2021

This initiative is helping the Bull City get back on its feet after COVID - NC Health News

“When COVID-19 changed everything in Durham, they wanted to do more than provide nutritious and tasty sustenance for the community they love.”

- Mona Dougani, NC Health News

18 Essential Restaurants in Durham, North Carolina - EATER

How To Spend 48 Hours In Black Owned Durham, NC - Travel Noire

A restaurant boom will come to the Triangle next year. These spots are most anticipated - The News & Observer

Chef Zweli Williams: Flavors that Feed the Soul - Discover Durham

Zweli Restaurant Is The First Zimbabwean Restaurant In United States - Travel Noire

North Carolina Weekend | Timeless Traditions Episode - PBS NC

Top 50 Places to Eat in the Triangle - Yelp

Best of the Triangle 2021: Eat and Drink – INDY Week

• Best Chef in Durham County

Country-Fried Steak, Braised Goat, and Fresh Fish: Here Are Some of the Best Black-Owned Restaurants in NC – Cardinal Pine

Biden’s Push for Equity in Government Hits Legal and Political Roadblocks – The New York Times

Best of Durham 2021 – Durham Magazine

• Best Restaurant Catering finalist

• Best Place for Vegetarians finalist

13 Absolutely Delicious International Restaurants in Durham - NC Tripping

Black Restaurant Week runs through Sunday - WRAL

How Leonardo and Zweli Williams Bring the Durham Community Together With Piri Piri Chicken and More at Zweli's - Plate Magazine

2020

Biden’s guests for Thursday’s debate are these persevering Durham restaurant owners – The News & Observer

“…the couple were invited to be in the audience Thursday night at Belmont University in Nashville for the final debate between Biden and Republican President Donald Trump.”

- Drew Jackson, The News & Observer

Coronavirus NC: Leonardo Williams, restaurant owner – The News & Observer

Documenting Durham’s Voices: Everybody eats at Zweli’s – The Durham VOICE

As black-owned restaurants and shops struggle, your business matters. Here’s a list. - The News & Observer

Wake to spend $5M to help businesses hurt by COVID-19. What Durham and Orange are doing – The News & Observer

Food Drive, Fundraiser Started for Durham’s Evacuated McDougald Terrace Residents – INDY Week

Where to Eat and Drink This Week: Valentine’s Day Edition – INDY Week

Durham’s Zimbabwean Restaurant Zweli’s Finds Footing in Uncharted Territory – EATER

Owners of Durham Restaurant Zweli’s Invited By Joe Biden to Debate in Nashville – ABC 11

Vendor Diversity Spotlight |Zweli’s Kitchen & Catering – Skanska

Serving More Than Just Food – Substantial Magazine

Joe Biden’s debate guests run the only Zimbabwean restaurant in America – Mail & Guardian

Focus on Africa | Featuring Zweli & Leonardo Williams of Zweli’s Kitchen taling race and the 2020 U.S. Election - BBC Sounds

How Ciara and Discover are helping struggling Black-owned restaurants stay in business - CNN

• Zweli’s Kitchen wasn’t featured, but was one of the Black-owned businesses to receive the $25k award in 2020

Taste: The Triangle's Ultimate Food Guide 2020 - Chapel Hill Magazine

Durham community rallies around restaurant amid coronavirus concern - WRAL

2019

Zweli’s Kitchen Brings Zimbabwean Flavor to Durham and It’s Simply Delicious – Best of the Bull

“…Zweli’s in Durham will introduce you to unique flavors and dishes made from the heart, as they focus on serving food in its most natural form.” Tony Belch, Best of the Bull

Zweli’s restaurant: a saga of love lost and found again – The Durham VOICE

Review: Zweli’s Zimbabwean cuisine serves comfort food to make you feel right at home - The News & Observer

Zweli’s Piri Piri Kitchen Brings Zimbabwean Food to Durham – Chapelboro.com

FINDER: How to Eat Like a Southerner – INDY Week

Best of the Triangle 2019: Eat & Drink – INDY Week

• Best New Restaurant in Durham County

2019 Food & Drink Almanac: The 10 Best Places for Wings in the Triangle – INDY Week

Zweli’s Kitchen | Authentic Zimbabwean soul food + other southern African delights - Offline Durham

Zwelis’ Launches Spring Menu and Zimbabwean Brunch – Bites of Bull City

Around the World in Eight Plates - Durham Magazine

Under The Radar | 6 Reasons To Check Out Durham, North Carolina - Urban List

2018

Zweli’s Piri Piri Kitchen Brings Zimbabwean Flavor and Local Soul to a Durham Strip Mall Dominated by Chains – INDY Week

“Zweli’s Piri Piri Kitchen … is a hidden gem in the chain-restaurant-dominated Oak Creek Village Shopping Center.”

- Layla Khoury-Hanold, INDY Week

2018’s hottest new restaurants in the Triangle – Triangle Business Journal

Shopping local—even outside Small Business Saturday—can help drive local economy – ABC 11

Global Bites From Durham’s Three Newest Restaurants – Bites of Bull City

Regardless of Shape, Style, or Filling, Dumplings Know No Cultural Bounds – INDY Week

Woman to Watch: Zweli Moyo-Williams – Women AdcaNCe