New York Magazine

From owner Karl Franz Williams (Society Café) comes a speakeasy-type Harlem bar.

This comfortable vintage bar is home plate for neighborhood old-timers.

The DEN is an uptown bar with a downtown spirit and a Harlem heart.

El Morocco opens in Hamilton Heights on June 4 with a VIP party.

The first bowling alley to open in Harlem since the eighties, paired with a convivial lounge.

Homey Harlem bar specializing in southern eats, rum punch, and relaxation.

A Harlem institution continues the jazz tradition.

Taking the concept of a bare-bones dive-bar to regions no bare or bone has ever dared venture.

A Harlem institution is resurrected and brings bebop back to the neighborhood in the process.

If plush pillows and candlelight don’t put you in the mood, the creative Harlem-themed drinks just might.

Harlem’s first wine bar is a smart and modern.

Tried but true, this sturdy workhorse of a dive-bar has been a favorite with generations of Harlem residents.

This corner jazz club may sport a quiet exterior, but looks can be misleading.

Stop by this West Harlem bar early enough and you’ll be sharing the spacious bar counter with just a few easygoing neighbors, and maybe a mixed drink special courtesy of Tom the bartender.

An unexpected, unpretentious den of activity off the 3 train.

Located just a block up from the mad bustle of Harlem’s 125th Street, Seville Lounge is a rough-hewn throwback.

A topflight music bar since 1942.

A dilapidated uptown jazz bar that blows the Blue Note out of the water.