Stella's African Eatery

Kayla Farrow designed this mural with the help of Lindaluz Carillo. They worked together on the gradient background, Farrow painted the pattern of faces, and Carillo painted the text. The mural was painted only a year before the restaurant closed, but it is by no means a sad ending: the chef is now traveling the world sharing her culinary creations.

Lindaluz Carillo: "So Stella's African Eatery, it used to be one of the best food spots, I think. They had to go, well, they left because of the chef. She ended up traveling, so she's out traveling, making food, living - living the dreams. She's doing - she's doing great. But this food spot was it, like you would come in early only because, like, the food would be done by 2:00. If you came at 2:30, 3:00, that's it. You're out of luck. But, amazing food, amazing chef. And so, yeah, we just like, came over here, also through the Temple of Hip Hop, right, we wanted to do another mural. So we had Kayla Farrow paint this."

Frog Hollow Oral History Research Team, “Stella’s African Eatery,” Frog Hollow Oral History, accessed April 14, 2022, https://action-lab.org/frog-hollow-oral-history/items/show/50.