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Harlem Restaurants Offer Free Ride to Upper West Siders, Other Manhattan Diners

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Drive to dinner in style, courtesy of a group of Harlem restaurants that’s trying to lure diners uptown.
As reported by NBC-4, three Harlem dining destinations—Pancho Gringo, Covo Trattoria and the Hudson River Cafe—will send a car service to your apartment if you and your date (or spouse, or partner or just a friend!) [...]

NY Announces New Culinary Incubator in Harlem

According to a report in Crain’s, the city is setting up a culinary incubator in Harlem to nurture food entrepreneurs who want to set up  bakeries, catering companies and other food producing enterprises. For more information, click here.

Upper West Side Restaurant Community Food & Juice to Reopen Mid/Late July

Update:  Community Food and Juice reopened Oct. 21.
Favorite neighborhood brunch spot Community Food and Juice, which was shuttered because of a fire April 24, is set to reopen in mid-to-late July, a company spokesperson said.
The blaze broke out in the kitchen, according to Dede Lahman, of Clinton St. Baking Co. & Restaurant, which owns Community [...]

Is Dinosaur BBQ America’s Best?

Mark from Syracuse has offered up a spirited defense of Dinosaur BBQ. By the way, for those who missed it, I revised my initial thumbs down on the place. The ‘cue I had there during a second visit was excellent.
Mark says Dinosaur’s Syracuse joint was voted the best BBQ in America.  What do you [...]

Dinosaur BBQ: A Second Bite

Awhile back, I wrote that Dinosaur BBQ, the Harlem outpost of the ribs chain, was a keen disappointment. Yesterday, I went back.
Maybe it was that I was coming off the first bike ride of the season.  Or maybe it was that there was a different chef in the kitchen cooking up the ribs, pulled pork, [...]