Black Restaurant Week celebrates Juneteenth by highlighting over 3,000 Black chefs and restaurants across the country, including Brooklyn Chef Hollis Barclay's Bleu Fin Bar and Grill.
Food is a significant part of the Juneteenth celebration, a federal holiday that commemorates the day when the last enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned of their freedom, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. Across the country, over 3,000 Black chefs and restaurants have participated in Black Restaurant Week, which coincides with Juneteenth, where many are offering Juneteenth-inspired menus.
As a Black woman from the American Caribbean, Barclay said feels a connection to Juneteenth. 'We also had slavery,' she said. 'So there is a connection between the Caribbean Americans and Black Americans. We have the same legacy as the people.'Barclay grew up in Guyana in a household with over a dozen family members, where cooking was essential. She learned her culinary skills from her family, including her aunts, whom she describes as world-class cooks.
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