502 Black Business Week

502 Black Business Week 502 B*W is all about bringing more exposure to some of the city's best Black-owned businesses.

08/29/2026

I’m asking my Black-owned food businesses to join me for the 7th Annual 502 Black Eats Week, October 4th–10th.

To those of you who have participated before, I truly appreciate you. Whether you participated last year or it’s been a few years, I would absolutely love to have you back.

And to the businesses that have never participated before…please don’t keep sitting on the sidelines! This may be your year to finally be part of it.

I started 502 Black Eats Week during COVID in 2020 because I wanted to find a way to encourage our community to intentionally support and spend with Black-owned restaurants and food businesses during a time when so many businesses needed support.

What started as an idea during COVID has continued to grow because businesses have trusted me and chosen to be part of it and I truly do not take that for granted.

Since 2020, 502 Black Eats Week has been featured and highlighted by WDRB, WLKY, WAVE 3, Spectrum News 1, Louisville Public Media, WFPL, and other local media platforms.

But honestly, none of that matters without the businesses.

502 Black Eats Week does not exist without Black-owned restaurants, food trucks, caterers, bakers, chefs, and food entrepreneurs choosing to participate.

Every year, I get to introduce people to businesses they may have never known existed. People discover new places to eat. Businesses get tagged, shared, posted, and talked about. And for one full week, I get the opportunity to intentionally shine a light on Black-owned food businesses in our community.

So I’m asking…

If you’ve participated before, please consider coming back.

If you’ve been watching from the sidelines and have never participated, please consider joining me this year.

And please don’t wait until October when you start seeing everybody being featured, tagged, shared, and celebrated and think, “I should have signed up.” 👀

I would truly appreciate your support and the opportunity to include your business in this year’s celebration.

And if you know a Black-owned food business that needs to be part of this, please tag them below or share this post with them.

I truly appreciate every business that has supported 502 Black Eats Week over the years, and I hope to have even more of you join me this year. 🖤

With ❤️,
Tiandra aka The Marketing Maven aka The Black Business Guru

08/21/2026

502 Black Eats Week is an annual event in Louisville, Kentucky, designed to spotlight and support local Black-owned restaurants, food trucks, and eateries. Typically held in early October, the weeklong initiative encourages community patronage and showcases the city's diverse culinary scene.

7 years in and...

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I need signups ASAP

Own a Black-owned food business? Now's the time to join 502 Black Eats Week! Each year, we spotlight Black-owned restaur...
08/03/2026

Own a Black-owned food business? Now's the time to join 502 Black Eats Week! Each year, we spotlight Black-owned restaurants, food trucks, bakeries, caterers, cafés, and other food-based businesses across Kentuckiana, encouraging the community to intentionally support them throughout the week. If you're ready to gain exposure, attract new customers, and be part of one of the area's premier Black dining initiatives, register today and let's make this our biggest year yet.

06/22/2026

People proudly seek out Mexican restaurants, Asian restaurants, Italian restaurants, and other culturally based businesses every day. Nobody asks why they identify as such.

But let somebody mention a business is Black-owned and suddenly it's:

"Why does it matter?"
"Why do you have to make it about race?"
"I don't care what color the owner is."

Interesting.

Most Black-owned businesses aren't even using that as their marketing. They're simply being identified as Black-owned, just like other businesses are identified by culture, cuisine, or heritage.

That's the double standard I run into every year with 502 Black Business Week and Black Eats Week. A week created to increase visibility for businesses that are often overlooked somehow becomes controversial simply because "Black" is in the name.

Nobody complains about cultural pride until Black people are the ones expressing it.

Visibility isn't exclusion. Recognition isn't racism. And supporting Black-owned businesses doesn't take anything away from anyone else. It simply acknowledges that we're here too.

With Love,
Tiandra aka The Marketing Maven

06/18/2026

Thanks WHAS

WAVE 3 and 502 Black Business Week A Pizza The Pie Eden & Kissi Good Brothers Pharmacy Talk Yo Mac winner Jashaun 502bla...
06/17/2026

WAVE 3 and 502 Black Business Week
A Pizza The Pie
Eden & Kissi
Good Brothers Pharmacy
Talk Yo Mac winner Jashaun
502blackbusinessweek.com

06/14/2026

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Your 502 Black Business Week®️ businessesIf you don't see your favorite listed, make sure they know for next year. Only ...
06/14/2026

Your 502 Black Business Week®️ businesses
If you don't see your favorite listed, make sure they know for next year.
Only these businesses are official 9th Annual 502 Black Business Week

06/13/2026

Styles of Mac & Cheese tomorrow for the Talk Yo' Mac! Competition!
3pm California Park Community Center

👉🏽Stovetop
👉🏽Southern/Soul Food Style
👉🏽Vegan
👉🏽Specialty (ie Lobster Mac)
👉🏽Gluten-free
👉🏽Other

**Competitors will also be allowed to bring 2 additional dishes to sell (Mac samples are free for attendees.

We have some dope vendors too:

🖤A Chelle Of A Dessert
💚Skratch Bakeshop
💛Baby Jones Sweet P Cakes & Desserts
❤️AMIRACLE Ade Lemonade
🖤Pressed You'nique Creations

Industry Judges:
👩🏽‍🍳Chef Virginette Fitzpatrick
🧑🏾‍🍳Chef Aundre' Blasingame
👩🏽‍🍳Chef Alyssia Jackson

🎧DJ Tony Trill

AND OF COURSE The Competitors:
🙌🏽LaVette Thomas
🙌🏽Wayneisha Temple
🙌🏽Jashaun Ellis
🙌🏽Kimberly Moore
🙌🏽LaQuita Moore
🙌🏽Kathryn Fant
🙌🏽Latonya McNeal
🙌🏽Toni Woods
🙌🏽Mariquita Walker

Kicking off the 9th Annual 502 Black Business Week ®️

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