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Best Soul Food in New York

With so many New Yorkers having roots in the South, it's become harder and harder for restaurateurs to pull off bad soul food and get away with it. And while the city may be north of the Mason-Dixon, these restaurants prove that authentic soul food is never more than a subway away.

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Amy Ruth's
(212) 280-8779
113 W 116th St,
New York, NY, 10026
Southern-style cooking in Harlem.
Billie's Black
(212) 280-2248
271 W. 119th St.,
New York, NY, 10026
Billies gourmet soul food cooking style is a fusion of good old home cooking with an elegant twist.
Charles Southern Style Kitchen
(212) 926-4313
2841 Frederick Douglass Blvd,
New York, NY, 10039
Charles Gabriel's main stomping grounds.
Miss Maude
(212) 690-3100
547 Malcolm X Blvd,
New York, NY, 10037
thumbSylvia's
(212) 446-0118
328 Malcolm X Blvd,
New York, NY, 10027
This temple of soul food has drawn locals and tourists alike for decades, and Sylvia herself still presides over this gem of Central Harlem. Owned by the Woods family which consists of Herbert and Sylvia Woods, their four childre more...
thumbVirgil's Barbecue
(212) 921-9494
152 W 44th St,
New York, NY, 10036
One of the top rated and most popular barbecue joints in Manhattan, barbecue is a way of life at this Midtown location. Their dedication to offering "real barbecue" led the proprietors to search the South for the secrets more...