The smell of jerk chicken drifts through the afternoon air as strangers gather outside Wah Gwaan Jamaican Kitchen & Bar, a Black-owned restaurant in Leimert Park. Some clutch bottled water while others scroll through their phones, waiting for the next stop on Daisy Miles' Black L.A. Food Tours.
Then Miles, Black L.A. Food Tours' founder, steps forward and begins telling a story.
It’s not just about food. It’s about the people who built the neighborhood, the entrepreneurs fighting to stay open, and the Black Angelenos whose stories often go untold in a city that is constantly reinventing itself.
For Miles, every meal comes with a lesson.