New York Sundays start uptown: Sylvia's has been Harlem's soul-food landmark since 1962, the gospel brunch is a rite of passage, Melba's keeps the neighborhood's modern table on 114th, and downtown, Clinton St. Baking Co. flips the city's most famous pancakes.
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Harlem's soul-food landmark since 1962, fried chicken, cornbread and the legendary Sunday gospel brunch.
Pip’s Tip Harlem since 1962. Sunday gospel brunch is the reason to come, and it is the one to reserve rather than walk into.
Melba Wilson's Harlem table, chicken and eggnog waffles that beat Bobby Flay, served with neighborhood love.
Pip’s Tip Melba Wilson's Harlem table, brunch and dinner. The chicken and eggnog waffles beat Bobby Flay on television, so order accordingly.
Marcus Samuelsson's iconic Harlem hotspot serves fried chicken, shrimp and grits, and cornbread amid a lively, music-filled weekend brunch.
Pip’s Tip Saturday 11 to 3, Sunday from 10. Samuelsson's Harlem room runs loud and musical at brunch, so bring people who want a scene.
Beloved Harlem soul-food institution famous for chicken and waffles, smothered pork chops, and homestyle Southern breakfast plates named after Black icons.
Chef Carlos Swepson's soul kitchen plates fluffy buttermilk biscuits, shrimp and grits, and chicken and waffles in an intimate Harlem room.
Stylish Harlem staple pairing Southern soul brunch, bottomless cocktails, and a festive lounge vibe with salmon croquettes and chicken and waffles.
The Lower East Side's famous blueberry pancakes, the line is long because the pancakes are that good.
See-and-be-seen SoHo brunch famed for its towering tiered platters of house-cured lox, bagels, and warm sticky buns delivered tableside.
Jody Williams's tiny, romantic French gastrotheque charms with steamed eggs, croque monsieur, waffles, and espresso in an old-world cafe setting.
Buzzy Mediterranean all-day cafe known for green shakshuka, rosewater waffles, and grilled haloumi that draws perpetual downtown brunch crowds.
Long-running East Village Moroccan classic where the weekend line forms for tagines, halloumi eggs, and North African-spiced brunch plates.
Keith McNally's timeless SoHo brasserie delivers Parisian glamour with eggs Benedict, steak frites, and a legendary bread basket at weekend brunch.
Trendy Williamsburg destination whose pancakes with hazelnut maple praline butter are the stuff of Instagram legend, plus a leafy rooftop.
Perennially packed Greenpoint corner cafe beloved for ricotta pancakes, its truffled burger, and easygoing all-day Aussie-inflected brunch.
Cash-only French neighborhood bistro whose towering, fluffy buttermilk pancakes are widely called some of the best brunch in Brooklyn.
Since 1962: the Queen of Soul Food's Harlem dining room, where the gospel brunch is a New York rite of passage.
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