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A 2022 guide to Palm Beach County's Black-owned restaurants. You'll find everything from soul food to iconic barbecue spots in this handy dining list.

Black-owned restaurants continue to multiply in Palm Beach County There’s something decidedly retro about celebrating Black history exclusively in February, especially in a county as diverse as Palm Beach County. Surely there are reasons to celebrate Black history and support Black-owned businesses throughout the year. In that spirit, we offer our running list of Black-owned restaurants in the county. We’ll continue to update it as the dining landscape evolves. We hope this list will prove handy.  McCray’s Backyard Bar-B-Q, Mangonia Park   Barbecue pitmaster Derrick McCray's meat-sm...

But fallout from the scandal continues. Jerome Byrd, a former high-ranking member of the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department and one of three finalists for Boynton Beach's fire chief position, claims he was not chosen for the job despite having better credentials and qualifications than the other two candidates. Byrd, who is Black, said he thinks race played a factor in the decision. Jim Stables, most recently the fire chief in Johnson City, Tenn., was selected in November to run Boynton Beach's fire department. Stables and the third finalist, La Crosse (Wis.) Fire Chief Ken Gilliam, are white...