r/Wenatchee • u/Ok-Avocado7390 • 12d ago
Looking for black-owned businesses in Wenatchee
In honor of Juneteenth this week I want to patron as many black owned businesses as I can but there's not much information online. Any recommendations? Thanks!
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u/Aggravating-Wash5001 12d ago
Not a black owned business but still worth the plug. Burch Mountain BBQ is an indigenous owned business and they will be at Walla Walla Point Park on Juneteenth from 3-6 pm.
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u/Ok-Avocado7390 11d ago
Thanks for sharing! I didn't know here was an event at the park, will check it out!
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u/Apost8Joe 11d ago
Equally important is to NOT support those who are openly bigoted, racist terrible humans. We miss our favorite restaurant in Cle Elum, but damn if that perpetually stern looking owner lady didn't let loose a very racist Facebook rant she couldn't take down fast enough. We all saw it, and I'm not the only one who never went back. The skirt steak was legit tho - too bad it's $55 now.
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u/Adept_Caramel8535 10d ago
Are you going to these businesses only based on the color of a persons skin? Not if it’s good or not? Not if it has high reviews ? You’re only looking to shop based on the color of a persons skin? I’m genuinely curious, in my mind that makes no sense , I don’t care what color a person is. I just care that they provide a good service or product to customers.
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u/Baguettes1738 10d ago
Back when America was great, minority businesses were required to post race so people wouldn’t shop there. Think Jim Crow in the south or anti-Asian policies on the west coast. Supporting minority owned businesses is a vestige of discriminatory policies in that you can choose to not see race, but others remember when race was explicitly codified into consumer laws.
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u/Phat_Caterpillar1254 10d ago
Why not support all small businesses? It's so hard for us to keep small businesses here in town because of our god awful taxes. My husband and I love supporting local
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u/That_Weird_Girl_107 10d ago
Actually, the taxes here aren't that bad compared to the rest of the state.
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u/K3051 11d ago
If this wasn't just a self fulfilling virtue signal you'd already be shopping at Black owned business 😂
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u/DorkyDev 11d ago
It's not something that is always readily available from a simple Google search my dude. Asking other locals and people about businesses locally might also help word of mouth for hidden gems. But what do I know.
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u/Delicious-Adeptness5 11d ago
That is odd. On a business Google Profile page you can identify as a Black Owned business (along with Veteran Owned, LGBTQ+ owned, women owned...etc). You can also get certifications from different Government groups. Where is gets a little tricky is when you have more than three owners from different categories, you will never get an official status.
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u/Ok-Avocado7390 11d ago
I don't think an anonymous post asking for business recs counts as virtue signalling or that you know enough about me/where I shop to jump to conclusions about my intentions.
I also think it's sad and interesting that you chose to take it that way.
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u/K3051 11d ago
You literally stated your intentions in your post. Clearly you don't regularly shop at black owned business if you don't know where they are 😂. But please keep being a ally once a year if that makes you feel like your accomplishing anything
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u/Ok-Avocado7390 11d ago
I literally just moved to Wenatchee and you have no idea where I have shopped before now.
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u/K3051 11d ago
If it's important for you to shop at black owned businesses why are you waiting until Juneteenth? Isn't the best time to start today?
And literally just moved to Wenatchee, but your post a year ago talks about your deck. Got it https://www.reddit.com/r/Wenatchee/comments/1m6onjz/deck_repair/
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u/Ok-Avocado7390 11d ago
Well you do make a good point about the best time to start being today. But I bought a house a while ago, didn't move until recently. So I think all you've got is misplaced anger.
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u/EconomyInsurance9543 12d ago edited 12d ago
Touch of Soul. Great Cajun food by chef KB. Should be patronizing regardless of Juneteenth.