Black Snohomish County works to support African-American-owned businesses and keep them local.
MONROE, Wash. — Avery Lewis learned to cook in his grandmother’s kitchen.
“She was probably telling me to get out of her kitchen most of the time, but I always ended up sneaking back in there,” Lewis said.
It was always Lewis’ dream to open Avery’s Chicken & Waffles.
Run by Lewis and his wife, Junelle, the food truck is quickly becoming a favorite in Snohomish County, but it has not been easy.
“Black-owned businesses are the hardest to open and the hardest to keep open,” Junelle Lewis
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