Pastry chef Tyleah Hope Edwards frosts a vegan lemon cake. “It started out a religious thing because I am born and raised an African-American Hebrew Israelite.” I’ve never had meat or dairy a day in my life,” said Arel Ben Israel, 35, co-owner and operator with his sister Lori Seay. The business is now owned by the family’s second generation. You may have passed by on your way to rib tips at Lem’s Bar-B-Q or caramel cake at Brown Sugar Bakery just up 75th Street. Original Soul Vegetarian opened in 1982 in the South Side neighborhood of Greater Grand Crossing. From a pioneering restaurant now run by a new generation, to more recent black-owned establishments, to the community they serve, the culture here continues to redefine soulful food.Ĭhicago is home to one of the oldest African-American vegan soul-food restaurants in the country. The movement may be most evident among millennials through social media, with YouTube stars and Instagram influencers, but it grew quietly from deep historical roots, especially in Chicago. When the world first took notice of Colin Kaepernick, few knew the quarterback was one of a growing number of African-Americans who had embraced veganism.
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