List: Downtown Detroit Black-Owned Businesses

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The Downtown Detroit Partnership (DDP) knows that Downtown Detroit is a rich, cultural hub that would not be the same without its Black-owned businesses. That’s why this Black History Month, and all year long, the DDP invites you to shop, dine, and visit the amazing selection of Black-owned businesses in Downtown Detroit.

Below we have gathered a working list of those businesses:

If you know of any additional Black-owned businesses Downtown Detroit, please click here to send the DDP an email so that we can update this working list.

We also chatted with five businesses on this list (The Lip Bar, Hot Sam’s, Central Kitchen, Spectacles, Culture Downtown) to ask them “Why are Black-owned businesses important Downtown Detroit?” Watch the video below to see what they had to say.

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