Guidebook for New York
Food Scene
Harlem Shake
100 W 124th Stbes burgers and organic milkshakes!
Tis is where you go to see and be seen! (Bring a wallet along )
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Red Rooster
310 Lenox AveTis is where you go to see and be seen! (Bring a wallet along )
You need to visit this institution, even thugh food has seen better days. Get cocktails and chitterlings (if you can handle them!)
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Sylvia's Restaurant
328 Malcolm X BlvdYou need to visit this institution, even thugh food has seen better days. Get cocktails and chitterlings (if you can handle them!)
Take a trek after filling up on best ramen to burn off the kcal.
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Jin Ramen West Harlem
3183 BroadwayTake a trek after filling up on best ramen to burn off the kcal.
For some very decent italian classics head here. Pleasant and elegant, priced just right.
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Lido Harlem Restaurant
2168 Frederick Douglass BlvdFor some very decent italian classics head here. Pleasant and elegant, priced just right.
Here is our favorite hidden spot. Made to look like a home, it sports a solid fixed price menu and an extremely charming french expat owner. Some great late night parties just happen to er, happen.
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Cheri
Here is our favorite hidden spot. Made to look like a home, it sports a solid fixed price menu and an extremely charming french expat owner. Some great late night parties just happen to er, happen.
Starbucks Schmarbucks! THIS is where you go load on you morning fuel instead. Amazing coffee, pastries, free wi-fi and best chill music add to the overall appeal.
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Lenox Coffee Roaster
60 W 129th StStarbucks Schmarbucks! THIS is where you go load on you morning fuel instead. Amazing coffee, pastries, free wi-fi and best chill music add to the overall appeal.
Flat Top
1241 Amsterdam AveImaginative modern American with great cozy atmosphere.
Everything Else
The Studio Museum in Harlem
144 West 125th StreetA piece of Harlem Art.
A must for those who want to know more about the great black culture of Harlem.
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X BlvdA must for those who want to know more about the great black culture of Harlem.
Wednesdays here still rock, just like they did 30 years ago. Other days sport pricier, and more upscale gigs too.
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Apollo Theater
253 W 125th StWednesdays here still rock, just like they did 30 years ago. Other days sport pricier, and more upscale gigs too.
Into cooking? Stock up here, then watch the sunset from the pier, a refresher in hand. (No alcohol in the open allowed , so don't get caught with that beer :)
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Fairway Market 125th Street
2328 12th AveInto cooking? Stock up here, then watch the sunset from the pier, a refresher in hand. (No alcohol in the open allowed , so don't get caught with that beer :)
Funky master flexes of yesteryear flex here donning original 70's garb. Waitresses will call you honey, drinks will be outrageously cheap. And, - you smoke in the back yard seating, noone minds at all
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American Legion Post 398
248 W 132nd StFunky master flexes of yesteryear flex here donning original 70's garb. Waitresses will call you honey, drinks will be outrageously cheap. And, - you smoke in the back yard seating, noone minds at all
If into antique furnishings this is your spot. Although, undoubtably, better deals are to be had upstate.
Demolition Depot and Irreplaceable Artifacts
159-161 E 126th StIf into antique furnishings this is your spot. Although, undoubtably, better deals are to be had upstate.
Amazing live music, this world music venue is the real deal, complete with its Burkina Fassian owners and staff. If looking for hotness, look no further.
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Shrine
2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr BlvdAmazing live music, this world music venue is the real deal, complete with its Burkina Fassian owners and staff. If looking for hotness, look no further.
Rum Rum Rum Rum,,,, best selection of rare and unusual rum in the whole of New York. Great cocktails at that!
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La Bodega 47 Social Club
161 Malcolm X BlvdRum Rum Rum Rum,,,, best selection of rare and unusual rum in the whole of New York. Great cocktails at that!
Harlem Haberdashery
245 Malcolm X BlvdThis is where P Diddy shops. Nuff' said.
For a dash of Latino culture check out his lovely boutique museum.
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El Museo del Barrio
1230 5th AveFor a dash of Latino culture check out his lovely boutique museum.
Central Park North
Central Park NorthDUH.
Here is where you go on a Sunday morning and patiently make a line to see a spectacle that will justify all that wait. Warning- religious revelations may occur. Psssst....talk to the usher, & green it
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Abyssinian Baptist Church
132 W 138th StHere is where you go on a Sunday morning and patiently make a line to see a spectacle that will justify all that wait. Warning- religious revelations may occur. Psssst....talk to the usher, & green it
For some nice campus architecture swing by this spot.
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The City College of New York
160 Convent AveFor some nice campus architecture swing by this spot.
Venture into the Washington Heights wildernes to spot some exotic sights, and to try the best , REAL Mexican with prices that will make you smile all the way back home.
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Las Palmas
3891 BroadwayVenture into the Washington Heights wildernes to spot some exotic sights, and to try the best , REAL Mexican with prices that will make you smile all the way back home.
Marcus Garvey Park
Mount Morris Park Westneed we say more... it is summertime!
Drinks & Nightlife
This dive has some great jazz and some cheap drinks and some REAL Harlem in it. We love it!
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Paris Blues
2021 Adam Clayton Powell Jr BlvdThis dive has some great jazz and some cheap drinks and some REAL Harlem in it. We love it!
Get some French rose and oh-la-la the night away on a breezy sidewalk, one of Harlem's best new spots.
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Barawine Harlem
200 Malcolm X BlvdGet some French rose and oh-la-la the night away on a breezy sidewalk, one of Harlem's best new spots.
You are into burning holes in your wallet? Here you will burn the tastiest and most delicious one, all the while mingling with the upper crust of Harlem.
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The Cecil Steakhouse
210 West 118th StreetYou are into burning holes in your wallet? Here you will burn the tastiest and most delicious one, all the while mingling with the upper crust of Harlem.
Loud, hip, with best beers on tap and humongous , reasonably priced comfort food. These kids sure did their bartending homework!
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Harlem Public
3612 BroadwayLoud, hip, with best beers on tap and humongous , reasonably priced comfort food. These kids sure did their bartending homework!
In the basement of Red Rooster, the great era of Harlem Reneissance will be revoked in best Harlem's club of today. Velvet rope can be prohibitive, but it is worth the struggle. Dress for success.
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Ginny's Supper Club
310 Malcolm X BlvdIn the basement of Red Rooster, the great era of Harlem Reneissance will be revoked in best Harlem's club of today. Velvet rope can be prohibitive, but it is worth the struggle. Dress for success.
Shopping
Want a more permanent souvenir? Rub shoulders with hip-hop mavens in this discrete , reality-TV famous spot.
Black Ink
50 W 125th StWant a more permanent souvenir? Rub shoulders with hip-hop mavens in this discrete , reality-TV famous spot.