“Our culture is badly underrepresented,” said Takela Corbitt of the North Hollywood neighborhood where her upscale Southern-style restaurant, Blaqhaus, is located. “I started looking for business opportunities to bring some of the things I enjoyed the most about our food and our culture and us gathering as people to my neighborhood.”
We invite you to check out Takela’s story and Follow Your Fork to the various flavors and regions representing Black culture throughout the U.S. and Canada. Click here to find for more Southern inspired Black-owned restaurants and here to find more LA eateries. Also be sure to check out this feature on another pair of Black women doing their thing in the culinary business.
