More than 30-black-owned restaurants, bars, and food trucks came together to celebrate black culinary excellence this past weekend for the first Black Restaurant Week in the Washington DC area.

 

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The Inaugural DMV Black Restaurant Week was held from Nov. 4 to Nov. 11.

 

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A statement on the DMV Black Restaurant Week website reads:

 

“The week not only promotes restaurants, with your help we desire to go further to recognize existing restaurants and close the gap that exists in knowledge by hosting a conference and panel discussion.”