CityState: Business
Support Black-Owned Businesses
Here’s a list of food and drink businesses you can support right now for
planning events, catering and dining out. By Theresa Brown
Clockwise from top left: Alison Rosario and
Conroy Outar of Ja Patty; Shantel Maxine Neal
of Maxine Baked; Priscilla Edwards of the
Glow Cafe and Juice Bar.
She also hosts private decorating parties
and can be found at different pop-ups
throughout the state such as Blackbird Farm
Farmers Market every other weekend in
Smithfield. 753-3605, maxinebaked.com
Incred-a-Bowl. The Incred-a-Bowl food
truck offers fusion bowls on the go. The
menu includes a variety of dishes such as
the Spicy Kim Noodle Bowl (udon with
chicken or tofu, chopped veggies and kimchi),
the Cuban Chili Mango Bowl (rice,
chicken, chili-seasoned mango, black beans,
mojo aioli and plantain chips) and more.
208 Vermont Ave., Providence, 305-0490,
incredabowl.square.site
Back in June, the Black Lives Matter movement drove support to our local Blackowned
businesses, and we hope to keep that momentum going. See an expanded list of
businesses on our website at RIMonthly.com.
Garden of Eve. Owner and chef Yveline
Bontemp, Best of Rhode Island award-winner
for Caribbean food, serves authentic
dishes from Haiti. Specialties include curry
chicken, beef tasso and other Caribbean
items, including jerk chicken. 405 Harris
Ave., Providence, 688-5166, gardenofeve
ri.com
The Glow Cafe and Juice Bar. Offers a
variety of healthy options including protein
and fruit smoothies and bowls, wellness
shots, vegan Jamaican patties and fresh
juices. Pickup and delivery through Grubhub
is available. 389 Admiral St., Providence,
421-7000, eatdrinkglow.com
Ja Patty. Founders Conroy Outar and Alison
Rosario grew up with a love for Jamaican
food and culture. Many years later, they
took this love to the kitchen and created a
place where they could share the food they
enjoyed. Ja Patty offers Jamaican patty
dishes made of seasoned meat or vegetables
enveloped in the company’s signature
dough. 560 Mineral Spring Ave., Pawtucket,
302-3185, japatty.com
Bake Eat Love. When Crystal Sparkman
started Bake Eat Love, it was an at-home
business, but over the past few years, it has
grown to serve more than 400 clients. Bake
Eat Love offers a variety of sweets such as
cakes, cupcakes, cookies and more. 1005
Main St., Pawtucket, 302-0207, bakeeat
lovebakery.com
Maxine Baked. Shantel Maxine Neal
learned to bake from her grandmother,
Grammie Maxine. She’s turned her homestyle
recipes into a business serving up cupcakes,
celebration cakes, cookies and more.
Cakes by Eboni. Offers a variety of aesthetically
pleasing sweet treats to be enjoyed
by the whole family, from cookies to cakes
to cakesicles and custom orders, as well. By
appointment only. 881 Waterman Ave., East
Providence, 442-8084, cakesbyeboni.square.
site
Black Beans PVD. Preserves and presents
the soulful history of Providence through
food and art. Open on select weekends,
Black Beans PVD offers pastries and graband-go
meals like shrimp and grits or dumplings.
Additionally, the food business offers
meal kit specials where, for every kit sold,
one meal will be donated to a family or individual
in Providence’s 02907 or 02905 zip
codes. 32 Custom House St., Providence,
blackbeanspvd.com
Designed by Delsie. A wedding and event
planning company owned by Pearl Farquharson,
who spent years as a wedding coordinator
for the Catered Affair at the prestigious Boston
Public Library. Services include full wedding
and design planning; month-of wedding
coordination; party and celebration planning;
and intimate wedding and elopement planning.
249-9291, designedbydelsie.com �
PHOTOGRAPHY: JA PATTY/ RUPERT WHITELEY; MAXINE BAKED/AMIN K. DAVENPORT NEAL; COURTESY OF THE GLOW CAFE AND JUICE BAR.
20 RHODE ISLAND MONTHLY l SEPTEMBER 2020