Posted in Community, entertainment, fashion, film, Harlem, Lenox Avenue, New York, New York City, NYC
Tagged abc television, ABC TV, Christina Ricci, Harlem, Lenox Avenue, Pan Am, Photos by Bauer-Griffen Online, uptown manhattan, West Harlem
It’s December 31, 2011, New Year’s Eve and we want to know, what are you doing New Year’s Eve?
Are you going to 67 Orange, 5 and Diamond or bier international? What about Harlem Tavern? They are all having festivities tonight with….NO COVER! We also hear Lido Harlem is going to be serving their regular menu along with a bunch of specials. They are not doing a prix fix so you can walk right in and order whatever you want from the menu. Not bad! So head on over to Lido Harlem for New Year’s Eve dinner if you have no dinner plans. Or just walk along Frederick Douglass Blvd tonight and have your pick cause with most of these establishments mentioned above not charging a cover, the night will be blast and you’ll still have money in your pocket!
Have a wonderful evening. Maybe we’ll see you out in Harlem? If not, Happy New Year, Harlem!
Here’s the original song ‘What are you doing New Year’s Eve?’ by Nancy Wilson. Enjoy!
Posted in 125th Street, 5 and Diamond Harlem, Bars, bier international, business, food, Frederick Douglass Blvd., Harlem, Harlem Tavern, Lido Italian Restaurant and Bar, music, New York, New York City, NYC, restaurant row, restaurants, spending
Tagged 5 and Diamond Harlem, 67 Orange, bier international, Harlem, Harlem Tavern, Lido Italian Restaurant and Bar
About a month ago HarlemGal Inc. told you about Alvin Lee Smalls of Harlem’s Lee, Lee’s Bakery being interviewed by New York City’s WABC. Well, we know the dates on when the interview will air on Channel 7. Tune in this Saturday, December 17 at 7 pm and then on Sunday, December 18 at 5:30 am. After those air dates, the interview will be streamed on WABC’s website. Hope everyone will watch!
Posted in baking, business, Community, Events, food, Frederick Douglass Blvd., Harlem, New York, New York City, NYC
Tagged 283 West 118th Street, Alvin Lee Smalls, Channel 7, Harlem, Lee Lee's Baked Goods, new york city, WABC
Has anyone noticed the work being done at 256 Manhattan Avenue in Harlem? Apparently, a takeout place is opening up and it’s called Alpine New York! We saw the workers on site over the weekend! The place looks small so that’s why I’m dubbing it a takeout place. I called the phone number and it’s not connected yet. Has anyone heard of Alpine New York? When they open, it will join The Orange Peel, which is up the street on Manhattan Ave!
Posted in drinks, food, Harlem, New York City, NYC
Tagged 10026, 256 Manhattan Avenue, eating out, Harlem
Around this time last year, I blogged that Busboys and Poets’ plans to open in Harlem at 2280 Frederick Douglass went bust. Ironically, I am now blogging about them same time, but a year later, asking: is there still a possibility that Busboys and Poets could open in Harlem? According to a recent article in The Washington Post, there is a smidgen of hope. Andy Shallal, the owner of the Washington, DC eatery and longtime activist, recently told the Post that “he has been courted to put a Busboys in a proposed National Jazz Museum near the Apollo Theater…” How cool would that be if Busboys and Poets opened in Harlem on 125th Street?
Shallal tried landing the retail space at 2280 Frederick Douglass a little over a year ago, but something happened and the deal went south. I wonder if the developer of 2280 FDB is having any regrets now on not cutting a deal with Shallal, especially given all the enormous/positive press coverage Central Harlem has been receiving over the months? The most recent praising news clip comes from The Wall Street Journal.
In my view, the developer of 2280 FDB totally lost out by not scoring something with Busboys and Poets in their commercial space. As the WSJ said, there’s a restaurant boom happening in Harlem. With this recent article in the Post, there’s hope the folks behind the National Jazz Museum could pick up where 2280 FDB left off and seal the deal with Shallal. Let’s all hope so! I think Busboys and Poets is a perfect fit in Harlem!
Posted in 125th Street, art and culture, Bars, business, commercial real estate, food, Frederick Douglass Blvd., Harlem, jazz, New York, New York City, NYC, restaurant row, restaurants
Tagged 2280 Frederick Douglass Blvd., Anas "Andy" Shallal, bookstores, Busboys and Poets, commercial real estate, community, dining, eating out, Harlem, HarlemGal, National Jazz Museum in Harlem, new restaurants, restaurant row, social justice and peace, The Washington Post
Hey, if you see Harlem resident and sculptor LeRone Wilson in the area, tell him “congratulations!” Why? Word has it Wilson entered the Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, which is a nationwide juried art competition in conjunction with Rush Philanthropic, the Foundation founded by Russell and Danny Simmons, and took home the coveted prize recently.
His piece, “A Path Through the Sky,” was selected as winner of the juried competition, which is a nationwide search for the newest talent in art. Nearly 4,000 artists submitted work for this search. Eighteen artists were sent to a final competition at Art Basel in Miami and two final winners were selected, one being Wilson, for the overall prize of a two-man show at Russell Simmons’ Rush Arts Gallery in Chelsea. That show is scheduled for February 2012.
And if you’re wondering who collects our fellow Harlemites’ work-sculpted 3 
dimensional paintings made from encaustic? According to Wilson’s peeps, Marea restaurant in Columbus Circle own 2 pieces that hang in the restaurant.He was among the first group of artists to hang work at Red Rooster Harlem. And Wilson commissioned pieces for socialite and New York Interior designer Jennifer Post featured in Architectural Digest. Not bad…huh?
So next time you see Harlem resident LeRone Wilson, give him a high-five! And stay tuned here on this blog for more information on the Rush Arts Exhibition of Wilson’s work slated for February 2012.
Harlem Meer‘s annual Holiday Lighting is taking place today, Sunday, December 4 from 4-5:30 PM. The event culminates with the lighting of thousands of tiny LED lights strung along the architectural features of Central Park’s northernmost visitor center, the Victorian-style Charles A. Dana Discovery Center. A camera is highly recommended for this event.
Winter Holiday Lighting at Central Park
Sunday, December 4, 2011
4:00-5:30 pm
Posted in art and culture, Community, Events, Harlem, New York, New York City, NYC
Tagged 10026, Central Park North, Harlem, Harlem Meer, holiday events
Lady Gaga has premiered her latest music video, “Marry The Night,” and Harlem plays a part. Watch the video. I believe she is dancing right by Fairway! Similar to the next Spiderman movie, she choose under the Viaduct in West Harlem to dance the night way in her latest music video. What is it with that part of Harlem that the entertainment industry keeps using in their films or video? I guess those high arched steel beams photograph well. See the video for yourself by clicking on the picture below!
Posted in 125th Street, entertainment, fashion, Harlem, New York, New York City, NYC
Tagged Harlem, Lady Gaga, Marry the Night, music videos, under the viaduct, West Harlem
Guest of a Guest, the website co-founded by one of the Winklevoss twins whose been battling Mark Zuckerberg for what seems like ages now, has a feature on Harlem this week. It is quite complimentary, however, it doesn’t say anything new that we Harlemites know already. The article names a list of places to check out and most of them mentioned I agree are great places to visit. However, a true Harlem native writing about Harlem would have dug a bit deeper.
For example, Lido Italian Restaurant and Bar gives Red Rooster a run for its money, not only in food, but in ambiance as well. The same goes for Cedric French Bistro and Bar in Harlem! What about mentioning a place in East Harlem? Milk Burger has been endorsed by Anthony Bourdain and his lovely Mrs! Also, when you visit Shrine one can’t miss Yatenga, which is a fun place to hang.
Again, as most of us Harlemites know, there are a ton of cool places to hang in Harlem. Guest of a Guest apparently is just coming around (a bit late) and finding out, but hey, let’s welcome it!
To read the full article, click here.
Posted in 125th Street, Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd., art and culture, Bars, bier international, food, Frederick Douglass Blvd., Harlem, Harlem Tavern, history, jazz, Lenox Avenue, Lido Italian Restaurant and Bar, music, New York, New York City, NYC, Red Rooster Harlem, restaurant row, restaurants, spending
Tagged bier international, Bono, Cameron Winklevoss, Chez Lucienne, Guest of a Guest, harlem lanes, Harlem Tavern, Hudson River Cafe, Lido Italian Restaurant and Bar, marcus samuelsson, Nikko, Nikko Asian Fusion, Photos by NYCgo.com and Metromix, Red Rooster, Shrine, Soul Food, The Red Rooster, W XYZ Bar
You are invited to the Harlem Holiday Lights Ceremony taking place this evening, November 21. The 125th Street Business Improvement District, Community Boards 9, 10, 11 and the New York City Housing Authority have partnered together for the Holiday Season to “light up” one of New York City’s, and Harlem’s, most legendary thoroughfares from river to river-125th Street! At 5:30pm, the celebration will begin with sounds and lights on the plaza of the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building. Attendees will enjoy live performances provided by legendary pioneer, producer, and publisher, Vy Higginsen, and her Mama I Want to Sing Foundation as well as the Harlem Arts Alliance and other special guests. Click here to see the entire program and watch the video below.
Posted in 125th Street, Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd., art and culture, business, Community, drinks, entertainment, Events, Free!, Harlem, music, New York, New York City, NYC
Tagged 125th Business Improvement District, 125th street, 360 West 125th Street, Harlem, Harlem Holiday Lights, harlem holiday lights on 125, Suite 11
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