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BIPOC Owned Businesses in Boston
As someone who goes to school in Boston, I’m always looking to support local businesses! Ranging from restaurants, fitness classes or studios, and shops, I’ve compiled a list of some BIPOC owned businesses in Boston. Please join me in supporting and uplifting these amazing businesses, and check out their websites/instagrams for more information.
Healthy Restaurants & Bakeries:
Sabrina Vixama started this amazing catering business, Discover Vegans, that offers delicious vegan Haitian dishes. She is known for her vegan Haitian patties, which are now available at restaurants! Check out their July menu for an array of iconic dishes like Vegan Chick’n & Waffles, Buffalo Cauliflower, and Vegan Jerk Chick’n Egg Rolls.
Available for corporate catering, events, and local farmers markets
This wonderful bakery is another woman-owned business that makes desserts entirely out of plant-based ingredients. Their menu looks insanely delicious, with desserts like vegan banana bread, carrot cake, brownies, and cookies. They even have a special gluten-free carrot cake for all my fellow celiacs out there.
Available at Cafe JuiceUp in Mattapan, Lexington Farms in Lexington and a local, food delivery service, Market 2Day.
This place might take the cake (or should I say bun?) on the best burger place in Boston. Have one look at their Instagram and you will be sold! They have a wonderful veggie option made out of sweet potato, and they also have some delicious salads and sides.
Available on UberEats, catering, or for pick-up at 2255 Dorchester Ave, Dorchester, MA 02124
Fresh Food Generation is an amazing company that is working hard to make healthy food more affordable and available in low-income neighborhoods. They are passionate about local farming and utilize New England ingredients to create unique dishes with Caribbean and Southern flavors. Everything on their menu is nut free, gluten free, soy free, and dairy free. They offer a delicious kale salad, red bean stew, and so much more.
Available at DotHouse Health at 1353 Dorchester Avenue in the Fields Corner neighborhood of Dorchester, or at their Food Truck which is located at Congress Street on Wednesdays, and High Street on Thursday, or they offer catering.
Fitness:
Hive Soul Yoga is all about community and they are passionate about making yoga accessible, creating connections with others, and offering a place of collective healing for people of color. They offer a POC practice for individuals who identify as POC, Heal and Feel events where non-POC allies are welcome, and Hive Hustle events, retreats, and workshops which encourage and teach individuals how to live their best life.
All levels flow available here
This gym is amazing and so motivating! If you are looking for a place to box, definitely check out EverybodyFights. They offer live classes daily and on On-Demand. For their in-studio classes, they offer such a wide variety of class types ranging from a heavy bag and mitt classes, to treadmill classes, or even recovery classes. If you aren’t into group classes, they also have personal training.
Locations: Seaport, FiDi, Saugus
Looking for a fun hip-hop workout class? TRILLFIT is the place for you! They offer so many different class types like a sculpt class, dance cardio, ass and abs, thighs and tri’s, boxing bootcamp, and a restorative class. If you aren’t in the Boston area, and would still like to try out a class, they also offer a digital membership!
Location: 1484 Tremont Street, Boston, MA, 02120
Afro Flow Yoga combines yoga, spirituality, and dance of the African Diaspora to promote peace. They offer virtual classes, retreats, and workshops, and a portion of the proceeds from their virtual classes goes to charity.
Check out this video for a relaxing stretch at the office with Leslie Salmon Jones and Jeff Jones, co-founders of Afro Flow Yoga.
Shops:
A lovely local bookstore that has a wide variety of books. Their motto is “Changing Minds One Book At A Time.”
Location: 57 Warren Street, Roxbury, MA 02119
This company is all about simple skin care made with minimal, natural ingredients to soothe the most sensitive skin. All products are organic and made with natural ingredients like shea butter, and argan and jojoba oils. Their best-selling product is called Drenched and it’s an organic body butter.
Location: See here for list of stockists in MA,
Their motto is to “drink progressively,” meaning that they focus on the body of the wine rather than the region it came from so that it perfectly suits your taste buds. They have events and free tastings at their shop in the South End, or you can shop online.
Location: 303 Columbus Avenue, Boston, MA 02116
I love that Brown and Coconut ensure that each and every ingredient has a specific purpose. They utilize plant-based and non-GMO ingredients and they have a wide-variety of products for face care and body care.
Location: See here for list of retailers or shop online at the link above.
