Brian Roberts is the owner of The Black Pantry, which he opened in November at Martini Corner in Kansas City. Rich Sugg [email protected] While businesses across the country struggled to keep their doors open amid the economic impacts of COVID-19, Brian Roberts was doing something different. He had an idea to open a business selling products made by Black creators. Last November, he opened The Black Pantry, then a pop-up shop run out of a trailer. Shifting pandemic regulations thwarted his plan of opening a permanent location right away, but he started the business out of the trailer anyway. “I think for me to be resilient and still figure out…
