Black-Owned Archives

Simply Soulful: Bringing a family soul food tradition to a new Central District location

One pie made from six ingredients has turned into so much more for the mother and daughter duo behind Simply Soulful. When Lillian Rambus and her mother Barbara Collins started selling pies in 2011, they both worked full time and only sold pies at a farmer’s market on the...

Historical Black-owned Small Businesses

Black-owned small businesses have historically been essential in many ways — they’ve served as cultural hubs, meeting places for activism, family gathering spaces, and have played vital roles during the civil rights movement and beyond. From 1900 to 1930, Black-owned businesses in the U.S. grew by the thousands. Jim Crow laws forced...

Business Spotlight: Mixed Coffee

Meet Savannah Jackson, the owner of Mixed Coffee in Mill Creek, WA. Savannah dreamt of sharing her family, food, music, art, and nerdiness so that kids who look like her could see themselves running a business and enjoying delicious food and drinks from a variety of cultures in one space. Savannah and the Mixed Coffee team strive to bring...

Kalima DeSuze’s Favorite Brooklyn Small Businesses

We spoke with Afro-Latinx small business owner of Cafe Con Libros, Kalima DeSuze, to discuss her favorite local Brooklyn small businesses for Latinx Heritage Month. Explore Kalima's go-to spots and recommendations below and in Intentionalist’s Apple Guides. Cafe Con...