Doordash has introduced its newest Accelerator for Local Restaurants participants, all based in Washington, D.C. or Minneapolis Twin Cities. The list includes entrepreneurs who operate from brick-and-mortar restaurants, food trucks, food stalls, and community kitchens:
Washington, DC restaurants
- All Set Restaurant and Bar
- America’s Best Wings – Falls Church
- Cookie YAY
- Dogs On The Curb
- FD Book Cafe
- FishScale
- Fritters and Roast
- Greedy Little Eats
- Hedzole
- Hill Prince
- LaLa Lover Catering
- Lillian’s Southern Box Catering
- Mama’s Boiz
- The Ministry DC
- Open Crumb
- The Peach Cobbler Factory
- Plum Good
- Power Source Foods
- Scratch Kitchen & Bistro
- Sweet Almond
- Sweet Sosumba Vegan Cafe
- Tabla
This group of entrepreneurs with big professional ambitions includes:
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66% of participants identifying as women;
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49% identifying as an immigrant or refugee;
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80% of participants identifying as Hispanic, Latino, Latinx, Black or African American; and
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Businesses seeking to expand through introducing a packaged product (26%), catering/events (23%), or opening a new location (17%).
In addition to “live and local” programming that will help the newest cohort develop revenue diversification strategies, provided by DoorDash and Bridge for Billions, these entrepreneurs will each receive a grant of $5,000 and personalized, one-on-one guidance and mentorship to help them implement their learnings.
