Black Star Grill

The Pop-Up Dinners Celebrating the Diversity of Black Cuisine | Eater

"A series of artist-themed dinner parties founded in Portland, Oregon that centers Black people as both hosts and primary audience, offering four-course meals that are vegan, gluten-free, and cane-sugar-free. Each event merges food and art by theming menus around the work of a Black artist, creating a deliberately Black-centered space that is nonetheless open to everyone and designed to provoke conversation and reflection about art, queerness, and Blackness. The format’s flexibility lets organizers continuously experiment with format and recipes; during the pandemic the project pivoted to “Love Letters to Black Folks,” sending desserts and care packages. Long-term goals include a permanent multidisciplinary space with a commercial kitchen, storefront and outdoor dining, and artist residencies to sustain community, pass resources to younger generations, and support mutual-aid work." - Monica Burton