At his eponymous Harlem buffet, North Carolina-born chef Charles Gabriel serves pan-fried chicken in a variety of guises (barbecued, stuffed, curried) and fixin's like collard greens, potato salad and sweet-potato pie.
Sure, we’re a bunch of Yanks up here in New York but we still get a craving for good old Southern-style comfort-food dishes at soul food restaurants every now and again. Our love affair with fried chicken is well-documented—check out the best chicken and waffles in NYC for proof—but we’ve also got a soft spot for gooey macaroni and cheese, crumbly squares of cornbread and tender black-eyed peas. From iconic Harlem restaurants to Bed-Stuy counters, these are NYC’s best soul food restaurants.
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