Chef John Cleveland and co-owner Roni Cleveland’s “California Soul” neighborhood institution in South Los Angeles — Southern comfort meets Carolina
Chef Kwame Onwuachi’s Afro-Caribbean restaurant at Lincoln Center, named for his sister — egusi-inspired dumplings, braised oxtails with rice and
Chef-owner Serigne Mbaye’s modern Senegalese tasting menu exploring the culinary relationship between Senegal and New Orleans — Gulf seafood meets
Chef-owner Gregory Gourdet’s Haitian live-fire restaurant connecting Haitian heritage — Scotch bonnet chile, coconut, plantain, djon djon mushroom — with
Chef-owner Erick Williams’ Southern fine dining in Chicago’s Hyde Park — biscuits with pimento cheese, blackened catfish, stone-ground grits, greens
Chef and co-owner Mashama Bailey’s Port City Southern cooking in a restored 1938 Art Deco Greyhound terminal in historic downtown
A Tremé institution serving Creole classics — gumbo, fried chicken, red beans — in an African American art-filled dining room