231 West 145th Street between Frederick Douglass and Adam Clayton Avenues 212/862.5335 about $31 for four people, with two sodas, without tip ♥ The day Oklahoma Smoke opened in west Harlem, they ran out of meat. I stopped by to check their menu and they told me they just didn’t anticipate how many people were ...
2104 Frederick Douglass Boulevard at 114th Street 212/222.3323 about $30 for two egg meals with iced coffee, with tip ♥ I’m always trying to support my neighborhood, so when the bus drove by Society after one of my bootcamp sessions in Central Park, I took note to visit. There were diners eating outside under large ...
747 Saint Nicholas Avenue between 146th and 147th Streets 212/491.5518 $12 for two fish and chips, take-away ♥ Harlem is far away from England, but Devin’s fish and chips come close to a good snack on a lazy and gloomy weekend afternoon. For $6, you can eat or take away three pieces of lightly breaded ...
Corner of 145th Street and Edgecombe Avenue no phone number $1 for each tamale ♥ The Dr. texted me at 7am, an ungodly hour, to let me know that the tamales lady was there. It took me another 30 minutes to get out of bed and put on my jeans over my pajamas. I schlepped ...
1569 Lexington Avenue off 100th Street 212/348.0200 $25 for two, without drinks, without tip ♥ For brunch one Sunday, we took the bus to the east side of Harlem and sat at the bar of Food. We watched ice skating on one TV and that weird game of stone and broom called curling on the ...