25-07-2020 05:25 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com

Customers In Pittsburgh Looking To Support Black-Owned Businesses

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Support for Black-owned businesses is seemingly surging alongside nationwide protests following the death of George Floyd in police custody.
In its second-quarter economic average report, Yelp says between May 25 and July 10, there were over 25 million searches for Black-owned businesses on the site. Over the same span in 2019, Yelp reported around 35,000 searches.
It’s a jump of over 7,000 percent.
Tim Guthrie, the owner of Casa Brasil in Highland Park, says he&r
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