Charles Gabriel has been cooking this chicken in Harlem since the 1990s, and it is pan-fried in a cast-iron skillet rather than dropped in a fryer. The 72nd Street store opened in 2022. You order at the counter, there are no reservations, and it runs to 10pm on a weeknight.

9:15 PM · An Hour with Yamaneika Saunders Presented by the New York Comedy Festival

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The Dead Poet

0.4 mi · 7 min walk - Upper West Side

A bar about twelve feet wide on Amsterdam Avenue, with a long mahogany counter, bookshelves above the bottles and drinks named after writers. It opens in the early afternoon and runs to four in the morning seven days a week. A few booths at the back are the whole of the seating.