30 Black-Owned Food and Drink Businesses to Support Now, and Always

Black lives matter. Saying that isn't enough. As people take to the streets, to Twitter, to any space in which they can use their presence to fight racism and police brutality, they are using their money, too. Because of systemic economic inequality run rampant in this country, black-owned businesses have to fight harder and longer to stay open. Consumers can and should do something about that. Where we spend our money matters.

Esquire has compiled a list of black-owned men's fashion brands, and below, you'll find food and drinks made by black-owned businesses that you can order online. Neither list is exhaustive, but both serve as jumping-off points for making purposeful decisions about what you wear, what you eat, and what you drink.

These are also but two of many resources where you can find the names of black-owned businesses. City newspapers and alt-weeklies, threads on Reddit and Twitter, Facebook groups, and even widely shared Google Docs are highlighting local businesses helmed by black people, from San Francisco to Cleveland to Portland, Maine. If you're keen to make your money count as soon as tonight, food delivery apps like Postmates, Caviar and UberEats have sections highlighting black-owned restaurants (however, consider ordering directly from the source so the restaurant doesn't have to pay a fee to a third-party app).

There are many other ways you can push, and push hard, for equality. We encourage you to donate to grassroots organizations and national nonprofits that are protecting and supporting black people in America; you can find a list here to start. Contact your political representatives to demand reform. Read books and watch movies made by black people. And keep pushing in the months and years to come.

This list will grow as we add more black-owned businesses making food and drink products that you can purchase online.