By: Susan Swagler
Yo’ Mama’s restaurant is forging its own history in the Fourth Avenue Historic District of downtown Birmingham. This restaurant is the only Black-owned, sit-down eatery in one of the few surviving Black Business Districts in the Southeast still operating with a majority Black-owned business ecosystem.
Yo’ Mama’s started with a dream of business ownership, which became life’s second successful act for Denise Peterson. And that grew into a thriving family enterprise that quickly outgrew its original space on Second Avenue North.
A partnership with the city of Birmingham (the city needed a tenant for a vacant retail space on Fourth Avenue; Yo’ Mama’s needed more seats and a bigger kitchen) led to the recent relocation, and since early January, Yo’ Mama’s has welcomed hundreds of new customers – locals and visitors – for lunches and brunches.
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