contemporary fast food Storefronts
As described in the book, fast food in Black neighborhoods is more than the biggest brands. Smaller local chains and independent outlets are also prevalent, often reusing the buildings of prior establishments that have gone out of business. All photos by Naa Oyo A. Kwate
Fulton Mall, Brooklyn, c. 2004
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, c. 2005
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, 2005
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, 2005
A Crown Fried Chicken taking over an old Horn & Hardart Automat building, Philadelphia, 2019
A fried chicken outlet making adaptive re-use of an old Little Tavern building, Baltimore, MD, 2018
A pizza outlet making adaptive re-use of an old Little Tavern building, Baltimore, MD, 2018
Germantown, Philadelphia, 2019
McDonald's on Stony Island, Chicago, 2016. This was the location for the first Black franchisee, Herman Petty.
Germantown, Philadelphia, 2019
Fulton Street, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, 2021
Pizza restaurants and other small outlets constitute fast food and often sell other more typical menu items like burgers. Fulton & Nostrand, Brooklyn, 2021
Marcy Ave., Brooklyn, 2021. This corner used to be home to a rather grim, windowless Burger King.
A McDonald's outlet in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, 2021. The building has had a makeover--compare to another image in the 1980 gallery.
X-Fried Chicken outlets are a common form of fast food in Black neighborhoods
Crown Heights, Brooklyn, 2021
Kennedy Fried Chicken, Brooklyn, 2021
Broad Street, North Philadelphia, 2021