Guidebook for New York
Food Scene
Amy Ruth's feels as if it has always existed. It's confident and comfortable—just as we imagine Carl Redding's grandmother, the restaurant's namesake, must have been. Redding opened his soul-food kitchen in 1998, a year after Amy Ruth passed away, and what a tribute it is to her, to her cooking and to a number of noteworthy African Americans. Order the "Rev. Al Sharpton" (fried or smothered chicken and waffles), the "Stan Hoffman & Lu Willard" (BBQ spare ribs), or any other soul-food staple: fried chicken, catfish, collard greens, ham hocks.
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Amy Ruth's
113 W 116th St Amy Ruth's feels as if it has always existed. It's confident and comfortable—just as we imagine Carl Redding's grandmother, the restaurant's namesake, must have been. Redding opened his soul-food kitchen in 1998, a year after Amy Ruth passed away, and what a tribute it is to her, to her cooking and to a number of noteworthy African Americans. Order the "Rev. Al Sharpton" (fried or smothered chicken and waffles), the "Stan Hoffman & Lu Willard" (BBQ spare ribs), or any other soul-food staple: fried chicken, catfish, collard greens, ham hocks.
It's not that the pork ribs, the beef brisket, and the Texas hot links aren't good. It's just that the giant spice-rubbed and pit-smoked chicken wings—as toothsome an appetizer as ever was dipped into a tiny plastic cup of blue-cheese dressing and chased back with a celery stick—are such a hard act to follow. Considering the raucousness of the crowd, the hostess and the servers are surprisingly in control, like professional rodeo hands. And despite the faux-roadhouse décor, there seems to be an abundance of genuine honky-tonk women barreling about the premises, which is pretty much what you want in a barbecue joint
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Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
700 W 125th St It's not that the pork ribs, the beef brisket, and the Texas hot links aren't good. It's just that the giant spice-rubbed and pit-smoked chicken wings—as toothsome an appetizer as ever was dipped into a tiny plastic cup of blue-cheese dressing and chased back with a celery stick—are such a hard act to follow. Considering the raucousness of the crowd, the hostess and the servers are surprisingly in control, like professional rodeo hands. And despite the faux-roadhouse décor, there seems to be an abundance of genuine honky-tonk women barreling about the premises, which is pretty much what you want in a barbecue joint
Clinton St. Baking Company
4 Clinton StBEST PANCAKES KNOWN TO MAN!
Pick up a freshly-baked pie or tasty treat from Levain Bakery, and sample a blissful bite (or two) from one of the top-rated bakeries in New York.
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Levain Bakery - Harlem
2167 Frederick Douglass BlvdPick up a freshly-baked pie or tasty treat from Levain Bakery, and sample a blissful bite (or two) from one of the top-rated bakeries in New York.
This cupcake shop is what started the cupcake craze!
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Magnolia Bakery
401 Bleecker StThis cupcake shop is what started the cupcake craze!
Probably Harlem's most famous restaurant, Sylvia's has been serving soul food in Harlem since 1962. In addition to serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, Sylvia's offers a Sunday Gospel menu with live music from 12:30 - 4 p.m. Diners rave about the fried chicken, ribs, macaroni & cheese, candied yams, and collard greens, but be warned that it's a popular stop for groups, so it can be crowded and filled with tourists.
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Sylvia's Restaurant
328 Malcolm X BlvdProbably Harlem's most famous restaurant, Sylvia's has been serving soul food in Harlem since 1962. In addition to serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, Sylvia's offers a Sunday Gospel menu with live music from 12:30 - 4 p.m. Diners rave about the fried chicken, ribs, macaroni & cheese, candied yams, and collard greens, but be warned that it's a popular stop for groups, so it can be crowded and filled with tourists.
One of the hottest additions to the Harlem soul food scene, Red Rooster's chef Marcus Samuelsson has created a Harlem dining destination that is both refined and popular. Reservations are essential if you want to enjoy dinner, which includes seemingly traditional options like fish and grits, jerk chicken but each features a modern twist.
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Red Rooster
310 Lenox AveOne of the hottest additions to the Harlem soul food scene, Red Rooster's chef Marcus Samuelsson has created a Harlem dining destination that is both refined and popular. Reservations are essential if you want to enjoy dinner, which includes seemingly traditional options like fish and grits, jerk chicken but each features a modern twist.
A cozy coffee house brewing excellent coffee drinks and serving pastries, cookies, and bagels.
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Lenox Coffee Roaster
60 W 129th St A cozy coffee house brewing excellent coffee drinks and serving pastries, cookies, and bagels.
Ferrara Bakery & Cafe
195 Grand StBest Italian pastries/cookies known to man!
Like Samuelsson’s other restaurant in Harlem, Red Rooster, the place is consistently packed. The crowd is mostly local, couples, families, groups of twentysomething friends, all casually sharing some rotisserie, greens, and an order or two of French fries, or meeting for a long, boozy brunch on the weekend. My usual order there is called the "Hot & Messy". It's Cornbread slathered with peanut butter, rotisserie chicken, bacon and avocado topped with a fried egg and parmesan cheese. Don't know it until you try it! :)
Because this is Samuelsson, the design is a stand-out, too: Graffiti culture served as his inspiration, and Cey Adams (the founding creative director of Def Jam Recordings) created the art on the walls. There's also an interactive boom-box installation, benches covered in vintage designer textiles, and windowed garage doors — perfect for the warmer weather.
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Streetbird Rotisserie
2149 Frederick Douglass BoulevardLike Samuelsson’s other restaurant in Harlem, Red Rooster, the place is consistently packed. The crowd is mostly local, couples, families, groups of twentysomething friends, all casually sharing some rotisserie, greens, and an order or two of French fries, or meeting for a long, boozy brunch on the weekend. My usual order there is called the "Hot & Messy". It's Cornbread slathered with peanut butter, rotisserie chicken, bacon and avocado topped with a fried egg and parmesan cheese. Don't know it until you try it! :)
Because this is Samuelsson, the design is a stand-out, too: Graffiti culture served as his inspiration, and Cey Adams (the founding creative director of Def Jam Recordings) created the art on the walls. There's also an interactive boom-box installation, benches covered in vintage designer textiles, and windowed garage doors — perfect for the warmer weather.
Great and affordable sushi that rolls along on a conveyer belt! Stays open pretty late and has karaoke upstairs!
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East Japanese Restaurant
366 3rd AveGreat and affordable sushi that rolls along on a conveyer belt! Stays open pretty late and has karaoke upstairs!
The Absolute Best Budget-Friendly Seafood in New York!!! Doing Maryland proud with lump crab cakes. Start with perfect fried smelts with garlic fries on the patio. After that, the peel-and-eat shrimp, which include a choice of sauce such as coconut-curry or ginger-butter-and-scallion, are the perfect accompaniment to the sunshine. Or go ecofriendly and get the $11 “shark and bake” sandwich.
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Lolo's Seafood Shack
303 W 116th StThe Absolute Best Budget-Friendly Seafood in New York!!! Doing Maryland proud with lump crab cakes. Start with perfect fried smelts with garlic fries on the patio. After that, the peel-and-eat shrimp, which include a choice of sauce such as coconut-curry or ginger-butter-and-scallion, are the perfect accompaniment to the sunshine. Or go ecofriendly and get the $11 “shark and bake” sandwich.
Drinks & Nightlife
Directly downstairs from Red Rooster, Ginny’s used to be a community and performance space for its upstairs neighbor, but since its opening, its taken on an identity all its own. The chic, retro supper club is all mirrors, tapered columns, patterned screens, and soft lighting. The stage at the far end of the club is a busy little place: you’ll find Latin and jazz nights, and just about every genre of music you’d expect (or demand) to hear in Harlem. The well-dressed crowd is a reflection of the neighborhood, and you’ll find young and old wetting their beaks at the bar and shouting over the music. Though there are some soul food staples on the menu of small plates, you’ll see Asian and French influences as well: spiced duck breast with scallion pancakes, an artichoke croquette, steamed veal tongue buns, mushroom dumplings, and Lobster Thermidor. It’s a noisy spot, but you’ll still be able to make out all the buzz.
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Ginny's Supper Club
310 Malcolm X Blvd Directly downstairs from Red Rooster, Ginny’s used to be a community and performance space for its upstairs neighbor, but since its opening, its taken on an identity all its own. The chic, retro supper club is all mirrors, tapered columns, patterned screens, and soft lighting. The stage at the far end of the club is a busy little place: you’ll find Latin and jazz nights, and just about every genre of music you’d expect (or demand) to hear in Harlem. The well-dressed crowd is a reflection of the neighborhood, and you’ll find young and old wetting their beaks at the bar and shouting over the music. Though there are some soul food staples on the menu of small plates, you’ll see Asian and French influences as well: spiced duck breast with scallion pancakes, an artichoke croquette, steamed veal tongue buns, mushroom dumplings, and Lobster Thermidor. It’s a noisy spot, but you’ll still be able to make out all the buzz.
This Harlem spot provides something for nearly everyone with a sturdy comfort food menu, friendly scattershot décor, and a multi-purpose space that qualifies as sports bar, group meeting ground, and quiet dinner destination. Every corner of the handsome bistro contains another must-have New York nightlife prop: bare wood floors and ceilings frame exposed brick walls lit by hanging globes, while old-style sconces frame an elegant faux fireplace. The place attracts locals with craft beers on tap, a menu of re-fashioned fast-food standards, and a full liquor shelf.
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The Corner Social
321 Malcolm X BlvdThis Harlem spot provides something for nearly everyone with a sturdy comfort food menu, friendly scattershot décor, and a multi-purpose space that qualifies as sports bar, group meeting ground, and quiet dinner destination. Every corner of the handsome bistro contains another must-have New York nightlife prop: bare wood floors and ceilings frame exposed brick walls lit by hanging globes, while old-style sconces frame an elegant faux fireplace. The place attracts locals with craft beers on tap, a menu of re-fashioned fast-food standards, and a full liquor shelf.
Located on 206h West 118th Street in Harlem, this famous musical relic was founded in 1938 by Henry Milton, a talented saxophonist who become known as the first black delegate to the American Federation of Musicians. Back in its heyday, Minton’s Playhouse was a popular jazz club in the 1940s. Frequented by the likes of Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk, the jazz club and bar played a pivotal role in the development of modern jazz music. The jazz club is still a popular location among locals and jazz musicians today
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Minton's Playhouse
206 W 118th StLocated on 206h West 118th Street in Harlem, this famous musical relic was founded in 1938 by Henry Milton, a talented saxophonist who become known as the first black delegate to the American Federation of Musicians. Back in its heyday, Minton’s Playhouse was a popular jazz club in the 1940s. Frequented by the likes of Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk, the jazz club and bar played a pivotal role in the development of modern jazz music. The jazz club is still a popular location among locals and jazz musicians today
Corner tavern/beer garden with extensive food & drink menus in a spacious indoor/outdoor setting. Harlem Tavern has live music every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night as well as a live jazz brunch every Saturday and Sunday from 11am-4pm. They feature some of Harlem’s top R&B, jazz, soul and contemporary artists. They show every major sporting event LIVE and the atmosphere on game night has to be seen to be believed.
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Harlem Tavern
2153 Frederick Douglass BlvdCorner tavern/beer garden with extensive food & drink menus in a spacious indoor/outdoor setting. Harlem Tavern has live music every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night as well as a live jazz brunch every Saturday and Sunday from 11am-4pm. They feature some of Harlem’s top R&B, jazz, soul and contemporary artists. They show every major sporting event LIVE and the atmosphere on game night has to be seen to be believed.
Arts & Culture
A research branch of the NYPL focused on materials documenting black life and the history and culture of people of African descent, features changing exhibitions that highlight the collections. Admission is free and the Galleries and Gift Shop are open Monday - Saturday (Collections are closed on Monday).
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Centro Schomburg per la Ricerca sulla Cultura Nera
515 Malcolm X Blvd A research branch of the NYPL focused on materials documenting black life and the history and culture of people of African descent, features changing exhibitions that highlight the collections. Admission is free and the Galleries and Gift Shop are open Monday - Saturday (Collections are closed on Monday).
First opened in 1968, the Studio Museum of Harlem focuses on the work of local, national and international artists of African descent, as well as art that is influenced and inspired by black culture
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The Studio Museum in Harlem
144 West 125th StreetFirst opened in 1968, the Studio Museum of Harlem focuses on the work of local, national and international artists of African descent, as well as art that is influenced and inspired by black culture
A Gothic Revival landmark open to all visitors, The Cathedral of St. John the Divine hosts daily services, concerts and choral performances, and public tours. Visitors can explore artwork by Keith Haring, 17th-century tapestries, stained-glass windows, gardens and wandering peacocks. The exhibit The Phoenix: Xu Bing at the Cathedral, on view through January 2015, is a feat of engineering and ingenuity. The monumental sculpture is composed of two birds, each weighing 12 tons and measuring nearly 100 feet long, built from construction debris in Beijing, China. They hang suspended in the cathedral's nave.
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Cattedrale di San Giovanni il Divino
1047 Amsterdam Ave A Gothic Revival landmark open to all visitors, The Cathedral of St. John the Divine hosts daily services, concerts and choral performances, and public tours. Visitors can explore artwork by Keith Haring, 17th-century tapestries, stained-glass windows, gardens and wandering peacocks. The exhibit The Phoenix: Xu Bing at the Cathedral, on view through January 2015, is a feat of engineering and ingenuity. The monumental sculpture is composed of two birds, each weighing 12 tons and measuring nearly 100 feet long, built from construction debris in Beijing, China. They hang suspended in the cathedral's nave.
Local fixture with notable pastors, founded as NY's first African-American Baptist Church in 1808. One of America’s oldest and most significant Black congregations, Abyssinian is certainly worth a visit.
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Abyssinian Baptist Church
132 W 138th StLocal fixture with notable pastors, founded as NY's first African-American Baptist Church in 1808. One of America’s oldest and most significant Black congregations, Abyssinian is certainly worth a visit.
Formerly the Lincoln Theater: The Lincoln served as a cinema in the 1940s and 50s, but may have had a larger seating capacity when originally presenting vaudeville and plays. Press articles indicate that the Lincoln first opened in 1915 and was the first theatre in Harlem (then a predominantly white neighborhood) to cater exclusively to a black clientele. The Lincoln had its own stock company of black actors, but earned its greatest fame in the 1920s, when it presented black vaudeville, including such headliners as Bessie Smith, Florence Mills, and Ethel Waters. For a time, the very young Fats Waller was its resident organist.
Metropolitan AME Church - Harlem
58 W 135th StFormerly the Lincoln Theater: The Lincoln served as a cinema in the 1940s and 50s, but may have had a larger seating capacity when originally presenting vaudeville and plays. Press articles indicate that the Lincoln first opened in 1915 and was the first theatre in Harlem (then a predominantly white neighborhood) to cater exclusively to a black clientele. The Lincoln had its own stock company of black actors, but earned its greatest fame in the 1920s, when it presented black vaudeville, including such headliners as Bessie Smith, Florence Mills, and Ethel Waters. For a time, the very young Fats Waller was its resident organist.
The Apollo Theater at 253 West 125th Street between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and Frederick Douglass Boulevard in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City is a music hall which is a noted venue for African-American performers.
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Teatro Apollo
253 W 125th StThe Apollo Theater at 253 West 125th Street between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and Frederick Douglass Boulevard in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City is a music hall which is a noted venue for African-American performers.
If you are a fan of documentaries, the Maysles Cinema more than delivers. Founded by Albert Maysles, who with his late brother made non-fiction films like the classic Grey Gardens, this non-profit Harlem theatre shows only documentary films, each screening accompanied by a discussion forum where filmgoers can interact with the filmmaker. In addition to scheduled documentary programming and forums at least four nights a week, the theater hosts community-initiated arts and educational events to increase exposure for under-represented social interests and artists. A price of $10 general admission is suggested.
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Maysles Documentary Center
343 Malcolm X BlvdIf you are a fan of documentaries, the Maysles Cinema more than delivers. Founded by Albert Maysles, who with his late brother made non-fiction films like the classic Grey Gardens, this non-profit Harlem theatre shows only documentary films, each screening accompanied by a discussion forum where filmgoers can interact with the filmmaker. In addition to scheduled documentary programming and forums at least four nights a week, the theater hosts community-initiated arts and educational events to increase exposure for under-represented social interests and artists. A price of $10 general admission is suggested.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 5th AveThe Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd Street
Museo di Storia Naturale Americano
200 Central Park WestMuseo Solomon R. Guggenheim
1071 5th AveBroadway Theatre
1681 BroadwayThe Cathedral of St. Patrick (commonly called St. Patrick's Cathedral) is a decorated Neo-Gothic-style Roman Catholic cathedral church in the United States and a prominent landmark of New York City. It is the seat of the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, and a parish church, located on the east side of Fifth Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets in Midtown Manhattan, directly across the street from Rockefeller Center and specifically facing the Atlas statue.
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Cattedrale di San Patrizio
The Cathedral of St. Patrick (commonly called St. Patrick's Cathedral) is a decorated Neo-Gothic-style Roman Catholic cathedral church in the United States and a prominent landmark of New York City. It is the seat of the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, and a parish church, located on the east side of Fifth Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets in Midtown Manhattan, directly across the street from Rockefeller Center and specifically facing the Atlas statue.
Shopping
H&M
150 East 86th StreetOld Navy
300 W 125th StBanana Republic Factory Store
261 W 125th StGap Factory
264 W 125th StBurlington
517 E 117th StBed Bath & Beyond
1932 BroadwayMichaels
808 Columbus AveMAC Cosmetics
202 W 125th StMercato di Malcolm Shabazz Harlem
52 W 116th StAmerican Apparel
DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse
301 W 125th StDr. Jay's (LADIES)
Frederick Douglass BoulevardMarshalls
125 W 125th StParks & Nature
Parco Marcus Garvey
Mount Morris Park WestFriends of Morningside Park
14 Morningside AveThe High Line is an elevated freight rail line transformed into a public park on Manhattan’s West Side. It is owned by the City of New York, and maintained and operated by Friends of the High Line. Founded in 1999 by community residents, Friends of the High Line fought for the High Line’s preservation and transformation at a time when the historic structure was under the threat of demolition. It is now the non-profit conservancy working with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation to make sure the High Line is maintained as an extraordinary public space for all visitors to enjoy.
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High Line Park
The High Line is an elevated freight rail line transformed into a public park on Manhattan’s West Side. It is owned by the City of New York, and maintained and operated by Friends of the High Line. Founded in 1999 by community residents, Friends of the High Line fought for the High Line’s preservation and transformation at a time when the historic structure was under the threat of demolition. It is now the non-profit conservancy working with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation to make sure the High Line is maintained as an extraordinary public space for all visitors to enjoy.
Essentials
Target
40 W 225th StPioneer Supermarkets
380 Malcolm X BlvdGetting Around
Subway
300 W 135th StSUBWAY®Restaurants
579 W 181st St138 Street Station
Grand Central Terminal station
89 E 42nd St