Our Shared Table

The pandemic drew restaurant owner and chef Wes Yoo to the food that brought him comfort. He found himself shopping for, eating and cooking the Korean food that he grew up with.

How nonprofit WA BLOC addressed food insecurity in Rainier Beach and connected BIPOC restaurant owners with their own community.

The Canlis brothers have thrown everything at the wall to pivot their fine dining establishment from a white table cloth establishment to a drive-thru bagel shop, burger joint, crab shack and even community college.

Nyema Clark’s Nurturing Roots farm builds community and connection with the land in a neighborhood where gentrification creates a barrier for owning green space.

Uttam Mukherjee and Aakanksha Sinha’s restaurant Spice Waala, focused on street food from Delhi, allows the couple to showcase Indian food in an authentic manner while advancing their passion for food justice.

Master beekeeper Kathy Cox can’t imagine a world without bees. Our diets would consist of grains, meats and dairy without nature’s perfect pollinator: bees.

Darnesha Weary and her husband Erwin opened Black Coffee NW in the predominantly white neighborhood of Shoreline to create a space for coffee and conversation.

Mikayla Weary has been community organizing since the sixth grade. Now a 17-year-old Mikayla Weary is the president of Black Coffee NW.