Owner and chef Maurice Dissels at Oyo restaurant on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, in Pleasanton, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)
Less than three years have passed since we faced one of our country’s most significant civil rights movements of the past half-century. In 2020, publications like ours crafted and have since maintained lists of Black-owned restaurants and other food and drink businesses to support throughout the Bay Area, not just during Black History Month but all year round.
Here are the stories of three that have launched in the past five years that you may not be familiar with: DeeLee Cakes in