#black-owned
Everything filed under #black-owned. Tags cluster stories across categories and rubrics.
Sip 'n Read opens in Corktown with a michigan-only wine list
Tamela Todd opened Sip 'N Read on August 27, 2025, at 1620 Michigan Avenue in Corktown. It is a bookstore. It is also a wine bar. Customers have to be 21 or over to walk in.
Roar brewing turns Nain Rouge into the city's first black-owned Brewery
Evan Fay learned to like craft beer in Wyoming. He was Air Force, and he kept driving down to Fort Collins because the breweries there worked like community centers.
Yvonne Byrd opened minnie's Detroit on Trumbull, the fourth Detroit bar She's owned
Yvonne Byrd has run a bar in Detroit since 2008. Vondie's on the River was the first, named after her childhood nickname. It ran until 2012, when the lease wasn't renewed.
Sepia coffee project lands a North End shop after a long detour
Martell Mason got into coffee through trade dynamics, not espresso.
Paramita sound earned national bar honors and andrey Douthard kept the menu the same
When USA Today named its first 27 Bars of the Year in July 2024, the only Michigan entry was Paramita Sound, the Black-owned wine bar and record shop on Broadway.
