Bed-Stuy Eateries Got $45M From Federal Stimulus: Here's Where

BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — More than 170 restaurants, caterers and other food spots in and around Bed-Stuy received grants from the federal government as part of the stimulus package passed in January, according to newly released data.

Ranging from $2,000 to $4.2 million, the grants came from the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, a key component of the American Rescue Act. The recipients were revealed Friday by the Small Business Administration in response to a Freedom of Information Act request.

In Brooklyn, 1,346 food businesses got a slice of the funding, 179 of them in the five ZIP codes that cover Bed-Stuy: 11233, 11221, 11216, 11206 and 11205. The ZIP codes also include parts of Clinton Hill, Brownsville, Crown Heights and South Williamsburg.

The largest grant in the five ZIP codes went to Brooklyn Roasting Company, who got $4.24 million from the fund. Other top grants went to popular pizza spot Roberta's in Bushwick, another coffee house on Meserole Street and Champs Diner, the vegan eatery in Williamsburg.

In all, Bed-Stuy area food businesses were given more than $45 million. The government's $28.6 billion fund closed at the end of June after granting less than a third of the more than 370,000 requests made nationwide.

More than 27,000 in New York state that got Restaurant Revitalization grants, totaling more than $9.6 billion.

The fund was initially supposed to prioritize restaurants owned by women, veterans and members of other marginalized groups, but that aspect was halted after white business owners sued, alleging that the government was discriminating against them.

Below, scroll through the full list of Bed-Stuy-area spots that received federal grants. (Note that many are listed under business aliases, but searching the name on the state's liquor license database can reveal each one's identity.)

Patch reporters Gus Saltonstall and Nick Garber contributed to this report.