The 2024 NBA All-Star Weekend is attracting thousands of visitors to Indianapolis, including a few celebrities and renowned TikTok food reviewer Keith Lee.

Those visitors are bound to be hungry, so in honor of Black History Month, the Recorder put together a short list of Black-owned restaurants and food vendors our staff recommends trying during All-Star Weekend (and year-round).

 

Tea’s Me Cafe

Downtown, 140 E. 22nd St. B;

Butler Tarkington, 3967 N. Illinois St.;

Ivy Tech Community College, 2535 N. Capitol Ave., Bowen Commons

Serving organic, loose-leaf black, green, oolong, white and herbal tea blend sources from all over the world and cafe-style pastries, Tea’s Me Cafe is a staple for many Hoosiers. Owned by WNBA Hall-of-Famer Tamika Catchings, who took over the shop in 2017, the cafe has three locations around the city and sells five bottled flavors in grocery stores around the state.