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Harlem Week / Harlem Jazz & Music Festival
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200A W. 136th St.
Annual month-long festival. Concerts, seminars and festivities attract tourists and VIPs from around the world. Every August. Free.
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Riverbank State Park Ice Rink
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679 Riverside Dr.
Riverbank State Park—a 28-acre public park elevated 69 feet above the banks of the Hudson River—is home to one of uptown’s only skating rinks. This indoor rink—which also hosts roller skating facilities in the summer—offers ice-skating lessons, an ice hockey league and a figure skating club all winter long, as well as regular open skating sessions, skate rental and skate sharpening services.
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Lido
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2168 Frederick Douglass Blvd.
James Beard Award–winning author Serena Bass, Lido's executive chef, creates unique twists on Northern Italian classics at this eatery on Harlem's "Restaurant Row." Just a few blocks from the Apollo and a short subway ride from Midtown, Lido is a relaxed, open space featuring street-facing French doors. The venue's friendly, professional service enhances the culinary experience.
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Harlem Tavern
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2153 Frederick Douglass Blvd.
Harlem Tavern was welcomed with big crowds when it joined Harlem's thriving nightlife scene, and it's easy to see why. The beer garden's extensive drink menu boasts numerous domestic and imported beers, wheat beers, ales, lambics and more. Food selections range from typical bar fare, like burgers and wings, to higher-end cuisine, including cedar-planked salmon and handmade ratatouille ravioli.
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Harlem Hops
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2268 Adam Clayton Powell
This Harlem bar comes courtesy of owners Kevin Bradford, Kim Harris and Stacey Lee, three black entrepreneurs who set out to create a friendly spot for all degrees of beer drinkers in northern Manhattan. Many of the beers on the rotating tap list are sourced from local NYC brewers—you might find entries from LIC Beer Project, Rockaway, Singlecut and Threes Brewing. There’s Harlem spirit throughout the place, with the neighborhood’s name in lights above the bar and a graffitied Harlem Hops logo in the charming backyard space.