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Episode 2 — March 9, 2026
Birmingham · Greenville · Chicago · St. Paul · Fayetteville
5 Black-owned businesses making waves! From music to fashion to retail, these entrepreneurs are building legacies and inspiring communities. Discover their stories and support their dreams. #BlackOwnedBusiness #SupportBlackBusiness #Entrepreneurship #CommunityImpact #BlackExcellence #SmallBusiness #BusinessOwner #LookForBob #legacybuilding
Watch Now →Tatiana by Kwame Onwuachi: NYC's #1 Restaurant, Black-Owned, Where Afro-Caribbean Cuisine Reclaims Lincoln Center
10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023
Tatiana is the most credentialed Black-owned restaurant in New York City and one of the most significant Black-owned businesses in the country. The #1 New York Times ranking two years running, the James Beard recognition, the Time 100 placement — all of it is earned. But the story that makes Tatiana a LookForBOB feature is not the accolades. It is the intentionality: a Black chef opening on the land of a demolished Black neighborhood, building a menu from Black diasporic culture, designing a space that looks like the New York he grew up in, and creating a dining room where someone in a do-rag sits next to someone in a tuxedo. That combination of excellence and intention is exactly what this platform exists to amplify.
Ky's Kandles: Raleigh's Black Woman-Owned Luxury Soy Candle Brand Where Self-Care Meets Sustainability
540 St Albans Dr, Raleigh, NC 27609, USA
Ky's Kandles is a luxury soy candle and self-care brand rooted in Raleigh's North Hills Innovation District — where the storefront sits inside Makers Alley, Tuesday through Sunday, ready for you to walk in and smell something that feels like home. This isn't just candles on a shelf. Ky's offers signature scent quizzes, Eau de Parfum, candle-making workshops, and a sustainable vessel refill program that shows they're thinking about the planet as much as the product. The business has been named a favorite retail shop in the Raleigh area — earned, not given. When a Black woman builds a luxury self-care brand from the ground up in the South and makes sustainability central to the mission, that's the whole vision right there.
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- Monday: Closed
- Tuesday: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Wednesday: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Thursday: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Friday: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Saturday: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Sunday: 1:00 – 6:00 PM
Water for Chocolate: Chef Sean Guy's Black-Owned Baltimore Seafood Restaurant Built on Community, Craft, and Resilience
1841 E Lombard St, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
Chef-owner Sean Guy is running something special out of Upper Fells Point — Water for Chocolate Catering LLC is a seafood restaurant at 1841 E Lombard St that's redefining what brunch and dinner look like in Baltimore. Open Wednesday through Sunday for brunch and dinner service, Chef Guy is bringing craft and culture to every plate. In a city with deep roots in seafood and Black culinary tradition, having a Black-owned kitchen holding that legacy down matters. This isn't just a restaurant — it's a statement.
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- Monday: Closed
- Tuesday: Closed
- Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, 5:00 – 9:00 PM
- Thursday: 5:00 AM – 9:00 PM
- Friday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, 5:00 – 9:00 PM
- Saturday: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM, 5:00 – 9:00 PM
- Sunday: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Legion Sports Bar: Seahawks Legends Kam Chancellor & Richard Sherman Bring Championship Culture to Downtown Bellevue
700 Bellevue Way NE STE 50, Bellevue, WA 98004, USA
Legion Sports Bar in Bellevue, WA is the vision of two Seattle Seahawks legends — safety Kam Chancellor and cornerback Richard Sherman — brought to life in partnership with experienced restaurateur Leilani Wong. This isn't a celebrity vanity project. It's a full-scale sports bar experience rooted in the DNA of the Legion of Boom era that made the Pacific Northwest believe. Sitting in the heart of Downtown Bellevue, Legion represents what happens when Black athletes leverage their platform beyond the field and plant something permanent in the community. Kam and Sherman didn't just win championships — they built a gathering place.
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- Monday: 12:00 – 10:00 PM
- Tuesday: 12:00 – 10:00 PM
- Wednesday: 12:00 – 10:00 PM
- Thursday: 12:00 – 10:00 PM
- Friday: 12:00 PM – 12:00 AM
- Saturday: 10:00 AM – 12:00 AM
- Sunday: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM
Nobody's Darling: Chicago's Black Woman-Owned, James Beard-Nominated Cocktail Bar Where Everyone Belongs
1744 W Balmoral Ave, Chicago, IL 60640, USA
Nobody's Darling is co-owned by Angela Barnes and Renauda Riddle — two Black women who built a James Beard Award-nominated bar program in Chicago's Andersonville neighborhood and didn't ask permission to do it. This is a full-service cocktail experience where drinks like 'Giovanni's Pride & Passion' and 'Maya's Pleasure' hit different because they were crafted with intention, not just trend-chasing. The space holds space for the LGBTQ+ community, hosts events from LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce mixers to DJ nights and pitch competitions, making it a genuine third place for people who've historically been told there wasn't room. Sunday Funday happy hours, Latin Fusion nights, and Pink Sappho events on the calendar tell you everything — this bar has a whole community living inside it.
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- Monday: Closed
- Tuesday: Closed
- Wednesday: 5:00 – 11:00 PM
- Thursday: 5:00 – 11:00 PM
- Friday: 4:00 PM – 12:00 AM
- Saturday: 2:00 PM – 12:00 AM
- Sunday: 2:00 – 11:00 PM
Boon Boona Coffee | Coffee Coffee Coffee — From the Heart of East Africa to Seattle
1223 East Cherry Street Ste. C121B, 1223 E Cherry St Ste. C121B, Seattle, WA 98122, USA
Efrem Fesaha founded Boon Boona Coffee in Seattle's Central District to do something most coffee shops never attempt — trace your cup all the way back to the continent where coffee was born. Boon Boona sources directly from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Burundi, Cameroon, and beyond, roasting beans that carry the full story of East African coffee culture. Their Jebena Blend is named for the clay pot used in traditional Ethiopian and Eritrean coffee ceremonies, and they host those ceremonies live at their Renton location — pan roasting green beans, brewing in clay, and sharing the origin story the way it was always meant to be told. This isn't just a great cup of coffee. It's a reclamation.
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- Monday: 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Tuesday: 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Wednesday: 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Thursday: 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Friday: 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Saturday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Sunday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
