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Dining With Miss Lil: Harlem’s Newest Pastry Shop

By Lil Nickleson Jolie Patisserie is the newest patisserie shop to open up in Harlem and is located at 2453 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard in between 142^nd and 143^rd Streets. Jolie Patisserie is the latest food business to be owned and operated Pastry Chef Moha Orchid.

Dining With Miss Lil: Cafe du Soleil is Cool Daddy

By Lil Nickelson Café du Soleil is a cool French bistro restaurant located at 2723 Broadway (in between 104 and 105^th Streets) on the upper West side of Manhattan that has a warm, relaxing and inviting atmosphere about it. Continue reading

Dining With Miss Lil At Vinateria is Buono and Chic

By Lil Nickelson Vinateria is the latest restaurant that I chose to review after meeting its owner, Yvette Leeper-Bueno, her mother, Mrs. Leeper and Executive Chef Gustavo Lopez at the Harlem Eat Up Festival’s great chefs in Harlem photo shoot on April 1st. Continue reading

Dining With Miss Lil: Blujeen Restaurant Opened & It’s a Smash Hit

By Lil Nickelson Back in March 2015 Executive Chef Lance Knowling was getting antsy waiting to open up Blujeen Restaurant so he invited a select number of people to his pre-opening launch party that was held for two (2) hours on Friday, March 27^th, 2015. Continue reading

Dining With Miss Lil: LoLo’s Seafood Shack is Crazy Great

By Lil Nickelson My tasting to review LoLo’s Seafood Shack took place on the evening of the first day in spring; it snowed all day and a cold was coming down on me. I didn’t want to get out of my bed, let alone go outside. Continue reading

Join The Uptown Jam Session At Harlem Besame Latin Soul Lounge

Join Injoy Enterprises as they present The Uptown Jam Session at Harlem Besame Latino Soul Lounge at 2070 Adam Clayton Powell Blvd at 124th Street.Continue reading

Drinking With Miss Lil : Gin Fizz Lounge

By Lil Nickelson When I was a kid growing up in the Sugar Hill section of Harlem, Saturday evening was date night for my parents and they would go out to eat at Sherman’s BBQ on the corner of our block on Amsterdam Avenue and 151^st Street or down to Broadway and 145^th Street to Ling Fong’s Chinese Restaurant for dinner. Continue reading

Dining With Miss Lil: Edible Manhattan Magazine’s Good Cider Event

By Lil Nickelson On Wednesday, March 18^th, 2015 Edible Manhattan hosted the Good Cider Event from 6pm to 9pm at Tribeca Three Sixty on the 11^th floor of 10 Debrosses Street. Continue reading

Dining With Miss Lil: Minton’s Playhouse is a Must

By Lil Nickelson The last time I was in Minton’s Playhouse was in May 2102. With the permission of the owner of the space New York businessman Richard Parsons, Jazzmobile, Inc. hosted jazz music here as part of their contribution to the Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival 2012. Continue reading

Dining With Miss Lil: Just Food is Transforming NYers and Our Food Pt. #2

By Lil Nickelson The article below is part #2 of the article, to read part #1 please click here. Last week I outlined how Just Food, a non-profit organization, is building a just and sustainable food system for NYC via CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture), farmers’ markets, community chefs and supplying fresh, locally grown food to food pantries. Continue reading