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Super Techno Mens Diamond Five Time Zone Watch GM5-50Y

Nice night on the town, or simply getting a meal at Silvia’s. This Grand Master Super Techno Watch would be the perfect Father’s Day gift.

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Harlem’s Carver Bank Saved By Wall Street Fat Check

Harlem’s Carver Federal Savings Bank, the 63-year-old bank, with its headquarters on West 125th Street near Malcolm X Boulevard…

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Harlem Social Diary: Samuelson, Silvia’s, Clinton…

Everyone loves Harlem,  Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, starring Sandra Bullock, is filming around 98th Street between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway … Rookies, a pilot starring LeeLee Sobieski, is filming around Riverside Drive and 93rd Street … the media fuels community wars by calling businesses in Harlem asking why the President Obama is planning a fundraiser at Marcus Samuelson’s Red Rooster, but not at Silvia’sContinue reading

Harlem Politics Past and Present

Former New York City Mayor David Dinkins, left, and NAACP official Hazel Dukes, right, sit next to Rev. Al Sharpton, center, as he address the media after meeting with the local political base to discuss the future political life of New York State Governor David Patterson Thursday, March 4, 2010 at Silvia’s in Harlem. State and local politicians, and community leaders who attended the meeting stand behind Sharpton.

Adapted from a AP photo by Stephen Chernin.

Sylvia’s to begin home delivery in February

Food

Hungry Harlemites craving chicken and ribs will soon be able to let their fingers do the walking.

Famed Lenox Ave. soul food joint Sylvia’s will start home delivery next month, Crain’s New York reported.

Sylvia’s decided to get into the delivery game after customers clamored for it, Trenness Woods-Black, granddaughter of founder Sylvia Woods, told Crain’s New York Business.

“We’ve never gotten the amount of calls for delivery that we did last year,” she said. Continue reading

Ford’s meet and greet at Sylvia’s

Politics

Harold Ford chowed down on soul food at Harlem’s famed Sylvia’s Friday while a new poll gave Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand reason for heartburn.

The Marist Poll matchup showed Gillibrand with a 43% to 24% lead over Ford, a former Tennessee congressman who is still largely unknown to a majority of voters. But Gillibrand’s approval rating among Democrats was just 31%. Continue reading

Ask Dr. Phil at Silvia’s In Harlem

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Come meet Dr. Phil in person!

Dr. Phil is coming HERE!

Sylvia’s Restaurant, the Queen of Soulfood™

Sept. 9th at 5pm & he wants to meet YOU!

If you’ve ever been inspired by Dr. Phil, if you have a question or comment, or you just want to meet him, stop on by!

If you want to contact a producer about your question feel free to contact: maggie.lyons@cbsparamount.com or twoods@sylviasrestaurant.com, for additional information.

Caroline And Sharpton At Silva’s

The Rev. Al Sharpton took Caroline Kennedy to lunch Thursday at a famed Harlem soul food restaurant as she continued her quest to join her uncle in the U.S. Senate.

Wearing a black down coat, Kennedy smiled as she and the civil rights activist made their way through a throng of media and into Sylvia’s, whose walls are lined with photographs of visiting politicians including the Clintons. The two of them planned to answer questions later.

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In Harlem, Mothers Fight Back

Jackie Rowe-Adams of Harlem Mothers SAVE.

On the scale of shootings in the US, it was minor stuff. Nobody died. Six teenagers at a holiday weekend barbecue were wounded, however, on a night when 10 people were shot on the streets of Harlem. Continue reading