With a population of over 1.4 million people, the restaurant scene in Dallas is beyond epic with a wide array of cuisine available at your fingertips. Dallas is also known for having the second-largest metro population of African-Americans in Texas itself, so the blacked owned restaurant scene is absolutely ripe for the picking with incredible selections throughout the city. Here are just a few of the options if you’re looking to dine in one of the best Black-owned restaurants in Texas. (Oxtails and Rice in Caption – Courtesy of the Island Spot in Dallas)

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Dallas

• Aunt Irene’s Kitchen
• Baker’s Ribs
• Bam’s  Vegan
• Belzoni’s Catfish Cafe’
• Black Coffee
• Brickhouse Burgers and Shakes
• CAFE 214
• Cafe Mila
• Cake Bar
• Catfish Floyd’s
• Chef Point Bar & Restaurant
• Chocolate Secrets
• Da Munchies 
• Daddy Mac’s Chicken 
• Drew’s Place Soul Food 
• Emerald City Bar & Grill
• Jamaica Cook Shop
• Jamaica Gates Caribbean Cuisine 
• Kemi’s African Kitchen
• Kessler Baking Studio
• Krab Kingz
• Lo-Lo’s Chicken & Waffles 
• One Love Lounge 
• Off The Bone Barbeque
• OOOWWWEEE Wangz N Catfish
• Record’s Barbecue
• Reggae Wings & Tings
• Rosako’s Soulfood and BBQ
• Roots Chicken Shak
• The Colossal Sandwich Shop
• The Crazy Crab Pot
• The Island Spot 
• TX BBQ and Burgers
• Val’s Cheesecakes
• Berry Best BBQ
• Hall’s Honey-Fried Chicken 
• Invasion
• Loft22 Cakes 
• Nana’s Kitchen
• Hershey’s Palace
• Smoke’N Ash BBQ
• Smokey John’s Bar-B-Que & Home Cooking
• The Daiquiri Shoppe 
• Tj’s Catfish & WIngs 
• TLC Vegan Kitchen
• Turkey Leg Paradise
• True Kitchen + Kocktails
• Cinnaholic
• J’s International Grill
• Shuri African Restaurant
• Pangea Restaurant & Bar