📍 Harlem, New York City

Harlem’s crown jewel and the cradle of Black American music — Ella Fitzgerald, James Brown, and countless others launched careers here at Amateur Night. The neon marquee on 125th S...

Marcus Samuelsson's Harlem landmark is part restaurant, part cultural institution, part community center. The fried chicken is the bird the whole neighborhood talks about, the corn...

You cannot get a table at Rao's. Not because it's booked — because the tables are owned. The same families have held the same tables for decades at this 115-year-old East Harlem It...

The institution for artists of African descent, reopened 2025 in a new David Adjaye-designed building on West 125th Street. The Artist-in-Residence program has launched Kehinde Wil...

Sylvia Woods opened this Harlem restaurant in 1962 and it became the Queen of Soul Food. The fried chicken, the mac and cheese, the collard greens, and the cornbread are all exactl...

Marcus Samuelsson's underground supper club beneath Red Rooster serves live jazz, elevated cocktails, and Southern-inspired small plates in a sultry basement setting. The fried chi...

Amy Ruth's has been the Harlem soul food queen since 1998. The chicken and waffles named after Al Sharpton, the smothered pork chops, and the mac and cheese are all deeply satisfyi...

Melba Wilson opened her Harlem restaurant in 2005 and immediately became a neighborhood institution. The fried chicken is the real thing — crunchy, juicy, and seasoned with somethi...

Charles Gabriel has been pan-frying chicken in cast-iron skillets on 125th Street for years, and the result is a perfectly browned crust and impossibly moist interior that has no b...

Manhattan's oldest remaining house (1765), where George Washington headquartered during the Battle of Harlem Heights. The mansion sits on a hill at the edge of Washington Heights w...