Win Prizes By Eating At These 24 Harlem Black-Owned Restaurants

HARLEM, NY — This weekend, you can win prizes and cast your vote in a culinary competition and by eating at one of 100-plus Black-owned local restaurants — including 24 eateries in Harlem.

The 24 Harlem spots are among the 130 Black-owned food businesses participating in this year's second-annual tristate area Black Restaurant Week, which includes a series of specials, events, games and contests, aimed at uplifting Black cuisine and culture.

This week-long initiative, which runs through July 4, is especially significant after a year when Black-owned businesses closed at more than twice the rate of white-owned businesses, according to PIX11.

"For the restaurants, this is just another way to showcase the excellence we see in our community that often gets overlooked," Falayn Ferrell, a founder of the Black Restaurant Week organization, told the New York Times.

The organization, which was founded in 2016, runs events like the tristate area's restaurant week throughout the year in over a dozen areas across the country.

Here are the participating restaurants in Harlem:

• Harlem Hops (2268 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd.)
• Sylvia's Restaurant (328 Malcolm X Blvd.)
• Harlem Shake (100 West 124th St.)
• Chocolat Restaurant & Bar(2233 Frederick Douglass Blvd.)
• Sexy Taco (2340 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd.)
• Ruby's Vintage (2340 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd.)
• Reverence (2592 Frederick Douglass Blvd.)
• Alibi Lounge (2376 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd.)
• Harlem Seafood Soul (463 West 125th St.)
• LA Sweets NY (192 Malcolm X Blvd.)
• Vinateria (2211 Frederick Douglass Blvd.)
• Sugar Hill Creamery (184 Malcolm X Blvd.)
• Safari (219 West 116th St.)
• LoLo's Seafood Shack (303 West 116th St.)
• Blvd Bistro (2149 Frederick Douglass Blvd.)
• Fieldtrip (109 Malcolm X Blvd.)
• Melba's (300 West 114th St.)
• Lalibela (2084 Frederick Douglass Blvd.)
• 67 Orange Street (2082 Frederick Douglass Blvd.)
• Harlem Biscuit Company (2082 Frederick Douglass Blvd.)
• Daniel and Company (2315 Second Ave.)
• Miss Mamie's Spoonbread (366 West 110th St.)
• Tsion Cafe (763 St. Nicholas Ave.)
• The Honeywell (3504 Broadway)

After ordering takeout or visiting the restaurant, you can cross a box off of a Black Restaurant Week bingo and get one step closer to a prize. Also, anyone can vote on the area's best Black-owned restaurants for the chance to win $500 and nominate participating businesses for a Black Plate Award.

Patch reporter Kayla Levy contributed.