Nestled in the vibrant Bronzeville area, Carver 47 serves up delectable bites like homemade biscuits, fresh smoothies, and a menu inspired by the legacy of George Washington Carver.
"South Side arts center Little Black Pearl is home to this café and market, where guests can buy salads, flatbreads, wraps, hot sandwiches, juices, smoothies, pastries, and snacks. Take the food to nearby Burnham Park." - Samantha Nelson, Eater Staff
"Named for celebrated Black inventor George Washington Carver, this cafe and market adjacent to event space and gallery Little Black Pearl offers plenty of morning and midday dishes. These include a plump biscuit sandwich with egg, meat, cheddar, and smoked paprika aioli." - Ashok Selvam, Eater Staff
"George Washington Carver, best known for developing hundreds of products using peanuts, was a historic inventor and agricultural scientist. He was the inspiration behind this slick food and wellness market adjacent to Little Black Pearl, an events space and gallery. Carver 47 showcases a global menu that’s casual and health conscientious. Think of grilled flatbreads topped with bits of turkey bacon, butternut squash, or marinated mushrooms; fruit smoothies; and freshly squeezed juices made daily." - Audarshia Townsend
"A cafe designed to celebrate the legacy of famed agricultural scientist and inventor Dr. George Washington Carver has opened inside South Side cultural arts and education center Little Black Pearl, in the Bronzeville neighborhood. Carver 47, helmed by chef and professional vocalist Lizz Wright, will feature dinner boxes and bowls using ingredients from an onsite garden and featuring local vegetable purveyors. Wright says she was inspired by Carver’s relationship to nature when designing the menu. Inside the center, now back open for the first time since the pandemic shutdown in March, Wright is offering a sizable all-day menu includes items including Affy Tapple pancakes topped with spiced apples, caramel, candied peanuts, and peanut butter-butter, a Booker T flatbread accented with mushrooms, spinach, chicken, thyme, and meatless Quarantine Burger spiked with Sweet Baby Ray’s barbecue sauce. It also features juices and smoothies with names related to Carver’s life story, including Green Glory and Alternative Fuel. Born out of a partnership with designer and Little Black Pearl founder Monica Haslip, the new cafe menu realizes of one of Wright’s long-held dreams. “I’ve been saving magazine clippings for my own cafe since I was 15,” she says. “I’ve been thinking about some version of this for a long time, but I had no idea how I would go about it.” On top of the regular menu, the cafe also will serve dinner boxes, including a Harvest Bowl for one (herb-roasted chicken with gravy or marinated portobello steaks with gravy; sweet potatoes; balsamic onions, kale, and pomegranate salad) and a ragu autunnale with oxtails or herb-roasted eggplant (tomato sauce with garlic and chili-roasted broccolini) The cafe space at 1050 E. 47th Street also includes a retail market with produce, flowers, home goods, clothing, and more." - Naomi Waxman
"Carver 47, a cafe inspired by famed agricultural scientist and inventor Dr. George Washington Carver, is back open inside South Side cultural arts and education center Little Black Pearl." - Naomi Waxman
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