“Everything we do is about highlighting Black business and trying to expand their opportunities and create enhanced Black experiences for Black consumers - for all consumers really - because we want everybody to support,” said Davenport, who grew up on Indy’s southside and graduated from Thomas Carr Howe High School.īlack Dolla Dining Days is also open to licensed bakers and food truck operators. An expo last year had 14 instructors in one building with guests rotating amongst them in a single day, paying $5 per class. The fitness expo will operate similarly to the restaurant promotion, with fitness instructors offering specials for new customers for a week. Davenport also has coordinated business networking events. They’ll say, ‘It was on this Facebook group.’ When they say on the Facebook group, we already know who it was.” Expanding the model to other businessesīlack Dolla Indy has extended its brand to spotlight other types of Black-owned businesses.Ī May 2023 fitness expo is in the works, as is a Black artists and authors event. “Sometimes they don't know the name of it. “We ask customers a lot of times, ‘Where did you hear about us?” she said. It was a Facebook posting by Davenport on a visit to Gip that helped to put it on the map, before the restaurant deal promotion, Gibson said. Much of the activity in the Black Dolla Indy’s Facebook group page is consumers helping others find Black chefs, stylists and other professional service providers. This year, the restaurant is likely to offer a small container of pork or chicken rib tips for $10 as its special throughout the period. Gip Got Tips opened a physical restaurant at 2073 North Emerson Ave. “We saw a lot of new folks and a lot of returning folks.” Joining the program with a $15 sampler of chicken salad, rib tips and chicken tips during one of its slower days was a boon to business, said Stephanie Gibson. I would say it's like a needle in a haystack unless you're in the Black community.” Black Dollar Indy has been a boon to Gipīlack Dolla Indy and its dining promotion gave that visibility boost to Gip Got Tips, a barbeque business Dwayne and Stephanie Gibson operated from their backyard when they signed on for the first promotion in 2021. We support those all the time, but you basically have to know somebody or ask somebody about a Black restaurant,” said Davenport. You can go pretty much to any city and clearly on any main strip, you can find Mexican restaurants, Asian restaurants and white-owned restaurants. Openings and closings: See what's coming, going in January The goal is to give Black-owned restaurants more visibility, said Carmen Davenport, founder of Black Dolla Indy and the Black Dolla Indy Facebook group, which has more than 45,000 members. 26 through March 11, a week more than the initial program in 2021. The promotion, produced by Black Dolla Indy, runs from Feb. A restaurant deal promotion aimed at supporting Black-owned restaurants and catering companies in Indianapolis is returning next month.īlack Dolla Dining Days is spotlighting Black restaurants offering discounts.
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