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Judi’s nearly feels like an extension of some ideal southern grandma’s back porch, airlifted into Harlem. It’s not so much the décor—white leather couches, bright, clean walls, antique bar stools—as it is the eased pace; here, the jukebox favorite “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay” is practically the theme song, and the management is in no rush to remove birthday balloons and dated wall decorations from past celebrations, giving the place a somewhat permanent post-bash buzz. — Abbe Benson