Black-owned D.C. restaurant distributes meals to first-responders, front-line workers 'We really wanted to make sure that we could get those meals out to those individuals in need,' Booker Parchment, the owner of Mr. Braxton Bar and Kitchen, says Alicia Diaz Loading the player... Mr. Braxton Bar and Kitchen, a Black-owned restaurant in Washington, distributed 700 free meals to residents, front-line workers and emergency first responders last weekend, one of eight Black-owned restaurants in cities across the country that participated in the meal distribution program. “We really wanted to make sure that we could get those meals out to those individuals in need,”