13 Incredible Harlem Food Vendors You Can Try at Thrillist Block Party
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Across every generation, Harlem’s entrepreneurs and innovators have shaped global creative culture in ways that transcend its city blocks. Recipes from the neighborhood’s families and trends born from the chairs of black-owned beauty shops have become bonafide industries – all pointing to the power of Harlem and the magic that paves its streets.
Together with DoorDash, we’re helping the next generation of Harlem born-business owners to create a legacy all their own. One part accelerator program for black-owned food entrepreneurs, one part IRL marketplace at Harlem Block Party – we’re strengthening the connective tissue between culture and commerce, all in support of Harlem Park to Park’s Harlem Local Vendor Program.
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67 ORANGE STREET
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Karl Franz Williams founded Harlem’s 67 Orange Street in 2008 as a tribute to the Black-owned, nineteenth century dance hall in Lower Manhattan, Almack's. That dance hall’s last known address was 67 Orange Street. Today, Williams and his pioneering cocktail lounge are keeping the legacy alive, creating spaces for people of color in the industry of mixology and nightlife.
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Local legend Vy Higginsen grew up in a Harlem rooming house for folks coming from the South, India, and the Caribbean – a home her family has inhabited for the last 100 years. Her bestselling hot sauce is a fusion of those three cultures, launched in 2015 to capture her childhood memories of Harlem.
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MAMA’S ONE SAUCE
Dawn Demry left the public sector in 2017 to run a mobile hot dog cart as a promise to her father, Gary – a retired New York City Fire Officer who had won numerous cook-off competitions. She promised him she would one day share their culinary talents with the world. Within a year, her Organic Kraut Salad was being sold across 200+ stores in New York State.
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THE LITTLE HOT DOG WAGON
Safari Restaurants is the first and only restaurant in New York City serving Somali cuisine, founded by Mona Birjeeb and Shakib Farah in 2015. The couple left behind their corporate careers to bring the food of their homeland to Harlem. Six years later, they’ve fostered a sense of community over dishes like roasted goat and mango curry, as well as numerous food drives supporting senior citizens and health care workers during the pandemic.
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SAFARI RESTAURANT
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Karl Franz Williams founded Harlem’s 67 Orange Street in 2008 as a tribute to the Black-owned, nineteenth century dance hall in Lower Manhattan, Almack's. That dance hall’s last known address was 67 Orange Street. Today, Williams and his pioneering cocktail lounge are keeping the legacy alive, creating spaces for people of color in the industry of mixology and nightlife.
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67 ORANGE STREET
Local legend Vy Higginsen grew up in a Harlem rooming house for folks coming from the South, India, and the Caribbean – a home her family has inhabited for the last 100 years. Her bestselling hot sauce is a fusion of those three cultures, launched in 2015 to capture her childhood memories of Harlem.
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SHOP
MAMA'S ONE SAUCE
Local legend Vy Higginsen grew up in a Harlem rooming house for folks coming from the South, India, and the Caribbean – a home her family has inhabited for the last 100 years. Her bestselling hot sauce is a fusion of those three cultures, launched in 2015 to capture her childhood memories of Harlem.
SUPPORT
SHOP
MAMA'S ONE SAUCE
