The BPP leased and operated a cocktail lounge and restaurant called the Lamppost. A distant relative of BPP found Hughley P. Newton reluctantly leased the property to the BPP on good terms with the option to buy. The BPP use the revenue from the business to support it survival programs. Male and Female BPP members worked at the restaurant according to their skills. As with all its operations, the BPP ran the restaurant as a cooperative redistributing the income to members in the form of necessities such as food, clothing, shelter, healthcare, personal expenses etc. BPP members worked as managers, waiters and waitresses, dishwashers, bussing tables, bartending, and at the back of the house as cooks, and they also worked providing security for the restaurant. It had been a BPP cooperative food business, and the distinction attracted people who had been BPP supporters.
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