Backing Historic Small Restaurants Grant

Together with American Express, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has announced the recipients for its 2023 round of Backing Historic Small Restaurants grants. These 25 small or independently owned restaurants—all places that contribute to their neighborhood's unique history and identity—will each receive $40,000 in funding to help them improve their businesses and positively impact their communities. Since it began, the Backing Historic Small Restaurants grant program has granted a total of $3 million to 75 historic restaurants (2021, 2022, 2023) to help restaurants address critical needs amid ongoing economic challenges. This critical financial support helps small restaurant owners better navigate supply chain issues, staffing shortages, inflation, and other crises so that their establishments’ legacies can continue.