Food Friday: How South Side restaurants are adapting to COVID-19

FoodLab Chicago works with Black-owned small businesses on the South Side that have been hit hard by the pandemic.

Chef Tsadakeeyah Emmanuel will offer “soulful vegan” at the food hall. Emmanuel says the three black-owned businesses “form a fist of power in the community of Pullman.“
Chef Tsadakeeyah Emmanuel is co-owner of Majani Vegan Cuisine. Linda Lutton/WBEZ
Chef Tsadakeeyah Emmanuel will offer “soulful vegan” at the food hall. Emmanuel says the three black-owned businesses “form a fist of power in the community of Pullman.“
Chef Tsadakeeyah Emmanuel is co-owner of Majani Vegan Cuisine. Linda Lutton/WBEZ

Food Friday: How South Side restaurants are adapting to COVID-19

FoodLab Chicago works with Black-owned small businesses on the South Side that have been hit hard by the pandemic.

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Thousands of bars and restaurants have been forced to close during the pandemic.

Reset learns how FoodLab Chicago is helping Black-owned businesses on the South Side survive COVID-19 and find creative new ways to attract customers.

GUESTS: Nedra Sims Fears, executive director of the Greater Chatham Initiative and head of FoodLab Chicago

Constance Simms-Kincaid, owner of 5 Loaves Eatery

Tsadakeeyah Emmanuel, co-owner and chef at Majani Vegan Cuisine