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…]