Black-owned Restaurant Finder Tool Is Climbing The App Stores

The smartphone app eatOkra has seen a recent jump on the Apple App Store and for great reason — it does an incredible job of helping our community find Black-Owned restaurants in our immediate vicinity.

The app, a brainchild of New York couple Anthony and Janique Edwards, has been around since 2016. In the wake of ongoing protests around the country following the murder of 46-year-old George Floyd and countless other Black Americans, the app has gotten as high as #20 on the food/drink category.

At the time of publication, they currently sit at #25, an impressive number amidst a list of food delivery and resource apps like DoorDash, Starbucks and McDonald’s.

EatOkra is described as a “guide to finding black-owned restaurants and food trucks.” The app boasts listings in NYC, Los Angeles, the Bay Area, St. Louis, Chicago, Miami, New Orleans, Philadelphia, DC, Atlanta, Houston & Dallas, Portland and Detroit, to name a few!

With the influx of new users, the app’s creators have been working tirelessly to add new features like filtering restaurants by proximity, bookmarking and easy navigation features. No smoke, these guys are adding features to their platform that took Yelp ages to get right. And without the strong arming.

Go download it on the App Store or Google Play.

The app has proven invaluable for both Foodbeast and the greater foodie community to locate, patronize and amplify the delicious food created by black-owned businesses in our own neighborhoods.

 

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Aight let’s play. You could always order all three like a #foodbeast do, but for the game, rank these dishes from @lettucefeastla in your personal 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ in the comments. I’ll start, I’d go 2️⃣ for the sandwich, 1️⃣ for the fries and wet strips and 3️⃣ just because that’s math. This was hard tho 😭🥰🤤🤤 #blm #vegan #plantbaseddiet

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🌱-based sushi 🍣 experience at @naughtyboysushi in #SantaAna, #CA was spot on! You’re looking at their NARUTO (left) and RED GYRADOS rolls (right)! The NARUTO roll features crispy fried shrimp, avocado, and cucumber, thin lemon slices, sriracha, Naughty Glaze, and sesame seeds. The Red GYRADOS has house imitation crab meat, avocado, cucumber, and red bell pepper, topped with sliced tuna, avocado, Naughty Glaze, cilantro spicy mayo and sesame seeds. #vegan #plantbased #orangecounty

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