vida Cantina (860 Folsom St // Yerba Buena)
• Cafe Ethiopia (878 Valencia St // Mission)
• Cantina Los Mayas (431 Balboa St // Richmond)
• Club Waziema (543 Divisadero St // NoPa)
• Da Flora (701 Columbus Ave // North Beach)
• Eko Kitchen (San Francisco) 
• Healing Kitchen (San Francisco)
• House of Tadu Ethiopian Kitchen (Mission Bay + Tenderloin)
• International Smoke (301 Mission St // South Beach)
• Little Skillet (360 Ritch St // South Park)
• Local Kitchen (330 1st St #1 // Rincon Hill)
• Mission Bowling Club (3176 17th St // Mission)
• Miyako Old Fashioned Ice Cream (1470 Fillmore St // Western Addition)

• Moya (121 9th St // SOMA)

• New Eritrea Restaurant (907 Irving St // Inner Sunset)
• Radio Africa Kitchen (4800 3rd St // Bayview)

• Speakeasy Ales & Lagers (1195 Evans Ave // San Francisco)

• Sunset Cantina (3414 Judah St // Outer Sunset)
• Tastebuds (600 5th Ave // Inner Richmond)
• Teranga (4 Embarcadero Center // Embarcadero)
• Ungrafted (2419 3rd St // Dogpatch)
• What's The Scoop Ice Cream (5668 3rd St // Bayview)
• Vegan Hood Chefs (San Francisco)
• ZZoul Cafe (295 Eddy St // Tenderloin)

EAST BAY RESTAURANTS + MORE

Via Malibu's Burgers

• Addis Ethiopian (6100 Telegraph Ave // Oakland)
• alaMar Kitchen & Bar (100 Grand Ave #111 // Oakland)
• Asmara Restaurant (5020 Telegraph Ave // Oakland)
• Cali Alley (1012 Grayson St // Berkeley)
• Ensarro Ethiopian Restaurant (357A Grand Ave // Oakland)
• Ethiopia Restaurant (2955 Telegraph Ave // Berkeley)
• Everett & Jones Barbeque (Multiple Locations)
• Free Range Flower Winery (2111 Research Dr, Ste. 6 // Livermore)
• The Hatch (402 15th St // Oakland)
• Hella Nuts (3645 MLK Jr Way // Oakland)
  
• Horn Barbecue (Oakland + Lafayette + Sacramento)

• Lois the Pie Queen (851 60th St // Oakland)

• Malibu's Burgers (Oakland + San Rafael)
• Minto's Jamaican Restaurant (412 15th St // Oakland)
• More Liife Ice + Tacos (Vallejo // Richmond // Fairfield)
• MLK Café (3860 MLK Jr Way // Oakland)
• Oeste (722 Clay St // Oakland)
• Shewhat (6101 Shattuck Ave // Oakland)
• Sobre Mesa (1618 Franklin St // Oakland)
• Souley Vegan (Oakland)
• Teni East Kitchen (4015 Broadway // Oakland)
• Vegan Mob (500 Lake Park Ave // Oakland)

SOUTH BAY + PENINSULA RESTAURANTS + MORE

Via BackAYard

• All the Smoke Craft BBQ – Pop-Ups & Catering (Multiple Locations)
• BackAYard Caribbean Grill (Multiple Locations)
• Coconuts (642 Ramona St // Palo Alto)
• The Cookout (Food Truck, Rotates)
• Flavas Jamaican Grill (314 Linden Ave // South San Francisco)
• Gojo Ethiopian (1261 W San Carlos St // San Jose)
• Jackie's Place (840 N 1st St // San Jose)
• Jubba Somali Restaurant (5330 Terner Way // San Jose)
• Kategna Ethiopian Restaurant (1663 W San Carlos St // San Jose)
• LeYou Ethiopian (1100 N 1st St, Suite C, San Jose)
• Lunch Box (1876 W San Carlos St // San Jose)
• MB's Place (66 21st Ave // San Mateo)
  
• Mudai (503 W San Carlos St // San Jose)
• True Ethiopian Cuisine (113 Garnet Ave // San Carlos)
• Walia Ethiopian Cuisine (2208 Business Cir // San Jose)
• Zeni Ethiopian (1320 Saratoga Ave // San Jose)
  

NORTH BAY RESTAURANTS + MORE

Via Sonoma Crust

• Abyssinia (913 4th St // Santa Rosa)

• Cafe Frida Gallery (300 S A St // Santa Rosa)
• Corner 103 (103 W Napa St // Sonoma)
• Red Rose Catering (Catering, Santa Rosa)
• Sonoma Crust (Santa Rosa)

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