What’s happening on the Harlem food scene?

First the good news, Tea and Things of that Kind has opened!  I’m not sure how long they have been open and they are a bit inconspicuous, but they are indeed open for business.  You can visit them at 137th and Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. Heading west one avenue over, Charles’ Country Pan Fried has scaled… [Read more…]

Editor’s Note: So much trouble in the world

I know it has been a while since I have posted a note to the readers of Uptownflavor. Heck, it has been a while since I have posted anything to Uptownflavor.  Just know that we are down but not out. A few set backs and time constraints have taken hold, but we are still here… [Read more…]

Narmer’s Newsstand

Police Announce Parade Crackdown [CR] Counting Prisoners: The Population Politics of the Census [NYC] Appeal notice filed in closely-watched Harlem ILSA case [REALDEAL] Inside a Divided Upper East Side Public School: Whites in the front door, blacks in the back door[VOICE] Advocates Believe New York May Be Next to Legalize Medical Marijuana [[WNYC] Allies Turning on… [Read more…]

Friday Freestyle Flavor: Chrisette Michele – Fragile ft. Wale

Shot under ViVa in Harlem

Van Hunt at Harlem Stage

Written by: Joseph Riley Land Kicking off the Spring 2010 season of Uptown Nights at Harlem Stage will be none other than Grammy award winner Van Hunt. Hunt, who’s been laying low since he left Capitol Records for Blue Note in 2008, has recently resurfaced – making a great impression on BET’s Mo’Nique Show – with a self-released… [Read more…]

Narmer’s Newsstand

Fewer Black Students Attend City’s Top Public Schools[GOTHAMIST] Rabbi Bernard Lander, the Founder of Touro College, Is Dead at 94 [NYT] Three charter schools expected to receive millions in city money, Education Dept. plan shows [DN] Tax refunds could be a waity matter [NYP] An Elite Squadron, Before It Was Airborne [NYT] Closings loom for… [Read more…]

Film Screening: Rob Williams and Black Power

Harlem agrees that Best Yet is indeed the best yet

After much anticipation, Best Yet Market has finally opened! I’ve heard nothing but high praise for the clean store, friendly staff, and fresh produce. Best Yet just might be the best supermarket in Harlem. Take a video tour of the Harlem store on the Best Yet website. A friend went shopping at Best Yet this weekend and had… [Read more…]

Metro Hope Church

Frizzante Italian Restaurant

Photos by Justin M. Frizzante 2168 Frederick Douglass Boulevard New York, NY 10026-2001 (212) 866-0525

Free Screening: Boy Scouts of Harlem

On February 8th the Boy Scouts of America turns 100.  By pretty much any measure Scouting has been a big deal–112 million Americans have been members.  Alumni are as diverse as America itself– Steven Spielberg, Mike Bloomberg, Percy Sutton, David Lynch, Bob Gates, Donald Rumsfeld, Marion Barry, Michael Moore, Barney Frank and Gerald Ford are (were) all… [Read more…]

Traditions @ the Dwyer

Coming Out Film Series at Casa Frela

Super Sunday: Donell Jones’ Lost Files

Another free download for your iPod’s pleasure. Smooth and sensual Donell Jones from ‘The Lost Files.’ Click on image to download. Disclaimer: All downloads offered on UF are safe and artists/publicist approved for public distribution. If there is a problem with download, UF holds no responsibility. Download using your own discretion.

Weusi Revisted: 2010 at Dwyer

New York Insider: Harlem Writer Stacy Parker Aab

New York Insider: Harlem Writer Stacy Parker Aab shares her reasons for living in and loving Harlem. Find out more about Stacy by visiting her website.

Soul food coming to your door – Crain’s New York Business

Soul food coming to your door – Crain’s New York Business Posted using ShareThis

Costco stumbles out of gate in Harlem – Crain’s New York Business

Costco stumbles out of gate in Harlem – Crain’s New York Business Posted using ShareThis

Real Estate Round Up

Couple documents rundown brownstone conversion for the Wall Street Journal [WSJ] Riverton to be auctioned off in foreclosure sale [SFG]

Gil Scott Heron is ‘New Here’

East Harlem resident Gil Scott-Heron talks about his new CD, “I’m New Here,” the first in over 16 years. Read more: NPR

Obama in the White House Exhibit

Photographs of President Barack Obama’s first year in the White House are now on display at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem. The exhibit features close to 80 photographs taken by chief official White House photographer Pete Souza and 35 watercolors documenting African-American history from colonial times to the Voting Rights Act… [Read more…]

Ask UF: Thrift Stores in Harlem

Are there any thriftshops that accept donated used goods in Harlem? Yes. I like to donate to the Goodwill on 5th Avenue near 135th Street. There is another on the east side of Harlem and a Salvation Army on 125th Street near Madison Avenue. Ask us anything within reason and we will do our best… [Read more…]

Harlem Restaurant and Retail Week

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Saturday Special: Peter Hadar

Friday Freestyle Flavor: Erykah Badu Window Seat

Download Erykah Badu Window Seat 2dope mp3.

Narmer’s Newsstand

ICU patients at Harlem’s North General Hospital 4 times more likely to get deadly infection: report [DN] Despite recent stabbing, crime down in Harlem [CS] Harlem’s 125th Street is now considered one of the great streets in the United States [SPX] New Play Puts an Old Face on Race [NYT] Riverton Houses in Harlem to… [Read more…]

New Fine Fare Supermarket Coming!

After years of rumors and wonderings the former Pioneer Supermarket on the corner of Seventh Avenue and 145th Street is reopening as a Fine Fare. Read our previous post on this topic: Pioneer Closing

Photo of the Day: Blumstein’s

Blumstein by Trish Mayo. Blumstein’s department store for many years was Harlem’s largest. The handsome Art Nouveau-style 1923 building was designed by Robert Kohn and Charles Butler (who with Clarence Stein designed Temple Emanu-El of 1927-29 on Fifth Avenue at 65th Street). In the 1930s, local residents, led by the Rev. Adam Clayton Powell Jr.,… [Read more…]

Narmer’s Newsstand

Report: Most Low-Wage Workers Are Cheated of Pay [CR] Harlem Hip-Hop Tours (H3 Tours) and HOT 97 have teamed up to provide the HOT 97 Experience Tour  [24-7] Wyclef Jean Talks About Haiti Relief Efforts in NY [ABC] Inmates’ Stock Is Rising in Albany District Fight [NYT] Real Estate Is Top Giver to Cuomo Campaign [CR]