Nightlife doesn’t begin and end below 14th Street. There’s always a party going on above 110th. By Lucy Cohen The DEN 2150 Fifth Ave., between 131st St. and 132nd St.; 212-234-3045 On the ground floor of a brownstone, this luxurious lounge fuses Soho chic with tongue-in-cheek. You can sip an Uncle Tom Collins while… [Read more…]
In Harlem, Pair Becomes First Black Women to Own Bowling Alley Date: Monday, February 13, 2006 By: Monica Lewis, BlackAmericaWeb.com Thanks to two enterprising sisters, residents of Harlem will now have a chance to bowl down their very own alley. When the Harlem Bowling Center opens its doors next month, it will mark the… [Read more…]
Edited 10/06 November 6, 2005 Good Eating Harlem: The A Train’s Dining Car Not long ago, dining in Harlem or East Harlem meant soul food or a neighborhood Latin place. These days, diners can find everything from Mexican-French to healthy Chinese. BAYOU Closed (212) 426-3800; 308 Lenox Avenue (125th Street); $; $25 and Under: 5/31/00.… [Read more…]
February 12, 2006 by D. Bell
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EDITOR’S NOTE: BAYOU IS CLOSED AS OF 2006 This week’s restaurant: Bayou, New York Every few months, I head up to Harlem to take a look around, have a drink and maybe get something to eat. While there’s some good food up there–the donuts at George’s bakery beat those from Krispy Kreme any day, and… [Read more…]
February 12, 2006 by D. Bell
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February 12, 2006 Good Eating Morningside Heights: Appetizing on Amsterdam Morningside Heights, home to Columbia University and other educational institutions, has a large and diverse population of students. These affordable and equally diverse restaurants along Amsterdam Avenue serve the population well. AWASH (212) 961-1416; 947 Amsterdam Avenue (106th Street); $; Article: 2/28/01. Awash, a small… [Read more…]
February 11, 2006 by D. Bell
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Harlem’s movin’ on up BY JENNIFER MASCIA DAILY NEWS WRITER Sunday, July 31st, 2005 Inside the new Citarella on 125th St. and Amsterdam Ave., freshly hydrated endive, creamy lobster salad and slick pieces of Chilean sea bass stacked atop mountains of chopped ice wait to fill empty shopping carts. Across the street stands the Ulysses… [Read more…]
Shaken and Stirred Friends of Sylvia’s By MICHAEL BRICK Published: February 12, 2006 THE barroom at Sylvia’s in Harlem has pictures of Sylvia and all the people she knows, Sylvia and Smokin’ Joe Frazier, Sylvia and Regina Belle, teenage Sylvia unaccompanied and pulchritudinous, hands tucked into her hair. Waiting to Exhale, a mix of punch… [Read more…]
February 11, 2006 by D. Bell
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There is nothing that I love more then a good ole piece of fried fish. Recently a co-worker took me to a spot in harlem and the fish was soooo good. Harlem is holding it down with: Famous Seafood on 132 and St. Nic, Taste of Seafood on 125th and 5th, The underground fish spot… [Read more…]
February 10, 2006 by D. Bell
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Harlem Haven Hue-Man Bookstore and Cafe is establishing itself as an important part of the community’s revival By Bridget McCrea Marva Allen says if she had a dime for every time she heard customers say how proud they are of the Hue-Man Bookstore and Cafe in Harlem, she’d be a rich woman. That kind of… [Read more…]
Juelz to “Rip 125th Up” With Soda Shop By: Alyssa Rashbaum February 2, 2006 With all the press the Diplomats have been getting due to Cam and Jay-Z‘s beef, Juelz Santana has channeled his energy into a more wholesome outlet. Santana has joined forces with H3Enterprises, Inc. to become a financial partner in their flagship… [Read more…]
FEBRUARY 8, 2006 HOWARD MANDEL ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT February is Black History Month, black history is made in Harlem, and “harlem is. . . Music.” Or so says an celebratory exhibition of photography, writing and music performance which opened at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (at Lincoln Center) on Monday,… [Read more…]
February 9, 2006 by D. Bell
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December 7, 2005 FOOD STUFFA Shop to Serve Harlem’s New Real Estate By FLORENCE FABRICANT Emperor’s Roe, a new boutique in Harlem, is stocked with caviar, smoked fish, foie gras, cheeses, pâtés, tinned delicacies like escargots, olive oils and various condiments. ”With million-dollar condominiums, the neighborhood is begging for luxury products,” said its owner, David… [Read more…]
Who Owns Harlem? As an economic-development boom takes off in Harlem, residents hotly debate what path will lead the famed African American neighborhood into a prosperous future. Will its unique flavor and small, homegrown businesses be driven out by corporate projects? From: Inc. Magazine, Aug 2000 | By: Paul Keegan Harlem residents hotly debate who… [Read more…]
February 8, 2006 by D. Bell
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The Chef Dushan Zaric of Schiller’s Liquor Bar Servings 1 drink Ingredients 3 small chunks ( 1/2 inch cubes) pineapple 1/4 ounce maraschino liquor 1 and 1/2 ounces Beefeater gin 1 ounce pineapple juice Instructions Using a wooden spoon, muddle the pineapple chunks with the maraschino liquor in a mixing glass. Add the gin, pineapple… [Read more…]
February 8, 2006 by D. Bell
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Harlem World Seven 3/4 oz Absolut® vodka 1/2 oz Absolut® Kurant vodka 1/4 tsp lemon juice 1 pint prune juice 1 1/2 qt black sambuca fill with gin Mix over ice cubes, pour into a suitable glass and consume immediately. NOTE: It might taste funny because of the prune juice but you should get an… [Read more…]
February 8, 2006 by D. Bell
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Harlem Nights Cocktail from the Lenox Lounge From Heather Cross, Since 1939 the Lenox Lounge has played host to such musical greats as Billie Holiday, John Coltrane and Miles Davis. The Lenox Lounge has been recently renovated, recapturing some of its past greatness after suffering for many years. Harlem Nights is a potent Lenox Lounge… [Read more…]
It’s a Family Affair Catey Hillier finds herself moved by both the gospel music and the soul food at Sylvia’s restaurant in Harlem. “Hey, there. If you’re on your way to Sylvia’s, you’re heading off the wrong way.” A well-dressed woman in matching suit and hat catches me off my guard. I never stop to… [Read more…]
February 7, 2006 by D. Bell
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Going Condo in Harlem By JOSH BARBANEL Source: NY Times February 5, 2006 RICHARD SHIU’S brownstone on West 123rd Street was once an abandoned wreck, but now he looks on proudly as would-be buyers trek up the stairs to stare at the gas-burning fireplaces and mantels, the high ceilings and granite counters and the… [Read more…]
February 7, 2006 by D. Bell
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The House That Earl Built Knicks legend Earl the Pearl tries to up the ante on jock food. By Mark Jacobson Earl Monroe, the incomparable Pearl, who in his heyday bounced a basketball with the sort of idiosyncratic rhythm Thelonious Monk applied to the piano, leans his still-supple body back in his chair and… [Read more…]
February 7, 2006 by D. Bell
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Once-Heralded Address Lags Behind Rest of Harlem By JULIA VITULLO-MARTIN – Special to the Sun January 19, 2006 At 9 o’clock on a recent Friday morning, a big guy in a scruffy blue coat stood dealing drugs in front of the main gate to the Graham Court, an Italian Renaissance palazzo called the most luxurious… [Read more…]
February 7, 2006 by D. Bell
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Chateau Harlem What’s remarkable about a wine store in Harlem is that it wasn’t remarkable. BY JULIA VITULLO-MARTIN Thursday, March 10, 2005 12:01 a.m. NEW YORK–It’s a testimonial to just how far Harlem has come back economically that when an upscale wine store, Harlem Vintage, opened on Frederick Douglass Boulevard last November the buzz… [Read more…]
February 7, 2006 by D. Bell
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Greens in Black and White By WARREN ST. JOHN O most Southerners, few things are as pleasing as plopping down before a heaping plate of simple, home-style cooking — dishes like collard or turnip greens, fried chicken, black-eyed peas, corn bread, sweet potato casserole. This type of food is so evocative of the easygoing… [Read more…]
February 7, 2006 by D. Bell
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Table Talk: Harlem Grill taps local history Serves neighborhood dishes along with new American; belted songs add to sound By Bob Lape Published on August 01, 2005 Harlem Grill 2247-49 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. (Seventh Ave.) (212) 491-0493 ** Cuisine: New American/Southern Wines: 60 choices, sommelier Dress: No code Noise Level: High Mon.-Tues., moderate… [Read more…]
February 7, 2006 by D. Bell
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Bedding Down in Harlem I’d always figured that tourists tended to ignore my Harlem neighborhood, but turns out I’m just a damn fool. I recently read that 30 percent of visitors to New York swing by Harlem at least once, which I guess explains all the Japanese girls I’m always playing eye hockey with at… [Read more…]
February 7, 2006 by D. Bell
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February 1, 2005 Groups Vie to Reimagine Historic Theater in Harlem By ROBIN POGREBIN or years, the Loew’s Victoria Theater, a once-elegant vaudeville house and movie palace, has languished on West 125th Street in Harlem. Just a few doors down from its famous neighbor the Apollo Theater, the Victoria went from being celebrated as… [Read more…]
February 7, 2006 by D. Bell
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Editorial note: Pan Pan was closed due to a fire in 2004. Counter Culture Last Train to Waffleville Village Voice by Robert Sietsema January 24 – 30, 2001 Pan Pan may import its sausage from Georgia, but it controls its own means of production. photo: Michael Berman Pan Pan 500 Lenox Avenue, 212-926-4900. Open daily… [Read more…]
EDITOR’S NOTE: CHERRY LOUNGE IS CLOSED FOR BUSINESS Stars & dustups at Harlem club debut BY JO PIAZZA DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER ‘Candy Girls’ in front of the new Cherry Lounge in Harlem. A new Harlem club may be too popular for its own good. When the Cherry Lounge opened its doors at 128th St.… [Read more…]
February 6, 2006 by D. Bell
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Harlem’s Renewal Spreads to the Boulevard By JULIA VITULLO-MARTIN – Special to the Sun May 26, 2005 On a beautiful Saturday afternoon in May, Harlem’s Frederick Douglass Boulevard is happening. Hipsters and elegant West African couples sip ginger juice and eat couscous at Les Ambassades‘ outdoor cafe on 118th Street. Young businessmen with cell phones… [Read more…]
February 6, 2006 by D. Bell
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Amy Ruth’s Home-Style Southern CuisineCritic’s Pick 113 W. 116th St., New York, NY 10026 between Lenox Ave. and Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. 212-280-8779 Price Range $$ Moderate Cuisine Southern/Soul Profile Amy Ruth’s feels as if it has always existed. It’s confident and comfortable—just as we imagine Carl Redding’s grandmother, the restaurant’s namesake, must have been.… [Read more…]
February 6, 2006 by D. Bell
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PEOPLE OF NOTE: Allen West — Fine Dining Returns to Harlem By Deardra Shuler February 22, 2005 There is no doubt that Harlem is undergoing revitalization and a return to the time of glamour when Harlem was the hot spot of Manhattan and indeed the world. The “Harlem Grill,” a new restaurant/supper club has brought… [Read more…]
February 6, 2006 by D. Bell
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Kitchenette Uptown 1272 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY 10027 between 122nd and 123rd Sts. 212-531-7600 Price Range $-$$ Inexpensive to Moderate Cuisine American Traditional Profile This much roomier spinoff of the venerable TriBeCa comfort-food cottage and its dinner menu might be reasons for the owners to reconsider the “ette” part of the name. But… [Read more…]
February 6, 2006 by D. Bell
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July 10, 2005 Harlem (Housing Woes) on His Mind By JOSH BARBANEL A FEW months after the Republicans took control in Washington in 2001, Keith Boykin, a writer and former aide to President Clinton, decided to pull up stakes in the capital and begin a new life in Harlem, in search of affordable rent and… [Read more…]
In Brooklyn, A Growing Business Rooted in a Dream By Umi Grigsby “I was born to be an entrepreneur, just like my father and his father before him,” says Richelieu W. Dennis. The 34-year-old Brooklyn businessman has taken his family legacy, along with a strong appreciation for his native West African culture and traditions, and… [Read more…]
February 6, 2006 by D. Bell
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Black America’s cultural capital is thriving again You’ve already visited the Metropolitan Museum, seen a Broadway show, and caught a game at Yankee Stadium. But New York’s truest glory is the breathtaking diversity of its people and their communities. So on your next business trip to the Big Apple, spend some of your down time… [Read more…]
February 6, 2006 by D. Bell
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By Celia C. Peters, AOL Black Voices What can you say about Harlem? The energy, the hustle, the blackness, the brownness — all of these make Harlem what it is today. The unique combination of sizzling style, afro-dynamics, creativity and raw energy has been pulling people Uptown for decades. And guess what? Ain’t a damn… [Read more…]
February 6, 2006 by D. Bell
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Orbit East Harlem Eclectic $$$ 2257 First Ave. @ 116th St. 212.348.7818 Low-key favorite featuring twists on classics, handmade pastas and Sunday brunch. Uptown Renaissance RestaurantKosher/Halal $ 108 W. 116th St. btwn. Lenox and Seventh Aves. 212.280.2224 American cuisine and soul food prepared in accordance with Jewish and Islamic law. Breakfast served all day. B.E.D.… [Read more…]
February 6, 2006 by D. Bell
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Home Sweet Harlem Café Organic/Vegetarian $ 270 W. 135th St. btwn. Seventh & Eighth Aves. 212.926.9616 Coffee shop serving light organic and vegetarian fare.Piatto D’oro Italian $$ 349 E. 109th St. btwn. First & Second Aves. 212.828.2929 Charming trattoria with wide-ranging menu of pizzas, pastas and risottos. Radio Perfecto Uptown Mexican Fusion $$… [Read more…]
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February 27, 2006 by D. Bell
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