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Celebrating 30 Years of NYC Restaurant Week

THIRTY YEARS! This year NYC Restaurant Week is celebrating its 30th anniversary, with more than 30 days of more eateries than ever participating Uptown. EAST HARLEM:🍽 Au Jus Oklahoma BBQ🍽 Chu Ros Thai🍽 Jaguar🍽 Gaudir🍽 Lexington Pizza Parlour🍽 Maxwell’s Central Park🍽 Nocciola CENTRAL HARLEM:🍽 Archer & Goat🍽 Babbalucci🍽 Bixi🍽 Fieldtrip Harlem🍽 Harlem Shake🍽 Lido🍽 Lolo’s Seafood […]

Cinco de Mayo

It’s Cinco de Mayo — one of the biggest days of the year along East 116th Street and across East Harlem, which since the 1990s has become home to one of the largest clusters of Mexican small businesses citywide. Take a stroll for dinner, since most restaurants are gearing up with specials on everything from cemitas to huaraches, aguas frescas to mangonadas. Your walking guide: […]

Harlem Restaurant Week Spring 2022

Harlem Restaurant Week is back for Spring 2022 — and this season we’re spotlighting both restaurants AND experiences to explore. Check out all your options at the HRW site. A sampling: RESTAURANTS:📍 Au Jus Oklahoma BBQ📍 Bar Goyana 📍 Chu Ros Thai 📍 East Harlem Bottling Co. 📍 Gaudir 📍 Harlem Baking Co.📍 Harlem Seafood Soul 📍 Jordan Pie Cafe 📍 Lexington […]

NYC Restaurant Week Winter 2022

NYC Restaurant Week returns this winter, with some 400 top-tier restaurants and neighborhood faves to explore. Across Harlem and the South Bronx, there’s more than 20 eateries participating. And you’ve got nearly a month to explore them all! Click here to explore the menu offerings. Lunch and dinner are priced at $29 and $39, respectively. […]

East Harlem Tasting Tour

Calling all foodies! Explore East Harlem’s growing Restaurant Row with a walking tour that features light bites at more than a dozen restaurants participating in Harlem Restaurant Week. You’ll stroll from shop to shop for samples, as well as see behind-the-scenes demos of house recipes ranging from guacamole to wine, barbecue, chocolate and pizza. Plus […]

Hispanic Heritage Month: ¡Celebrate!

It’s Hispanic Heritage Month, so we’re celebrating the Latinx-owned businesses here in the neighborhood. Before World War II, East Harlem was known as “Italian Harlem” and housed some 100,000 Italian immigrants, three times that of downtown’s Little Italy at the time. In the 1960s and 1970s, Latinos, mainly Puerto Ricans, moved in, and people started […]

NYC Restaurant Week Summer 2021

This summer’s NYC Restaurant Week marks its longest run ever (five weeks!), with more than 500 restaurants in 75 neighborhoods to choose from. For the second time ever, a significant number of Harlem restaurants are participating. Check out these 30+ eateries to explore. Restaurants marked with an * are participating into the fifth and final […]

Open Street at 101st Street

And we’re baaaaack! Our second season of Open Streets kicks off this weekend. 101st & Lex is home to one of the largest and most diverse restaurant clusters in East Harlem. Grab food from any of our participating businesses, then let the kids play while you dine in the sunshine: Au Jus Oklahoma BBQBar GoyanaChu […]

Cinco de Mayo

Where are you headed for Cinco de Mayo? The Mexican population in East Harlem has been growing since the 1990s, with the majority of families coming from the Mixteca region of Mexico, which is comprised of the states of Puebla, Guerrero and Oaxaca. El Barrio now has more than 30 Mexican eateries to serve you, whether you’re […]

Denim Day

Wear jeans with a purpose! Surveys around the world have shown gender-based violence has spiked during the pandemic, and our local beauty businesses are joining together to stand up and speak out. Denim Day is part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and was born in response to a court ruling two decades ago in which […]

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