Thanksgiving is a few weeks away! So no time like the present to start your holiday planning. Harlem Shambles is here to assist! They are selling free range turkeys for $6 a pound. The turkeys will come from a local farm and will range from 15 to 20 pounds! Supplies are limited so call or stop by Harlem Shambles to reserve your turkey.
Harlem Shambles
2141 Frederick Douglass Blvd (between 115th & 116th Street)
(646) 476-4650
Posted in Community, food, Frederick Douglass Blvd., Harlem, Harlem Shambles, shopping
Tagged Food, free range, Harlem, Harlem Shambles, Holidays, local butcher, turkey
Marcus Samuelsson’s PR folks were busy today alerting all the traditional and mainstream press about how The Nook at Red Rooster Harlem is now open. We received notice early in the day (October 15), but no time to distribute until now. Apparently, The Nook, located inside Red Rooster at 310 Lenox Avenue, is open seven days a week, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday; and from 10:00 a.m. to 5: 30 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays.
According to the release, “The Nook sells specialty savory items and sweets created by Red Rooster Harlem’s pastry chef, Deborah Racicot.”
Interested to learn more, check out the menu below.
Posted in 125th Street, Harlem, Lenox Avenue, Red Rooster Harlem, restaurants
Tagged Food, Harlem, marcus samuelsson, pastry chef, Red Rooster Harlem, restaurants, The Nook
The folks behind Aromas Boutique Bakery & Cafe have reached out saying they are scheduled to open in East Harlem on October 22nd. Their new home is at 2248 First Avenue between 115th and 116th Streets. This new business is owned by “natives of East Harlem and they are excited to be opening in the area where they grew up.” Some of their featured desserts will a Red Velvet Doughnut, Bourbon Hazelnut Sticky Bun and out of this world Pumpkin Cake. Yum!
Aromas Boutique Bakery & Cafe already has a website up and ready to go. Check it out!
Aromas Boutique Bakery & Cafe
2248 First Avenue (between 115th & 116th Street)
New York, NY 10029
Phone: 212.360.0010
Fax: 212.360.0012
Posted in 116th Street, baking, Cafe, Community, food, Harlem
Tagged 10029, 2248 First Avenue, Aromas Boutique Bakery & Cafe, baked goods, desserts, East 116th street, East Harlem, Food, Harlem, pumpkin cake, restaurants, Spanish Harlem, sticky bun, style
Central Harlem just completed its Harvest Festival. Now its time to plan for East Harlem’s Harvest Festival taking place at 116th Street and Park Avenue. I believe its the first one and organizers are making sure it lasts all weekend.
On October 26, a celebration of culture and cuisine is planned. How to make you’re own brewski is on the agenda at the Urban Garden Center and Sugar Hill Beer is involved. That will be good and those 21 years and older can participate. A Hookah Lounge will be set up thanks to Kiosk Restaurant, a delightful Moroccan restaurant in East Harlem. And for children, the East Harlem Harvest Festival will be planning a Recycling Game, pumpkin carving and a class on how to make healthy food provided by Culinaria Festival!
So no need to worry about making plans for the weekend of October 26-27. Head on over to the eastside of Harlem for their Harvest Festival. See you there.
Posted in 116th Street, art and culture, Community, drinks, entertainment, food, Harlem, kids, music, restaurants, shopping
Tagged 10029, East 116th street, East Harlem, East Harlem Harvest Festival, Food, Harlem, history, Kiosk Restaurant, nature, outdoors, restaurants, Spanish Harlem, travel, Urban Garden Center, vacation
Looking for a new place to hang in Harlem? Try Harlem’s Astor Row Cafe on 130th and Lenox Avenue. It’s a charming, Latino-owned, corner cafe that offers fair trade coffee, soft drinks, lemonade, fresh-baked pastries, omelets, salads and sandwiches. And on Yelp, they get 4 out of 5 stars on 20 reviews submitted.
Astro Row Cafe also has special events, such as Flamenco and Paella Sunday’s that offer all you can eat paella and sangria for $25. And for those of us who are computer nerds and take their gadgets with them, Astor Row Cafe in Harlem offers free WiFi.
To learn more about Astor Row Cafe in Harlem and its owners, read the article by DNAinfo or to visit the place head to 404 Lenox Avenue at 130th.
Posted in business, Cafe, Community, drinks, food, Harlem, Lenox Avenue, music, restaurants, spending
Tagged 10027, 404 Lenox Avenue, Astor Row Cafe, baked pastries, cafes, coffee shop, fair trade coffee, Food, Harlem, restaurants, travel, vacation
The restaurant scene in Central Harlem continues to grow with new places planned for this year and 2013. Recently mentioned was VinaterÃa, which is 
opening up (hopefully this year) on Frederick Douglass Blvd and 119th. Maison Harlem on 127th Street and St. Nick is getting close to opening up. That place looks practically ready. Chef Stephen Putnam, the former chef at Lido Italian Restaurant and Bar, recently announced he is planning to open up his own restaurant in Harlem in the near future.
Next up is Darryl Burnett, a former chef at Bergdorf Goodman, 5 and Diamond Harlem and a resident of Harlem. Burnett recently announced on Kickstarter that he is starting his own restaurant in Harlem, which will be called Belle. As for location, Chef Burnett says Belle will be located “in the center of Harlem’s restaurant row and within walking distance of other new and hot Harlem restaurants, bars, and lounges.”
According to Burnett, Belle Harlem will be a “casual dining restaurant focusing on Southern classics with a modern vision with touches of French, Italian, Moroccan and Asian.” Belle Harlem already has a Facebook page where friends can see some of Burnett’s delicious creations. I have experienced Chef Burnett’s delectables and it is fantastic!
Interested in helping Chef Darryl Burnett and his Belle restaurant, go here to learn more.
Posted in 110th Street, 116th Street, 125th Street, 5 and Diamond Harlem, Bars, business, drinks, food, Frederick Douglass Blvd., Harlem, Lido Italian Restaurant and Bar, restaurant row, restaurants
Tagged 5 and Diamond Harlem, Belle Harlem, Belle Restaurant, Bergdorf Goodman, Central Harlem, Chef Darryl Burnette, Chef Stephen Putnam, dining and eating out, eating out, Food, Harlem, Harlem's Restaurant Row, kickstarter.com, Lido Italian Restaurant and Bar, Maison Harlem, new restaurants, restaurant row, restaurants, travel, vacation, VinaterÃa
A reader from Battery Park City shared some sweet news with us about Beurre & Sel, which mean butter and salt, and it’s connection to Harlem. Beurre & Sel is a French cookie business owned and operated by a mother and son duo, Doris Greenspan and Joshua Greenspan, along with a business partner. The Greenspan’s recently opened up two Beurre & Sel locations: one on the Lower East Side and the other at La Marqueta in Spanish Harlem, 1590 Park Avenue and 115th Street to be exact! According to a New York Times article, all the baking is done in East Harlem. So when the hipsters are nibbling on a fancy French cookie from Beurre & Sel on the LES, they’re eating something that’s handmade in Harlem! Love it!
Posted in 116th Street, baking, business, Harlem
Tagged 10029, Beurre & Sel, East Harlem, Food, Harlem, La Marqueta, Spanish Harlem, travel
Chef Marcus Samuelsson of Harlem’s Red Rooster and Maritza Wellington Owens, Chief Executive Officer, of Harvest Home Farmer’s Market have come together to create Savor The Season-Uptown. Savor The Season will showcase the ‘best of the best’ chefs who work north of 110th Street. Guests will enjoy tastings from eight different restaurateurs, bakeries, wines curated by The Winery and beers and spirits curated by the up and coming Harlem Public. The event will take place the evening of September 18 at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que banquet hall, located on 125th Street and 12th Avenue.
Participating restaurants will be Red Rooster Harlem, Creole, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, Jin Ramen, Le Monde, Moby Catering, Melba’s, 5 and Diamond, Levain Bakery, and Tonnie’s Minis.
To learn more about the event and order tickets, click here.
Posted in 125th Street, 5 and Diamond Harlem, business, entertainment, Events, food, Frederick Douglass Blvd., Harlem, Lenox Avenue, Melba's Restaurant Harlem, New York, New York City, NYC, restaurant row, restaurants
Tagged 10027, 125th street, 5 and Diamond, chef marcus samuelsson, Creole, dining out, dinosaur bar-b-que, eating out, Food, Harlem, harvest home, Jin Ramen, Le Monde, Levain Bakery, Melba's, Moby Catering, Red Rooster, Red Rooster Harlem, restaurants, Savor The Season-Uptown, Tonnies Minis, travel
Around this time every year, The New York Times publishes a list of all the new restaurants opening up in the Fall and one Harlem establishment made the cut: Harvist. Harvist will be located at 40 West 116th Street in the My Image Studios and “will serve Cassandra Quinlan-Ashford’s rustic fare with Southern and Latin-American influences, including skirt steak with salsa verde, chicken and dumplings, and red velvet cake.” To date it is the only restaurant planned in this commercial space in Harlem, which is also home to the Kalahari Condominium.
Marcus Samuelsson also received a mention about another restaurant he is opening up in the City, but in the Lincoln Center area of Manhattan.
Check out the complete list here.
Another Harlem dining establishment is celebrating its first anniversary! Cedric French Bistro and Bar is hitting their one year mark and they are inviting everyone over to celebrate with a champagne brunch tomorrow, August 18 from noon to 6 pm. Head on over, they are offering free mimosa’s for those that dine there. And congrats to Cedric French Bistro on reaching this milestone!
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