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Why a celebrated local chef is pivoting and joining a growing movement.
By
Timothy Malcolm
2/26/2021 at 6:00am
Published in the December 2020 issue of
Houstonia
Jonny Rhodes has had the kind of success a first-time restaurant owner could only dream of having.
In July 2018 he opened Indigo, a 13-seat tasting menu restaurant set in Houstonâs Northline neighborhood, which features dishes based on the survival of Black people and Indigenous Americans over centuries of oppression. While serving multiple-course meals, he tells stories about slavery, structural racism, and deep and ongoing American prejudice.
Indigo has been a phenomenon, showing up on national best-new-restaurant lists while winning Rhodes a Rising Star Chef nomination for the 2019 James Beard awards. In late 2019
In 2020, Sprankle’s Neighborhood Market received PA FFFI funding for its stores in Kittanning and Saxonburg.
Grants are now available through the Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing Initiative (PA FFFI), a program that invests in new or expanding grocery stores and other healthy food retail outlets in underserved neighborhoods across the Keystone State.
Several private and public organizations are involved in the statewide initiative, which is overseen by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, administered by The Food Trust, and supported by program partners Reinvestment Fund, Bridgeway Capital and Community First Fund. The PA FFFI provides one-time grants or loans to food retailers to boost the availability of healthy, affordable foods for those living in underserved areas.