With the help of Visit Raleigh and Discover Durham, we've compiled a list of over 150 black-owned restaurant, retail, and service businesses throughout the Triangle to help support. Black-owned businesses have been disproportionally affected by the effects of COVID-19, so what better way to show support for our community than to visit and become a customer to help businesses stay open and even grow during these difficult times. Also in this issue, learn more about the remarkable chef and restaurateur, Cheetie Kumar, and how she's leaving her mark on the Raleigh food scene. Did you know that for more than 85 years Durham has been a well-known center for the study of psychic experiences like telepathy and clairvoyance? Learn more in Bob Chapman's "Mindreading in Durham." Feeling smart? Try your hand at our monthly crossword puzzle. Finish it and you might win one of our cool vintage T-shirts! Thanks for reading the Downtowner!
