Sanctuary Awards

Lucille's

Houston, Texas · Fine Dining

Chef Chris Williams was a 2022 James Beard Outstanding Restaurateur finalist and a 2023 semifinalist · the restaurant is nationally recognized for refined Southern cuisine.

A refined Southern restaurant in Houston's Museum District, built around the culinary legacy of educator, entrepreneur and innovator Lucille…

MIDA South End

Boston, Massachusetts · Fine Dining

Food & Wine Best New Chef (2020) · multiple James Beard semifinalist

Douglass Williams' original South End restaurant serves generous handmade Italian food through the perspective of a leading Black Boston che…

Sylvia's Restaurant

New York, New York · Fine Dining

James Beard Foundation America's Classics Award (2024) · Sylvia Woods received civic honors and citations from New York City, President Bill Clinton and New York governors.

The Queen of Soul Food's Harlem institution has served fried chicken, ribs, collards and peach cobbler since 1962, remaining Black-owned and…

FIELDTRIP

New York, New York · Fine Dining

JJ Johnson and Alexander Smalls won the James Beard Foundation American Cookbook Award for Between Harlem and Heaven (2019) · FIELDTRIP led a Harlem free-meal initiative during 2025 SNAP cuts.

Chef JJ Johnson's Harlem flagship builds globally inspired bowls around heritage rice, framing the universal grain through Caribbean, Africa…

Kiki's Chicken & Waffles

Columbia, South Carolina · Fine Dining

Kitwanda and Tyrone Cyrus were James Beard Awards Best Chef: Southeast semifinalists (2024) · Kiki was a South Carolina Chef Ambassador and the restaurant is repeatedly voted a local favorite.

A family-run soul-food landmark known for fried chicken over classic or red-velvet waffles, live jazz, open mics and a welcoming atmosphere …

Kokomo

Brooklyn, New York · Fine Dining

Forbes design and hospitality profile (2023) · Time Out New York Recommended restaurant review (2025)

A 130-seat Williamsburg waterfront escape using pan-Caribbean food, rum cocktails, music and layered tropical design to evoke an island cele…

The Breakfast Klub

Houston, Texas · Fine Dining

Yelp Black-Owned Businesses 'Ones to Watch' (2022) · official honors include Zagat's best breakfast in Houston and national recognition from Good Morning America, USA Today, Esquire and Forbes.

A Midtown institution built around katfish and grits, wings and waffles, art-filled hospitality and Marcus Davis's guiding principles of fai…

Dept of Culture

Brooklyn, New York · Fine Dining

Bon Appétit named it one of America's 50 Best New Restaurants in 2022 · James Beard Best New Restaurant nominee in 2023

A tiny communal-table tasting experience where Ayo Balogun serves food from Nigeria's north-central Kwara State while personally sharing fam…

Vinatería

New York, New York · Fine Dining

Wine Spectator Award of Excellence winner since 2017 · proprietor completed the James Beard Foundation Women Entrepreneurial Leadership program (2022).

A stylish Harlem dining room and wine bar pairing seasonal Italian and Spanish cooking with house-made pasta, small-producer bottles and the…

Florence's Restaurant

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · Fine Dining

James Beard America's Classics Award (2022), Oklahoma's first James Beard honor · reopened after a major renovation in June 2026.

A family-run soul-food landmark founded in 1952 during the Jim Crow and Green Book era, still serving Florence Kemp's country cooking and si…

Harlem Hops

New York, New York · Fine Dining

James Beard Awards Outstanding Bar semifinalist (2023) · Time Out New York Recommended neighborhood beer bar (2025)

Harlem's first 100% Black-owned craft beer bar curates hard-to-find local pours, foregrounds brewers of color and pairs beer with African-di…

Honeysuckle

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Fine Dining

Omar Tate and Cybille St.Aude-Tate were 2024 James Beard Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic semifinalists · Omar Tate was Esquire's Chef of the Year in 2020.

An Afrocentric restaurant and community space on North Broad Street using food, design, art and storytelling to reclaim and celebrate Black …

Melba's Restaurant

New York, New York · Fine Dining

James Beard Outstanding Hospitality semifinalist (2024, 2025) · Wilson's life and restaurant inspired the announced Apple TV series American Comfort (2026).

A Harlem comfort-food institution pairing signature chicken and waffles and oxtails with warm hospitality and neighborhood investment.…

Saltbox Seafood Joint

Durham, North Carolina · Fine Dining

Ricky Moore won James Beard Best Chef: Southeast (2022) and was an Outstanding Chef semifinalist (2025).

Chef Ricky Moore reimagines the North Carolina fish camp through hyper-seasonal local catch, exacting technique and a chalkboard menu that c…

Southern National

Atlanta, Georgia · Fine Dining

Duane Nutter was a James Beard Best Chef: Southeast semifinalist (2024) · the original Southern National was a Best New Restaurant semifinalist (2018).

A sophisticated Summerhill restaurant blending regional Southern ingredients with global ideas, contemporary Black art and destination cockt…

COMMUNION Restaurant & Bar

Seattle, Washington · Fine Dining

James Beard Best Chef: Northwest & Pacific finalist (2024) and nominee (2026) · New York Times Best New Restaurant in America (2021).

Chef Kristi Brown's 'Seattle Soul' combines Southern roots, Pacific Northwest ingredients and the Central District's Asian and East African …

The Busy Bee Cafe

Atlanta, Georgia · Fine Dining

James Beard America's Classics winner (2022) · MICHELIN Bib Gourmand (2023, 2024, 2025)

An Atlanta soul-food landmark founded in 1947, with Civil Rights Movement ties and enduring recipes served in a historic West End dining roo…

Unexpected Atlanta Tours & Gifts

Atlanta, Georgia · Fine Dining

Atlanta's #1-rated tour and activity on Tripadvisor with 2,000+ five-star reviews · the company opened Atlanta's first Local Tourism Hub in June 2026 after serving more than 37,000 guests.

Historian Akila McConnell pairs Atlanta's food, civil rights, neighborhoods and street art with small-group walking tours, biscuit and pimen…

Dakar NOLA

New Orleans, Louisiana · Fine Dining

James Beard Best New Restaurant 2024 · Serigne Mbaye won Best Chef: South in 2026

An intimate Senegalese tasting-menu experience that traces the culinary relationship between West Africa and New Orleans through storytellin…

RAS Plant Based

Brooklyn, New York · Fine Dining

Romeo Regalli was a James Beard Best Chef: New York State semifinalist (2022) · Milka and Romeo won a StarChefs New York Rising Stars Concept Award (2025).

A colorful Crown Heights dining room that remixes Ethiopian flavors into fully plant-based platters, cocktails and comfort dishes with music…

Kann

Portland, Oregon · Fine Dining

James Beard Best New Restaurant winner (2023) · Gregory Gourdet won Best Chef: Northwest & Pacific (2024)

A live-fire restaurant where Haitian flavors meet Pacific Northwest produce in a celebratory, design-forward dining room.…

Chishuru

London, United Kingdom · Fine Dining

Awarded a MICHELIN Star in 2024, making Bakare the first Black woman in the UK to receive one · Time Out named the earlier Brixton Chishuru its best London restaurant of 2022.

A warm Fitzrovia restaurant where Adejoké Bakare builds modern, deeply layered menus from Nigerian, Ghanaian and wider West African ingredie…

Ben's Chili Bowl

Washington, District of Columbia · Fine Dining

James Beard America's Classics recognition (2004) · original building contributes to the Greater U Street Historic District.

A family-run U Street landmark serving half-smokes and chili since 1958, with deep ties to Black Broadway, Civil Rights history and Washingt…

Jnane Tamsna

Marrakech, Morocco · Hospitality

MICHELIN Guide Hotel selection · founder Meryanne Loum-Martin named to Condé Nast Traveller's 2025 Women Who Travel Power List.

A 24-room, design-led oasis across nine acres, with five pools, gardens, farm-to-table dining and cultural programming rooted in the African…

Jones Bar-B-Q Diner

Marianna, Arkansas · Fine Dining

James Beard Foundation America's Classics Award (2012) · inaugural Arkansas Food Hall of Fame inductee (2017)

A tiny Arkansas Delta diner where a fourth-generation pitmaster still serves a century-old format: chopped smoked pork on white bread, with …

Comfort Kitchen

Boston, Massachusetts · Fine Dining

James Beard Best New Restaurant nominee (2024) · Kwasi Kwaa was a Best Chef: Northeast semifinalist (2025)

An intimate restaurant in a restored 1912 comfort station tracing the movement of ingredients and people across the African diaspora.…

Bertha's Kitchen

Charleston, South Carolina · Fine Dining

James Beard Foundation America's Classics Award (2017) · $50,000 National Trust/American Express Backing Historic Small Restaurants grantee (2025).

A robin's-egg-blue family institution preserving Gullah Geechee foodways through cafeteria-line plates of okra soup, red rice, fried whiting…

Lem's Bar-B-Q

Chicago, Illinois · Fine Dining

James Beard Foundation America's Classics Award, Great Lakes region (2025), recognizing its 70-year family legacy, timeless appeal and importance to Chicago's culinary community.

A South Side institution founded in 1954, known for rib tips, hot links, secret sauce and a distinctive aquarium-style smoker fueled by hick…

Hotel Sages

Canggu, Indonesia · Hospitality

Forbes profiled Hotel Sages as Bali's first Black-owned hotel and a new model of intentional luxury (2025) · the property offers a full 2026 calendar of wellness and leadership retreats.

Bali's first Black-owned hotel is a nine-suite, art-filled sanctuary with white arches, a mineral bath, cold plunge, open-air spa rituals, f…

ChòpnBlọk

Houston, Texas · Fine Dining

MICHELIN Bib Gourmand for 2025 · Southern Living's 20 Best New Restaurants in the South for 2025

A vibrant Montrose restaurant translating Nigerian and wider West African traditions into approachable bowls, live-fire dishes, communal eve…

La Maison Michelle

St. James, Barbados · Hospitality

Named by Travel Noire among Black-owned hotels suited to a destination celebration (2023) · the official site documents five-star boutique positioning and owner-operated stewardship.

A Black-owned, husband-and-wife-operated seven-suite hilltop villa on Barbados' Platinum Coast, with panoramic sea views, infinity pool, Jac…

Spice Island Beach Resort

St. George's, Grenada · Hospitality

Ninth consecutive AAA Five Diamond rating (2025) · Forbes Vetted Best Beachfront All-Inclusive Resort in the Caribbean (2025)

An independent, family-owned all-inclusive on Grand Anse Beach with 64 suites, Grenadian fine dining, spa programming and a local-arts and s…

Bomb Biscuit Co.

Atlanta, Georgia · Fine Dining

MICHELIN Guide Bib Gourmand (2025) · Erika Council was a James Beard Best Chef: Southeast semifinalist and Food & Wine Best New Chef (2024)

Erika Council turns hand-rolled buttermilk biscuits, fried chicken, seasonal jams and church-brunch memory into a joyful breakfast destinati…

Akoko

London, United Kingdom · Fine Dining

Holds one MICHELIN Star · first awarded in 2024 and retained in the current MICHELIN selection.

A refined Fitzrovia tasting-menu restaurant using live fire, British produce, bespoke ceramics and West African culinary traditions to creat…

The Bath Club

Miami Beach, FL · Hospitality

Forbes Featured · First Private Social Club in the US Southeast

Miami Beach's oldest and most prestigious private social club, founded in 1926. After being acquired by visionary developer Don Peebles — th…

S Hotel Kingston

Kingston, Jamaica · Hospitality

Small Luxury Hotels of the World member · 4.8+ rating

Alkebulan African Dining Hall

Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Fine Dining

James Beard Award-winning chef · World's first African food hall

Mosuke

Paris, France · Fine Dining

Michelin One Star (2021) · TIME Next Generation Leaders (2023)

Ikoyi

London, United Kingdom · Fine Dining

Michelin Two Stars (2019, 2022) · Featured in National Geographic Traveller

Mawa's Kitchen

Aspen, CO · Fine Dining

MICHELIN Guide recommended · James Beard Semifinalist (2022)

Maroon by Kwame Onwuachi

Las Vegas, NV · Fine Dining

James Beard Award-winning chef · First Black-owned fine dining on Las Vegas Strip (2026)

The Grey

Savannah, GA · Fine Dining

James Beard Award - Best Chef Southeast (2019) · Bon Appétit Best New Restaurants (2015)

The Ivy Hotel

Baltimore, MD · Hospitality

Forbes Five-Star · AAA Five-Diamond

3rd & Fernwood

Charlotte, NC · Fine Dining

James Beard Nomination · Seasonal Southern cuisine recognition

Fine & Fettle

Charlotte, NC · Fine Dining

James Beard Award Finalist · First Black Charlotte chef with national recognition

Table No. 2

Detroit, MI · Fine Dining

James Beard culinary network · Community service recognition

Dooky Chase's Restaurant

New Orleans, LA · Fine Dining

James Beard America's Classics Award (2025) · James Beard Who's Who Inductee (2010)

Friday Saturday Sunday

Philadelphia, PA · Fine Dining

James Beard Outstanding Restaurant (2023) · MICHELIN Star (2025)

Compère Lapin

New Orleans, LA · Fine Dining

James Beard Award Winner - Best Chef South (2018) · Food & Wine Best New Chefs (2017)

Hi Felicia

Oakland, CA · Fine Dining

Michelin-star ambitions · Celebrity chef approval

Salamander Resort & Spa

Middleburg, VA · Hospitality

Forbes Five-Star Rating (Food, Accommodations, Spa - 2024) · Historic equestrian destination

Stubborn Seed

Miami Beach, FL · Fine Dining

Michelin Star (2022-present) · Michelin Green Star (2025)

The Katherine

Fort Lauderdale, FL · Fine Dining

James Beard Nominee (3x) · James Beard Semifinalist (2023)

The Serving Spoon

Los Angeles, CA · Fine Dining

James Beard America's Classics Award (2026) · Snoop Dogg & Raphael Saadiq favorite

Saga

New York, NY · Fine Dining

Two Michelin Stars · James Beard Award - Best Chef New York State (2024)

Late August

Houston, TX · Fine Dining

James Beard Award Nominee Outstanding Restaurateur (2022) · Semifinalist (2023)

Roots Southern Table

Dallas, TX · Fine Dining

James Beard Award Finalist - Best New Restaurant (2022) · James Beard Finalist - Best Chef Texas (2022)

Virtue Restaurant & Bar

Chicago, IL · Fine Dining

James Beard Award Winner - Best Chef Great Lakes (2022) · First Black chef to win this award

Elmina

Washington, DC · Fine Dining

Michelin Guide debut (fall 2025) · Top Chef finalist

Dōgon

Washington, DC · Fine Dining

Michelin Star · James Beard Rising Star Chef of Year (2019)

Black Heritage Tours

Amsterdam, Netherlands · Fine Dining

African Diaspora Tourism Award (2016), Luxury Travel Guide Award (2017) and Tripadvisor Certificate of Excellence (2018).

Amsterdam's first Black heritage tour makes the city's early Black presence, colonial symbols and resistance histories visible through canal…

Manden Baoba

São Paulo, Brazil · Fine Dining

4.7+ rating · 48K social media following

Biyou'Z Gastronomia Africana

São Paulo, Brazil · Fine Dining

Black founder/chef Melanito Biyouha · Established 2011

White Orchid Hotel Lagos

Lagos, Nigeria · Hospitality

4.7+ rating · Original African art collection

Accra Wellness Retreat

Accra, Ghana · Wellness

4.5+ TripAdvisor rating · Holistic treatments distinction

Miss Lily's

Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Fine Dining

4.7+ rating · Sheraton partnership distinction

Kiza African Restaurant & Lounge

Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Fine Dining

4.7+ rating · Pan-African diversity celebration

Calabash

New York, New York · Fine Dining

Chef-owner Camari Mick — Food & Wine Best New Chef, 2024 · Chef de cuisine Tajeh Porter — StarChefs New York City Rising Stars, 2025

Calabash is chef-owner Camari Mick’s Afro-Caribbean bakery and brasserie in New York’s West Village, where breads, dinner and art share the …

Heritage

Atlanta, GA · Fine Dining

Atlanta magazine 'Best Food Pop-Up' (2021) · NYT America's Best Restaurants (2024)

Heritage is Chef Demetrius Brown's brick-and-mortar restaurant in Atlanta's historic Summerhill neighborhood, opening in 2026. Born from the…

Tatiana by Kwame Onwuachi

New York, NY · Fine Dining

No. 1 Restaurant in America — The New York Times (2023)

Chef Kwame Onwuachi's acclaimed restaurant at Lincoln Center, named the No. 1 restaurant in America by The New York Times. A defining destin…

Dōgon

Washington, DC · Fine Dining

Top-Rated New Restaurant 2025 — Infatuation

Dōgon by Chef Kwame Onwuachi at the Salamander Hotel celebrates the culinary traditions of the African diaspora with refined, deeply persona…

Spice by CMB

Chicago, IL · Fine Dining

Chicago Hit List: Best New Restaurants — Infatuation

Spice by CMB brings vibrant Caribbean and soul-driven flavors to Chicago's dining scene, a standout on the city's best-new-restaurant lists.…

Nailah's Kitchen

Baltimore, Maryland · Fine Dining

Baltimore Magazine reviewed Nailah's as the city's first Senegalese fine-dining restaurant in 2016 · AFRO highlighted it as a leading Black Restaurant Week destination in 2026.

A Black-owned, halal Senegalese dining room centered on dibi, yassa, poisson braise, maffe and house-pressed bissap, ginger, mango and baoba…

Jenny Dawn Cellars

Wichita, Kansas · Wine

The current official site describes its wines as award-winning · no named current competition result was verified in this pass.

Kansas' first Black-owned winery turns historic Union Station into an inclusive urban tasting room with wine flights, reservations, food, pr…

Pur Noire Urban Wineries — Houston

Houston, Texas · Wine

Pur Noire describes its portfolio as award-winning, but no named competition medal was independently verified in this pass.

Houston's first Black-owned winery and tasting room, offering guided flights, premium wines, live music and pairing experiences in a downtow…

Two Hommés

Los Angeles, California · Fine Dining

OpenTable Diners' Choice (2023) · featured by Eater (2024) and Food & Wine among outstanding West African U.S. restaurants (2026).

An Afro-centric dining room blending Senegalese, Ghanaian and Californian ideas with bold plates, cocktails, West African art and neighborho…

Villa Monticello

Accra, Ghana · Hospitality

World Travel Awards Ghana's Leading Boutique Hotel and Ghana's Leading Hotel Suite (2025) · Booking.com Traveller Review Award and multiple National Hotelier Leadership Awards (2026).

A polished 16-suite boutique hotel five minutes from Kotoka International Airport, with individually designed rooms, personalized concierge …

The Delborough Lagos

Lagos, Nigeria · Hospitality

Seven Stars Luxury Hospitality and Lifestyle Awards: Best New Luxury African Hospitality Brand and Best Luxury Lifestyle Boutique Hotel - Nigeria & Africa (2025).

A five-star Victoria Island boutique hotel built around highly personalized service, richly finished suites, chauffeur transfers, destinatio…

Rock City Hotel

Nkwatia, Ghana · Hospitality

Travel Noire included Rock City among Black-owned hotels in Ghana in 2024 · Shore Africa described the fully Black-owned, women-designed project as a potential continent-scale hospitality landmark in 2025. These are distinctions, not formal awards.

A phased, Ghanaian-owned mountain resort in the Kwahu area with hundreds of operating rooms, pools, dining and conference facilities, plus a…

Paschal's Restaurant

Atlanta, Georgia · Fine Dining

Food & Wine recognition for best airport dining · nationally documented as an unofficial headquarters of the Civil Rights Movement and the former site of Atlanta's first Black-owned hotel.

The civil-rights-era meeting place known as Atlanta's 'Black City Hall' continues to serve the Paschal brothers' fried chicken in Castleberr…

The Four Way

Memphis, Tennessee · Fine Dining

Featured by The New York Times, Southern Living, Travel Channel and Andrew Zimmern · Discover Eat It Forward recipient (2020).

A 1946 Soulsville institution where Civil Rights leaders, Stax musicians and neighbors shared tables, now carried forward by Patrice Bates T…

Negril Tree House Resort

Negril, Jamaica · Hospitality

Travel Noire selected the property among the world's most beautiful Black-owned hotels in 2022, a distinction also reported by Jamaicans.com that year.

A Black-owned, 70-room resort in the center of Negril's Seven Mile Beach with a pool, restaurant, spa services and access to snorkeling, div…

Boyd Cru Wines

Baltimore, Maryland · Wine

Maryland Chamber of Commerce Heart of Business feature (2026) · first permanent tasting room opened in May 2025.

A welcoming tasting room in historic Savage Mill pairing locally sourced Maryland wines with art, maker pop-ups, education and an intentiona…

Katura Day Spa

Charlotte, North Carolina · Wellness

Silver winner for Charlotte's Best Day Spa (2022), as reported on the spa's official owner page · ClassPass currently identifies the studio as Black-owned and woman-owned.

A serene, Black woman-owned day spa offering customized facials, medical-grade skincare, massage and advanced treatments designed for the fu…

Chit Chat Atlanta Tours

Atlanta, Georgia · Fine Dining

Atlanta Voice and Carvd N Stone profiled the 2025 launch and the Reality ATL Restaurant Tour's six Black-owned restaurant stops · no major independent travel award was located in the 2026 review.

A Black woman-owned tour company launched in 2025 with six concepts spanning Black history and civil rights, Atlanta University Center, Swee…

Michael Rose Cellars

San Miguel, California · Wine

Visit SLO CAL highlights the Joneses' pioneering estate Alicante Bouschet rosé and Rose Jones' early traditional sparkling-wine work in the Paso Robles area · no major named award was verified this pass.

A small family-owned estate vineyard just north of Paso Robles producing handcrafted, single-varietal still and traditional-method sparkling…

La Maison in Midtown

Houston, Texas · Hospitality

Recognized by Travel Noire as Houston's first Black-owned bed-and-breakfast · no formal lodging award independently verified in this pass.

A seven-room urban bed-and-breakfast created as a polished, peaceful retreat within walking distance of Midtown dining and nightlife.…

Morrow's

New Orleans, Louisiana · Fine Dining

Frequently featured in national Black-travel and restaurant press · a 2024 expansion added a second-floor dining room and bar, but no formal standalone award was verified.

The flagship of Morrow Hospitality blends Lenora Chong's Korean recipes with Creole comfort food, hip-hop energy and a family-centered appro…

Six Acres Bed and Breakfast

Cincinnati, Ohio · Hospitality

No major hospitality award independently verified in this pass · the property's cultural significance and restoration story are the primary distinctions.

A serene six-acre heritage bed-and-breakfast in a restored property connected to Underground Railroad history, about 15 minutes from downtow…

Atrium Boutique Hotel

Polokwane, South Africa · Hospitality

Officially launched by South Africa's Department of Tourism as a four-star, 100% Black-owned and 60% women-owned establishment (2025).

A newly launched 26-room luxury hotel with a restaurant, bar and event spaces, positioned as a women-led anchor for Polokwane's growing mid-…

Davidson Wine Company

Charlotte, North Carolina · Wine

Charlotte Magazine profiled the business as Davidson's first urban winery and a pioneering African American woman-owned wine destination (2020) · VintageView highlighted Williams among Black-owned wine leaders (2023).

Attorney-turned-winemaker Lindsey Williams runs Davidson's first urban winery in a historic former organ shop, producing more than 30 wines …

Hidden Gems Tours, Inc.

Atlanta, Georgia · Fine Dining

Discover Atlanta lists Hidden Gems Tours as a Black-owned Disadvantaged Business Enterprise partner · no major independent travel award was located in the current 2026 review.

A Black-owned walking-tour company focused on Sweet Auburn, early Black enterprise, churches, civic organizations and Atlanta's six historic…

Wanderstay Boutique Hotel

Houston, Texas · Hospitality

Featured on Fodor's 2025 Go List for Houston · Houstonia Best Hotels Houston selection

A ten-room, adults-only East End hotel where every room has its own theme, complemented by a pillow bar, towel warmers, guest kitchen and tr…

Indigené Cellars

Paso Robles, California · Wine

The winery describes its portfolio as award-winning · no current named competition award with a primary-source result was verified this pass.

A small family-run winery and downtown tasting room known for terroir-focused wines and Raymond Smith's path from mobile bottling to winemak…

Zambezi Sands by Batoka

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe · Hospitality

Batoka Africa co-founder and CEO Vimbai Masiyiwa received the FHS Africa Leadership Award (2026) · National Geographic profiled the lodge as a Black woman-owned model for community-centered safari (2025).

An all-inclusive, African-owned luxury camp inside Zambezi National Park with ten secluded riverfront tents, private decks, splash-pool suit…

Welcome to Harlem

New York, New York · Fine Dining

No. 6 Best History Tour in the United States, USA TODAY 10Best Readers' Choice Awards (2026).

A Black- and woman-owned company offering public and private Harlem walks, school programs, gospel and jazz performances, and deeply local s…

The Jenesis House

Sedona, Arizona · Hospitality

Opened as a private wellness estate in 2026 · profiled by Black Enterprise, BET, Travel Noire and theGrio as a pioneering Black woman-owned resort concept.

A private, adults-only wellness estate on four Sedona acres with ten individually designed suites, curated nourishment, bodywork, movement a…

The Mansion at Noble Lane

Bethany, Pennsylvania · Hospitality

YOUtopia won first place in 21Ninety's Best Black-Owned Spa category (2025) · the property starred in OWN's Checked Inn (2017).

A restored 25,000-square-foot Gilded Age estate on 22 Pocono acres with 14 rooms, vacation homes, YOUtopia spa, an indoor Olympic-size pool,…

Café Rue Dix

Brooklyn, New York · Fine Dining

The Guardian profiled the founders' decade-long evolution from neighborhood café into a Senegalese market-inspired cultural destination (2024) · Okayplayer framed the expanded space as a Black Brooklyn wellness oasis (2025).

A Crown Heights French-Senegalese café and bar where thieboudienne, dibi, pastries and ataya anchor a wider Rue Dix world of Senegal-sourced…

CURIOCITY Green Point

Cape Town, South Africa · Hospitality

Founder Bheki Dube received South Africa's Minister's IDOTOURISM Lilizela Tourism Award for Best Tourism Entrepreneur (2019), the Tropics Game Changers Award (2018–2019), and Times Top 200 Young Entrepreneurs recognition.

A design-led hybrid hotel in Green Point with private king suites, shared rooms, a pool, café-restaurant and locally sourced art, furniture …

Studio BE

New Orleans, Louisiana · Fine Dining

The official studio describes Studio BE as a landmark New Orleans cultural destination since 2016 · Ebony identifies it as owned and operated by Odums and includes it in a New Orleans insider itinerary.

A 36,000-square-foot Bywater warehouse transformed by Brandan 'BMike' Odums into monumental murals, exhibitions and programs centering Black…

Somalisa Camp

Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe · Hospitality

World Travel Awards: Zimbabwe's Leading Tented Safari Camp in 2019, 2020 and 2021 · parent company African Bush Camps won Africa's Leading Luxury Safari Company in 2023.

A seven-suite luxury tented camp on a private Hwange concession, pairing copper baths, private decks and fireside hospitality with close ele…

For Keeps! Books

Atlanta, Georgia · Fine Dining

GQ profiled For Keeps as a singular Atlanta bookstore preserving Black literature and community in 2020 · national and local publications continue to cite its cultural importance.

A bookstore and reading room on historic Auburn Avenue devoted to rare, classic and contemporary books by Black writers, arranged by founder…

Frichette Winery

Benton City, Washington · Wine

Travel Noire highlighted it as Washington's first Black-owned winery and a standout Yakima Valley wine destination (2025).

A family-run Red Mountain estate offering bold reds, vineyard views, warm Southern-inflected hospitality and education-forward tastings.…

Bronzeville Winery

Chicago, Illinois · Fine Dining

OpenTable profiled its community-centered hospitality and sommelier-led wine program in 2024 · no major juried venue award was verified this pass.

A South Side wine restaurant spotlighting Black- and woman-owned bottles, local artists, DJs and hospitality talent while celebrating Bronze…

Fond Doux Eco Resort

Soufriere, Saint Lucia · Hospitality

World Boutique Hotel Awards: The Americas' Best Sustainable Boutique Hotel (2015 and 2016) · World Luxury Hotel Award winner for Luxury Hideaway Resort (2018).

A locally owned eco-resort of handcrafted cottages on a historic organic cocoa estate near the Pitons, with farm-to-table Creole dining, cho…

Hakim's Bookstore & Gift Shop

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Fine Dining

Pennsylvania Historical Marker dedicated in 2023 · the Enterprise Center describes Hakim's as the state's oldest operating Black-owned bookstore and a long-running site of Black learning and cultural exchange.

Founded in 1959 from Dawud Hakim's trunk-based bookselling, this family-run West Philadelphia shop preserves Black history, literature, chil…

Black Austin Tours

Austin, Texas · Fine Dining

Preservation Austin Special Recognition Award for Education (2023) · Preservation Austin education grant for the Black Barbers in Austin project (2024).

Historian Javier Wallace leads experiences that recover Austin's Black communities through food, music, sport and place, including an East A…

Seven Sisters Vineyards

Stellenbosch, South Africa · Wine

Seven Sisters Sauvignon Blanc became the first South African wine served on American Airlines (2009) · the current site displays Gold and Best Value medal badges without detailed results.

A 100% Black women-owned Stellenbosch wine farm offering pre-booked tastings, home-style food pairings, picnics and a family story shaped by…

BrownstoneJAZZ at Sankofa Aban

Brooklyn, New York · Fine Dining

BK Reader profiled the Black-owned jazz club in 2023 · a widely syndicated 2025 New York Post feature called it a unique all-ages jazz haven and living Black-history setting.

An intimate acoustic jazz salon inside an 1880s Bed-Stuy brownstone that has remained in Debbie McClain's family for six generations, preser…

Abbey Creek Vineyard — The Crick

Portland, Oregon · Wine

Red, White & Black was selected by the MegaFest International Film Festival and Capital City Black Film Festival (2018).

Oregon's first recorded Black winemaker built a relaxed tasting experience where Pinot Noir, hip-hop, food and candid conversation challenge…

Bay Gardens Beach Resort & Spa

Rodney Bay, Saint Lucia · Hospitality

Executive director and shareholder Sanovnik Destang received the AAHOA/NABHOOD Outstanding Hotelier Award in 2025, the first Caribbean hotelier to receive the honor · Joyce Destang also received Saint Lucia's 2025 GIMIES Lifetime Achievement Award.

The beachfront flagship of a Saint Lucian-owned and managed family resort group, pairing Reduit Beach access, multiple pools, spa treatments…

Corner 103

Sonoma, California · Wine

USA Today 10Best named it Best Wine Tasting Room in America in 2020 and 2021 · ranked No. 2 in 2022 and 2023.

A downtown Sonoma tasting room built around seated, food-paired flights that make limited-production wines approachable without losing rigor…

Bird Pizzeria

Charlotte, North Carolina · Fine Dining

Included in The New York Times' 22 best pizza places in the United States (2024) · Charlotte Magazine named the Thompsons 2024 Charlotteans of the Year after the restaurant's national recognition and expansion.

A husband-and-wife-owned neighborhood pizzeria serving deeply browned East Coast-style whole pies with seasonal local toppings, plus salads …

Ricki Stevenson's Black Paris Tours

Paris, France · Fine Dining

Operating since 1998 · featured by BBC, Marketplace, CBS, AFAR, Essence, Chicago Sun-Times and Stanford Magazine.

A founder-led experience connecting Paris landmarks to African and African American writers, artists, soldiers, activists and expatriates ab…

Klein Goederust

Franschhoek, South Africa · Wine

South Africa's first Black-owned wine cellar officially opened in 2025 · the farm is the first and only 100% Black-owned winery in Franschhoek.

A restored ten-hectare Franschhoek estate pairing boutique wines, a seven-day tasting room and weekend garden spit-braais with a family stor…

Meza Malonga

Musanze, Rwanda · Fine Dining

TIME World's Greatest Places (2025) · World's 50 Best Champion of Change (2022) and 50 Next 'Empowering Educator' (2021).

A full-day Lake Ruhondo culinary journey combining a traditional boat crossing, farm and innovation-campus tour, and an eight-course Pan-Afr…

Ode Toronto

Toronto, Canada · Hospitality

AFAR in-depth review and women-owned hotel selection (2026) · Louis Vuitton City Guide recommendation reported by Travel Noire (2025).

A ten-room, family-run Dundas West hotel where local BIPOC art, handmade furniture, vivid room identities and low-touch personal hospitality…

Chuku's

London, United Kingdom · Fine Dining

One of ten London Black-owned businesses selected for a BeyGOOD Black Parade Route Impact grant (2023) · praised by The Guardian and Vogue, with a 2026 tenth-anniversary quick-service pop-up.

The self-described world's first Nigerian tapas restaurant reimagines Lagos flavors as shareable plates in a bright, 35-seat Tottenham dinin…

Dunns Josephine Hotel

Miami, Florida · Hospitality

Featured by Condé Nast Traveler in its guide to experiencing Miami's lesser-known Black history (2023) · no formal hotel award was verified.

A 15-suite Overtown boutique hotel joining the 1938 Josephine and 1947 Dunns properties, with rooms honoring Black cultural icons and the ne…

KAMI: The Postpartum Retreat

New York, New York · Hospitality

Founder Kimberly Seals Allers is an award-winning maternal-health advocate · no independent venue award was verified in this research pass.

New York's first Black-owned whole-home postpartum retreat offers one family exclusive use of a four-bedroom house with chef-prepared meals,…

M'hudi Wines

Stellenbosch, South Africa · Wine

Winner of the 2009/10 Emerging Tourism Entrepreneur of the Year Award, reportedly the first time the title went to a wine farm.

South Africa's first Black-owned and managed wine farm, with family-led tastings, Stellenbosch mountain views and on-farm accommodation.…

Atlantucky Brewing

Atlanta, Georgia · Fine Dining

Bronze medal in the Cream Stout category at the U.S. Open Beer Championship (2020) · the 40 Akerz and a Brew series won Best Episodic Short at the Rome International Film Festival (2021).

A 6,000-square-foot Castleberry Hill brewery and taproom created by the Grammy-nominated Southern hip-hop group Nappy Roots, blending craft …

The Historic Magnolia House

Greensboro, North Carolina · Hospitality

Inducted into Historic Hotels of America in 2022 · 2022 Historic Black Kitchen awardee

A restored Green Book hotel where leading Black entertainers, athletes and intellectuals stayed during segregation; now a boutique lodging, …

Wellspring Manor & Spa

Washington, Maryland · Hospitality

Washington Wizards Black-Owned DMV spotlight (2022) · recognized member of the Wellness Tourism Association.

A five-room, seven-acre boutique retreat blending spa treatments, chef-prepared meals, live music and a 2,000-square-foot gallery devoted to…

Uncle Nearest Distillery

Shelbyville, Tennessee · Wine

Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey — multiple award-winning Tennessee whiskey brand

The Uncle Nearest Distillery honors Nathan "Nearest" Green, the first known African American master distiller. Set on a stunning 270-acre pr…

NOK by Alara

Lagos, Nigeria · Fine Dining

Black female founder · NYT featured

El Padrino

Accra, Ghana · Fine Dining

Featured in Travel Noire · Celebrity hotspot (Sarkodie, Yvonne Nelson)

Mosugo

Paris, France · Fine Dining

Pop-up accessibility innovation · Gourmet African street food distinction

Queen Esther Spa

London, United Kingdom · Wellness

Black-owned Brixton wellness sanctuary · Above-and-beyond service recognition

Yemaya London Beauty

London, United Kingdom · Wellness

Black-owned medical skin clinic · Training academy distinction

Lafayette's

Paris, France · Fine Dining

Part of Sacko multi-concept strategy · Accessibility philosophy

The Watergate

London, United Kingdom · Fine Dining

Black chef/owner · Multiple lauded establishments

International African American Museum Cafe

Charleston, SC · Fine Dining

Chef BJ Dennis national Gullah Geechee expertise · Museum institutional positioning

Wood & Water

London, United Kingdom · Fine Dining

CEO/co-founder of Three Little Birds · Former Miss Jamaica Universe

Busta Mantis

London, United Kingdom · Fine Dining

AmEx grant recipient · Underground social project

Calabash African Kitchen

Las Vegas, NV · Fine Dining

Authentic Senegambian cuisine · Community favorite

Nancy's Restaurant & Snack Bar

Oak Bluffs, MA · Fine Dining

Established 1960 · Multi-generational family operation

Emmitt's Vegas

Las Vegas, NV · Fine Dining

NFL legend ownership · First Black-owned fine dining on Strip (2025)

Graft Wine Shop & Wine Bar

Charleston, SC · Wine

Black-owned wine bar partnership · Diversity in wine industry mission

Vineyard Caribbean Cuisine

Oak Bluffs, MA · Fine Dining

Jamaican chef heritage · Cultural fusion menu

Sisters of the New South

Savannah, GA · Fine Dining

Food Network featured · EatOkra certified

Eden Supper Club

Savannah, GA · Fine Dining

Contemporary Southern positioning · Cocktail bar sophistication

Gritz Cafe

Las Vegas, NV · Fine Dining

EatOkra Black-owned certified · Established 2008

Courtyard Charleston Historic District

Charleston, SC · Hospitality

RLJ Lodging (BET founder) ownership · Full-service luxury distinction

2 Chefs Gullah Geechee Soul Food

Savannah, GA · Fine Dining

Black chef-owner partnership · Gullah Geechee heritage celebration

Mills House Hotel

Charleston, SC · Hospitality

RLJ Lodging ownership · Iconic historic landmark status

Parson Inn

Charleston, SC · Hospitality

Super Host status · Six-suite boutique charm

The Ryder

Charleston, SC · Hospitality

Black-owned boutique positioning · contemporary design innovation recognition

Soulas Martha's Vineyard Victorian Beach House

Oak Bluffs, MA · Hospitality

Akwaaba House legacy · Historic Victorian charm recognition

Dragonfly House

Oak Bluffs, MA · Hospitality

Family-owned warm design · Oak Bluffs attraction proximity recognition

Black Ivy Cottage

East Chop, MA · Hospitality

Oceanfront premium positioning · Direct waterfront access recognition

Damselfly House

Oak Bluffs, MA · Hospitality

Multi-generational travel capability · Property collective recognition

The Oak Bluffs Inn

Oak Bluffs, MA · Hospitality

Black-owned boutique positioning · refined island hospitality recognition

Black Joy Kitchen

Oak Bluffs, MA · Fine Dining

Black chef-owned · Diaspora cuisine heritage recognition

Inkwell Beach House

Oak Bluffs, MA · Hospitality

Cultural heart proximity · Inkwell Beach historic significance

Narragansett House

Oak Bluffs, MA · Hospitality

Longstanding Black hospitality legacy · family-owned since inception

Akwaaba Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA · Hospitality

National Akwaaba brand · Essence magazine heritage

Diva Day Spa and Healing Center

Baltimore, MD · Wellness

Registered Nurse background · Diva Hair Care brand founder recognition

Ms. Elsie's Caribbean Bed and Breakfast

Charlotte, NC · Hospitality

26-year operation · Named after founder's grandmother

Paparazzi Spa & Wellness

Baltimore, MD · Wellness

First Black-owned spa in Baltimore distinction

Golden Green Hotel

Charlotte, NC · Hospitality

Environmental sustainability commitment · Vegan-friendly positioning distinction

Longevity Wines

Oakland, CA · Wine

Natural wine focus distinction · Wine professional community recognition

Vision Cellars

Napa, CA · Wine

Wine industry champion distinction · Black winemaker curation recognition

McClain Cellars

Santa Ynez, CA · Wine

Multi-location wine brand · Award-winning recognition

Roberts Riverwalk Urban Resort Hotel

Detroit, MI · Hospitality

Established riverfront landmark · Service excellence recognition

The Cochrane House

Detroit, MI · Hospitality

Adults-only luxury positioning · 1870s mansion restoration distinction

Brown Estate Vineyards Tasting Room

Napa, CA · Wine

Historic Black ownership · Wine industry recognition

Akwaaba Bed & Breakfast Inn

Philadelphia, PA · Hospitality

Multi-location brand recognition · Essence editor-in-chief founder distinction

Yowie Hotel

Philadelphia, PA · Hospitality

Travel & Leisure World's 100 Best New Hotels ranking

Serenity A&W Medspa

Philadelphia, PA · Wellness

Dermatologist credentials · Skin of color specialization

Viviane Aires Skin Wellness

Philadelphia, PA · Wellness

Award-winning treatments · Skin of color expertise distinction

Woodhouse Day Spa Detroit

Detroit, MI · Wellness

Black Enterprise recognition · Multiple location leader

Skinphorea

Detroit, MI · Wellness

First luxury facial bar in Detroit

Zamariya Spa of Africa

Charlotte, NC · Wellness

African wellness philosophy honor · Holistic healing recognition

V-Spa Charlotte

Charlotte, NC · Wellness

Multiple location expansion · Women's health pioneer

Thrive NOLA Spa

New Orleans, LA · Wellness

Couples massage specialty recognition

Thrive NOLA Spa is a Black-owned wellness destination in the heart of New Orleans' historic French Quarter, created to offer therapeutic car…

Uzuri Spa

Baltimore, MD · Wellness

African traditions focus recognition · Hydrotherapy and infrared sauna distinction

Freedom Apothecary

New Orleans, LA · Wellness

Holistic approach recognition · Community wellness leadership

Breathe Day Spa

Oakland, CA · Wellness

Certified Green Spa · 16+ years operation

Don's Restaurant

Charlotte, NC · Fine Dining

Award-winning Southern cuisine · Executive community favorite

Noir Kitchen & Cocktails

Nashville, TN · Fine Dining

Wine list recognition · Nashville professional community recognition

Burdell

Oakland, CA · Fine Dining

Food & Wine recognition · Sustainable wine list distinction

Vyoone's

New Orleans, LA · Fine Dining

French classical training recognition · Romantic dining destination

BLK SWAN

Baltimore, MD · Fine Dining

Supper club pioneer recognition · Live DJ event venue distinction

Brown Estate Vineyards

Napa, CA · Wine

Napa County Historical Society Award for restoration · Wine industry recognition

J. Moss Winery

Napa, CA · Wine

Award-winning wines · Multiple wine competition medals

YOUtopia Spa at Akwaaba Mansion

Pocono, PA · Hospitality

Part of award-winning Akwaaba collection · Luxury spa recognition

Theopolis Vineyards

Mendocino County, CA · Wine

Robert Parker Rating 94-96 points · Gold Medal Sunset Magazine (2012)

Akwaaba Mansion

Brooklyn, NY · Hospitality

Award-winning Akwaaba collection · Brooklyn Honors recognition

Woodhouse Spa Buckhead

Atlanta, GA · Wellness

Black Enterprise recognition · Upscale positioning

IWI Fresh Spa

Atlanta, GA · Wellness

NYT featured · Holistic wellness pioneer

IWI Fresh Garden Day Spa

Washington, DC · Wellness

Multi-city legacy · Holistic wellness pioneer

Platinum Wellness Spa

Atlanta, GA · Wellness

Medical spa certification · Upscale wellness recognition

Dukunoo Jamaican Kitchen

Miami, FL · Fine Dining

Featured media coverage · Community recognition

The Quarter Creole

Los Angeles, CA · Fine Dining

Zagat recognition · USA Today featured

Davis Street

Houston, TX · Fine Dining

My Table Magazine Award - Best New Restaurant (2014)

Virgil's Gullah Kitchen & Bar

Atlanta, GA · Fine Dining

Community service awards · Business Equality recognition

Twisted Soul Cookhouse & Pours

Atlanta, GA · Fine Dining

Zagat recognition · Featured media appearances