Guidebook for New York

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Guidebook for New York

Food Scene

Restaurant from Marcus Samuelsson, winner of two James Beard awards including Best Chef.
1044 locals recommend
Red Rooster
310 Lenox Ave
1044 locals recommend
Restaurant from Marcus Samuelsson, winner of two James Beard awards including Best Chef.
Affordable and tasty French bistro
120 locals recommend
Chez Lucienne
308 Lenox Ave
120 locals recommend
Affordable and tasty French bistro
Serves delicious appetizers and offers live blues each Friday and Saturday from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
409 locals recommend
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
700 W 125th St
409 locals recommend
Serves delicious appetizers and offers live blues each Friday and Saturday from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Soul food restaurant that's "confident and comfortable...If you don't have a southern grandmother to cook for you regularly, visit Amy Ruth instead." - New York Magazine
241 locals recommend
Amy Ruth's
113 W 116th St
241 locals recommend
Soul food restaurant that's "confident and comfortable...If you don't have a southern grandmother to cook for you regularly, visit Amy Ruth instead." - New York Magazine
Iconic Harlem restaurant
405 locals recommend
Sylvia's Restaurant
328 Malcolm X Blvd
405 locals recommend
Iconic Harlem restaurant

Drinks & Nightlife

'Smart and modern" wine bar - New York Magazine Critic's Pick
10 locals recommend
Nectar
2235 Frederick Douglass Blvd
10 locals recommend
'Smart and modern" wine bar - New York Magazine Critic's Pick

Arts & Culture

Jazz club with "an air about it of intelligence and authenticity." - New York Magazine
61 locals recommend
Bill's Place
148 W 133rd St
61 locals recommend
Jazz club with "an air about it of intelligence and authenticity." - New York Magazine
Contemporary art from the African diaspora
17 locals recommend
The Studio Museum in Harlem
144 W 125th St
17 locals recommend
Contemporary art from the African diaspora
Comedians like Margaret Cho and Paul Mooney and musicians like Wynton Marsalis take the same stage where Thelonius Monk, Ella Fitzgerald, and James Brown first found fame. - New York Magazine
893 locals recommend
Apollo Theater
253 W 125th St
893 locals recommend
Comedians like Margaret Cho and Paul Mooney and musicians like Wynton Marsalis take the same stage where Thelonius Monk, Ella Fitzgerald, and James Brown first found fame. - New York Magazine
Local cinema
157 locals recommend
AMC Magic Johnson Harlem 9
2309 Frederick Douglass Blvd
157 locals recommend
Local cinema

Everything Else

You can develop photographs and buy almost anything from cosmetics to snacks to socks.
416 locals recommend
CVS
115 W 125th St
416 locals recommend
You can develop photographs and buy almost anything from cosmetics to snacks to socks.
A branch of the New York Public Library, the Schomburg has an archive for information on people of African diaspora.
186 locals recommend
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Blvd
186 locals recommend
A branch of the New York Public Library, the Schomburg has an archive for information on people of African diaspora.
One of the best bakeries in Harlem
19 locals recommend
Make My Cake
2380 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd
19 locals recommend
One of the best bakeries in Harlem

Essentials

Neighborhood supermarket
48 locals recommend
C-Town Supermarkets
560 W 125th St
48 locals recommend
Neighborhood supermarket
Neighborhood supermarket
8 locals recommend
Malcolm X Boulevard
Malcolm X Boulevard
8 locals recommend
Neighborhood supermarket

Sightseeing

Gothic-style church with wonderful choirs and powerful sermons
94 locals recommend
Abyssinian Baptist Church
132 W 138th St
94 locals recommend
Gothic-style church with wonderful choirs and powerful sermons