Black Coffee & Cuisine
Winston-Salem, NC
- Address
- 114 30th St, Winston-Salem, NC, 27105
- Phone
- (336) 749-7449
- Website
- blackcoffeecuisine.net
About Black Coffee & Cuisine
Black Coffee & Cuisine is a coffee shop and casual eatery located inside the Intergenerational Center for Arts and Wellness at 114 W 30th Street in Winston-Salem, founded in March 2025 by co-owners Al Shaw and Eric Tucker. Shaw and Tucker have been best friends since meeting at North Carolina A&T in the 1990s, and their business partnership goes back to 2016, when they ran a food truck together called Juicy Bird. Shaw, who moved to North Carolina from Houston to manage Starbucks locations, had long dreamed of opening his own coffee shop, and the opportunity finally came when he noticed an empty cafe space at the Intergenerational Center and learned the organization was looking for a tenant. He put together a proposal over a single weekend, and after the center's leadership requested menu samples, the deal came together quickly, with renovations and health inspections completed without delay. The shop serves specialty coffee and tea alongside breakfast and lunch, including items like sausage biscuits, Tuesday through Friday from 7am to 2pm. Shaw describes his vision for the space as a "third place" for the community, somewhere people can go to decompress, relax, and be served well, and the shop's own materials describe it as a space where diverse cultures intentionally come together to connect, celebrate, and reflect. Shaw has said he hopes to eventually expand the concept to additional locations while keeping that same focus on hospitality.
Owners Al Shaw and Eric Tucker met at North Carolina A&T in the 1990s and became business partners in 2016 with a food truck called Juicy Bird. Shaw, a former Starbucks manager, had dreamed for years of opening his own coffee shop; the pair opened Black Coffee & Cuisine in March 2025 inside Winston-Salem's Intergenerational Center for Arts and Wellness after Shaw pitched the space's owners over a single weekend.
Services
- specialty coffee
- tea service
- breakfast items
- lunch items
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