How Sylvia's Dishes Out Harlem's Most Legendary Soul Food | Legendary Eats

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  • @InsiderFood
    @InsiderFood  5 років тому +265

    What other legendary places should we visit next? Let us know in the comments below!

    • @overworkedcna412
      @overworkedcna412 5 років тому +6

      FOOD INSIDER Primanti’s in Pittsburgh!

    • @bestplayer9789
      @bestplayer9789 5 років тому +2

      Go to Alabama

    • @trippsmclovin
      @trippsmclovin 5 років тому +1

      Someplace that cuts the silverskin off their ribs maybe.... lol, then it will be "fall off the bone" tender lol. Noobs.

    • @jacqulynthompson3575
      @jacqulynthompson3575 5 років тому +1

      Intown cafe in Covington Ga

    • @sparkynutters690
      @sparkynutters690 5 років тому +1

      BK in Tucson Arizona

  • @cool35ful
    @cool35ful 5 років тому +154

    That’s why Sylvia’s food was so good... She was from South Carolina! She brought that southern hand up north with her.

  • @nynay9197
    @nynay9197 5 років тому +2090

    I grew up eating Sylvia’s on the regular but it’s nothing like it used to be when she was alive. Her niece has a spot called Amy Ruth’s which is really good like Sylvia’s used to be. They all was in business together but it seems like Amy took the recipes or secret ingredients with her! Lol 😂

    • @apeshit111906
      @apeshit111906 5 років тому +59

      who makes this sh*t up :-? A jewish man owns Amy Ruth's and has since he bought the entire building and restaurant from Carl Redding years ago. I swear people make anything up.

    • @nynay9197
      @nynay9197 5 років тому +156

      illerThanMost Relax & calm your nerves! Thanks for the update. Her niece left them & joined Amy Ruth’s! Her interview portrayed as if she owned it. I was there many yrs ago. So the Jews bought it like they buying everything else they could. Glad he was able to sell it & not lose it. Their family legacy brand still lives on!

    • @steph.li3
      @steph.li3 5 років тому +9

      NY Nay what an ass she is

    • @karajones4638
      @karajones4638 5 років тому +7

      Amys collards have no flavor

    • @denisemitchell8477
      @denisemitchell8477 5 років тому +3

      NY Nay no Any Ruth's is owned by a man nothing to do with her at all

  • @AuntieSDC
    @AuntieSDC 5 років тому +38

    Sylvia was such a sweetheart. I went there before and after she passed; it is not the same, she used to walk around and talk to customers like you were family visiting her, especially when they had the Jazz Brunch on Sundays, it was packed. I went back in 2014 and the food seemed a lot of "from the can" or "frozen" collard greens; this is what happens when soul food becomes just another stop on the tourist buses that stop there for out of state and foreigners who will not know what Sylvia was like back when she used to put her foot in it, lol.

  • @crumble1232
    @crumble1232 5 років тому +2259

    “I love the fried chicken”
    Eating the ribs 😂😂

    • @bigben987
      @bigben987 5 років тому +8

      Crumble 123 IRONIC right

    • @dylanhazard7360
      @dylanhazard7360 5 років тому +28

      He could like both tho df

    • @crumble1232
      @crumble1232 5 років тому +2

      Dylan Hazard ok

    • @reafaasa8065
      @reafaasa8065 5 років тому +2

      I went in 2014 i live in texas i got catish fingers macaroni and cheese and vegetables the mac and cheese was good

    • @peep6017
      @peep6017 5 років тому

      Crumble 123 when

  • @sterlingrozier6380
    @sterlingrozier6380 Рік тому +4

    Yes I ate at Sylvia's back in December 2002, with my honey from Lake Jackson Texas. We had the smother stake, and smother chicken with greens and Mac and cheese rice and grave, and corn bread.
    Highlight of are Xmas that year. Thank you blessing us with soul food.

  • @omarvazquez7241
    @omarvazquez7241 5 років тому +2974

    "Fall of the bone tender".......hand shakes as she struggles to take meat off with a fork

    • @Ayoalfie
      @Ayoalfie 5 років тому +215

      Lol I nearly choked on my water reading this

    • @AO-iv6yr
      @AO-iv6yr 5 років тому +102

      Exactly what I thought 😄😄😂😂😂

    • @chaunceycali7962
      @chaunceycali7962 5 років тому +62

      Hahahhaha someone had to say it!

    • @architecture.w
      @architecture.w 5 років тому +21

      Flint's BBQ was much more tender.

    • @MiDeng17
      @MiDeng17 5 років тому +51

      TEXAS BBQ WOULD NEVERRRR!!

  • @selinarobinson6767
    @selinarobinson6767 3 роки тому +39

    I'm team Sylvia's all day, everyday, always slamming customer service, dope food, on the money music and entertainment, fantastic experience. My birthday breakfast, every year, past 12years.

  • @dottie2965
    @dottie2965 4 роки тому +12

    I’ve eaten here twice. It changed my life!! I’m from the south (Memphis)and we swear can’t nobody throw down like us. Well it’s true BUT Sylvias was just amazing!! I’m a big fan.

  • @FunkyChild718
    @FunkyChild718 Місяць тому +1

    This place is a notch above other soul food restaurants that I've been to, including in the South. Everything is just absolutely glistening and melt in your mouth, but most importantly the food still feels nice and light and not to heavy and rich. It's so good, been coming here for over 20 years.

  • @andregilbert8060
    @andregilbert8060 3 роки тому +7

    Been there several times. Food is delicious. Harlem is a unique place so many different cultures and beautiful architecture all around. Much love from Cali

  • @shonjohn9023
    @shonjohn9023 5 років тому +918

    Sylvia's is not the same since it was sold this is just selling the hype, it's over, being from Harlem we know it's not the same, it's been like this for a while.

    • @mrnyc.
      @mrnyc. 5 років тому +50

      Shon John ... exactly shit been nasty for years now

    • @uniqwiab8679
      @uniqwiab8679 5 років тому +12

      MR NYC lol damn.

    • @steph.li3
      @steph.li3 5 років тому +2

      Shon John how come?

    • @shonjohn9023
      @shonjohn9023 5 років тому +22

      @@steph.li3 The food taste completely different and the service is not the same.

    • @bichitomax
      @bichitomax 5 років тому +11

      @@mrnyc. You made me so sad.

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 5 років тому +410

    I'm lucky to call NY my neck of the woods. Home of good food and diverse culture

    • @Sonny1065LV
      @Sonny1065LV 5 років тому +6

      One incredible city.

    • @AverytheCubanAmerican
      @AverytheCubanAmerican 5 років тому +16

      ZULU MATUBU Uh no, I bet you don’t even live in NY. Your opinion doesn’t count since you’re not an actual New Yorker. Nice try though

    • @GoHardOrGoHome85
      @GoHardOrGoHome85 5 років тому +8

      @ZULU MATUBU Lol i seen a video of them having rats the size of cats

    • @usofa-zm5vx
      @usofa-zm5vx 5 років тому +8

      @@AverytheCubanAmerican home of the rats

    • @AverytheCubanAmerican
      @AverytheCubanAmerican 5 років тому +16

      @@usofa-zm5vx Every city has rats, you "Harvard" graduate. I bet you graduated from a sketchy online college instead. Not just NY

  • @eduardovaldes4074
    @eduardovaldes4074 4 роки тому +63

    Between Sylvia's and Mo's burgers they fed a whole population, not just generations. I went to Sylvia's in my first family trip to NY, I went to Mo's in my first solo international trip. Throw in Joe's Pizza, Papaya King and the cheap Chinatown restaurants to the equation and trust me, they made my trip the best

  • @mon6745
    @mon6745 5 років тому +19

    This video is making my mouth water from 15 years ago... the first time I had it! They run such an amazing establishment... can't beleive she didn't get the candied yams 🤦🏾‍♀️😆

  • @PrayerFaith26
    @PrayerFaith26 4 роки тому +15

    I checked out her cookbook in high school and her recipes are amazing

  • @mrstinkz
    @mrstinkz 5 років тому +779

    As a native New Yorker this is one of those tourist spots YOU AVOID!

    • @sykikz7104
      @sykikz7104 5 років тому +11

      Why?

    • @Kadz25
      @Kadz25 5 років тому +40

      Lol they devote a whole video to it and u say it’s shit ( basically) why though?

    • @johnnycinco9870
      @johnnycinco9870 5 років тому +80

      Facts its not good tbh, use to be though

    • @WhitechocolateHOTHOT
      @WhitechocolateHOTHOT 5 років тому +160

      Yeah I could tell something was up when the grandson was wearing a casio with a gold bracelet and seasoning the ribs. Plus that old guy in the back is probably the real chef.

    • @mrstinkz
      @mrstinkz 5 років тому +147

      TUS_ MILO because before it became attraction it used to be a local gem. With the added demand from the publicity the food is just rushed out. There’s no love in the food anymore, it’s just a generic recipe. There’s used to be an old man cheffing it up in the back and they put young cats in the front who have revamped their old recipes to cater to new needs.

  • @jobivuvuvfvi605
    @jobivuvuvfvi605 4 роки тому +52

    I just love that her family is continuing her legacy. It honestly made me cry to see how passionate they are. I love this.

  • @sundae6969
    @sundae6969 5 років тому +1704

    Im from NY and Sylvia's food is not what it used to be. This place is overrated and only tourists think this place is good. Amy Ruth's is so much better

    • @RD49x
      @RD49x 5 років тому +131

      sundae6969 facts!!!! Commercialized...not the same

    • @sundae6969
      @sundae6969 5 років тому +69

      @@RD49x Thank you. Im glad someone agrees with me

    • @DarthFurie
      @DarthFurie 5 років тому +63

      Completely agree... it has REALLY gone downhill

    • @davidpinckney8263
      @davidpinckney8263 5 років тому +243

      Shhh let all the tourist eat at Sylvias so I can go to Amy Ruth's without a wait!😎

    • @sundae6969
      @sundae6969 5 років тому +24

      @@davidpinckney8263 Good luck with that. Only the people who have been to that place back in the day know that the food isnt the same

  • @mariojohnson4695
    @mariojohnson4695 5 років тому +8

    Ate at Sylvia’s some years back, the candied yams were fantastic. I also love the Collard greens.

  • @RayMak
    @RayMak 5 років тому +342

    Hungry and emo after watching this

  • @beaniewilson140
    @beaniewilson140 3 роки тому +2

    Just started using Sylvia's seasonings about 6 months to a year ago. Now I'm getting a bit of history on it RIH OG. "MOTHER OF HARLEM". This was a great Docu

  • @centuryeggcongee
    @centuryeggcongee 5 років тому +6

    The smothered chicken was amazing here! I will never forget it!

    • @crownme44
      @crownme44 5 років тому +1

      Babydoll..you should model!

  • @derrickjohnson2531
    @derrickjohnson2531 5 років тому +24

    Glad to see that her family is carrying on with what she started. Keep up the good work Woods family.

  • @stevelogan5475
    @stevelogan5475 2 роки тому +4

    Miss Sylvia is a woman that everyone would want as a Ma or Grandma, posting from a 60 yr old Irishman who's family is from rural Kentucky, btw, I have a great Christian Ma also that is a great cook

  • @wullagray
    @wullagray 2 роки тому

    To Bedelia, Van, Tiffany, Kenny Thomas......Thank you so much for what you all have done for me and my career.... We had a great run with the Atlanta location in the late 90's..I put myself through CAU...It's been years but I truly love y'all and Thank you.

  • @quartermanraw
    @quartermanraw 5 років тому +448

    If the ribs ain’t SMOKED THEY AINT COOKED RIGHT!

    • @richlopez5896
      @richlopez5896 5 років тому +3

      Boiled and NOT real bbq like down south.No smoke ring in sight or bark

    • @MiDeng17
      @MiDeng17 5 років тому +6

      PERIODTTTT

    • @jesusbonnie
      @jesusbonnie 5 років тому +9

      Fr...if it ain't smoke low and slow it ain't real Q.

    • @timothywilson1948
      @timothywilson1948 4 роки тому

      Hey guys check out my UA-cam channel "Chef King Fresh " quick easy meals...

    • @EdTowel-ww7yh
      @EdTowel-ww7yh 4 роки тому +2

      There's different styles of ribs. Smoking is but one.

  • @garfieldharrison510
    @garfieldharrison510 5 років тому +2

    Been there back in the mid 80's .Loved it. Met the women. When I ate there Boxing manager Don King was dining there. Great food and the experience was awesome.

  • @apeshit111906
    @apeshit111906 5 років тому +117

    The chicken at Sylvia's is good AF. It's funny how when neighborhood places become famous (tourists visiting them) the community ...especially black folk ...start talking down on it. It always happens.

    • @elallen4399
      @elallen4399 5 років тому +22

      So why is it when white ppl come to the neighborhood everything becomes expensive for the blacks of the same community that helped that same business get to the success these tourist know today? the food for the price is not worth it......

    • @apeshit111906
      @apeshit111906 5 років тому +24

      @@elallen4399 have you ever purchased anything (especially food) that is the same price it was 10 years ago? Is your rent what it was 10 years ago?

    • @elallen4399
      @elallen4399 5 років тому +22

      @@apeshit111906 yes I have and I know the difference between inflation and extreme gentrification the same plate u get here and pay $25 u can get in the same area for $12-$15

    • @elallen4399
      @elallen4399 5 років тому +7

      The point I was making was toward the comment of black ppl saying negative when a place gets famous

    • @Bloombaby99
      @Bloombaby99 5 років тому +5

      @@elallen4399 Crabs in a barrell

  • @WhitechocolateHOTHOT
    @WhitechocolateHOTHOT 5 років тому +734

    That chicken looked dry.

    • @6663000
      @6663000 5 років тому +67

      Fried chicken breast is almost always dry.

    • @apeshit111906
      @apeshit111906 5 років тому +29

      trust ...it's not. I don't even eat breast ...but had it with waffles there and it was juicy and banging. Facts

    • @jaynoldonful
      @jaynoldonful 5 років тому +33

      YESSS THAT'S WHAT I SAID. I'M NOT BLIND... THEY TORE IT APART IN SLOW MOTION AND WE SAW...... DRY ASS CHICKEN... NO JUICE😢 And, chicken breast are not always dry when cooked correctly. 😉

    • @QueenSlime007
      @QueenSlime007 5 років тому +3

      ikr & it was a breast! it looked over cooked &dry..in my house i call that fried chicken abuse!

    • @GREG_Khar-NÜ-Metalhead2000
      @GREG_Khar-NÜ-Metalhead2000 5 років тому

      That loooksss
      *RAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWW*

  • @1blessedbrotha
    @1blessedbrotha 5 років тому +7

    I,m from N.C., Sylvia was my Southern Soul Sustah from S.C.!!!!!

  • @dexterthompson868
    @dexterthompson868 11 місяців тому

    We ate at Sylvia's Restaurant during a field trip to Harlem, NY with the NE Georgia's Upward Bound program. I was heading into my senior year of high school. It was the summer of 1997. I graduated a year later in June of 1998. To this day, I can STILL recall the flavor or those greens! And it's 2024 now! PHEW! Amazing cuisine! Absolutely amazing!!!

  • @Crystalrain90
    @Crystalrain90 4 роки тому +9

    I ate here it was amazing I had corn bread, greens, catfish and it was SO good. Oh and an iced tea I think. Im English and was visiting my brother who lives in New Jersey. The people in Harlem we passed were so cute, one shop has a cat that they brought out so my young daughters could stroke it, my youngest daughter was 18 months old and a lot of the friendly locals gave her a wave and kept commenting on her blonde hair. Dont beleive the bad comments on Harlem our experience was brillaint.

  • @donvitocorleone6443
    @donvitocorleone6443 4 роки тому +20

    Food Insider editior: so how loud do you want the music?
    Producer: Yes.

  • @brandonbellino8896
    @brandonbellino8896 5 років тому +356

    Why would you rub seasoning onto your meat right before dumping it into brine? Lol. It's just going to wash all off and dissolve. Why wouldn't you put it into the brine, THEN pat it dry, THEN rub on the seasoning?

  • @malindrome9055
    @malindrome9055 Рік тому

    I want to eat there right now, right now, I would go to NYC just for that because the food looks SO GOOD!

  • @666gnarlsbad
    @666gnarlsbad 5 років тому +4

    I'm from Carlsbad New Mexico and damn my mouth is watering watching this. R.I.P Sylvia, maybe some day I'll have the opportunity to taste😋

    • @jobee1585
      @jobee1585 5 років тому +1

      Food in southern nm way better then that fyi

    • @jobee1585
      @jobee1585 5 років тому +1

      Hobbs nm has a few good BBQ joints

  • @MissPaulaGreen
    @MissPaulaGreen 2 роки тому

    This is a lovely video and good to learn more about Sylvias.

  • @subswithnovids-qc8kg
    @subswithnovids-qc8kg 5 років тому +518

    Violets are blue
    Roses are red
    I like to watch videos
    Before I go to bed

    • @raksh9
      @raksh9 5 років тому

      In bed watching right now!

    • @haddytaphafaalfaal1395
      @haddytaphafaalfaal1395 5 років тому +2

      *Roses are red violets are blue* and it didn't work out.. (not being rude..)

    • @Chris-pp2xb
      @Chris-pp2xb 5 років тому

      Violets are violet, though.

  • @MrSpankee02
    @MrSpankee02 3 роки тому

    I just had lunch,but now I’m hungry again! Thanx a lot.

  • @DeityDabraatt
    @DeityDabraatt 5 років тому +413

    "Fall off the bone ribs " ..... uses fork to pull off tough and stale meat 🤣🤧

  • @RayMak
    @RayMak 4 роки тому +59

    Totally heaven

  • @quincybryant5231
    @quincybryant5231 5 років тому +5

    Looks good. Happy for the family.

  • @MrNeutross
    @MrNeutross 3 роки тому

    I'll for sure stop by next time I get to visit NYC

  • @miabyrdstarshine293
    @miabyrdstarshine293 5 років тому +227

    my food didn’t look like that, everything was smooshed on on plate, with barely any seasoning.never going there again

    • @IamKrissyKO
      @IamKrissyKO 5 років тому +43

      Mia Byrd Starshine coming from a true southerner...honestly the food did not look that appealing.

    • @TuanNguyen-ew7lx
      @TuanNguyen-ew7lx 5 років тому +43

      @@IamKrissyKO those ribs did not look good.

    • @dawn1430
      @dawn1430 5 років тому

      what did it taste like? (the food)

    • @steph.li3
      @steph.li3 5 років тому +1

      Mia Byrd Starshine was it expensive?

    • @michaelvega3157
      @michaelvega3157 4 роки тому +2

      Agreed. They make it look good for the camera, but once you actually go there. It’s very underwhelming.

  • @ccth22
    @ccth22 3 роки тому +2

    My favorite was chicken & dumplings over rice. For breakfast I’d always get the salmon cakes & grits with a side of pancakes😋

  • @paigesummers7580
    @paigesummers7580 5 років тому +3

    That looks so darn good 😋

  • @pavelow235
    @pavelow235 4 роки тому +2

    Had a Thanksgiving there 12 years ago, pretty good service, value, and tasty.

  • @JR-nc8wf
    @JR-nc8wf 5 років тому +75

    True soul food fried chicken is cooked in a 50 year old cast iron skillet in lard at a Grandma's kitchen.

    • @Markelekram
      @Markelekram 5 років тому +5

      K hun but we ain't all gonna fit in her kitchen so let's enjoy this nice restaurant. I went there in 2011 and I loved it

    • @rasheeda1303
      @rasheeda1303 5 років тому +2

      Lard is not the only tasty dish. Lard must be attached to hypertension.

    • @Bloombaby99
      @Bloombaby99 5 років тому +1

      @@Markelekram 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @vannakinder352
      @vannakinder352 4 роки тому +1

      Do people not realize to get taste you need to sacrifice some stuff. Thank god Tennessee barbecue did not bow down to hipsters and kept all the lard in every recipe. I think the 2000s fad diets ruined Sylvia’s and other places. Granted I have never been there but this is just my theory. Plus the food looked horrendous I have never seen such dry ribs.

    • @TheVoiceChannrlOfficial
      @TheVoiceChannrlOfficial 4 роки тому

      Using lard to fry your food in a deep fryer is easier and taste just as good, just don't think it happened here. That chicken breast looked incredibly dry no matter how much she tried to open it and say it was juicy.

  • @robertwallace4928
    @robertwallace4928 5 років тому +1

    I love love Soul food! This is making me so hungry!

  • @heycharles3354
    @heycharles3354 5 років тому +6

    Sylvia’s success is #trending. I’ve been there a couple of times. It’s good food! But that’s why high ends go.
    But still good.

  • @littlebatch6389
    @littlebatch6389 4 роки тому +1

    Me too I would order the same as you one of everything,good video ☺

  • @insomthegreat
    @insomthegreat 5 років тому +11

    Best BBQ ever....
    2009-2010
    Johnson Bbq in San Francisco

  • @KicksClique
    @KicksClique 2 роки тому +1

    Chicken and Waffles was invented by Jazz players who wanted a 3 course meal at night, they used to eat fried chicken and waffles together in one meal before they perform

  • @taigashenpai2434
    @taigashenpai2434 5 років тому +38

    3:23 Bill Cosby adding the special sauce.

  • @MsLotusBlooms
    @MsLotusBlooms 4 роки тому +1

    My mouth was watering at the mac and cheese and ribs.

  • @JCARSON83
    @JCARSON83 5 років тому +281

    IN THE SOUTH WHERE SOUL FOOD ORIGINATED WE DO NOT BAKE RIBS SORRY IM SURE THEY'RE GOOD BUT NAW ILL PASS

    • @genericsnacks2459
      @genericsnacks2459 5 років тому +36

      That’s disgusting. I’m from the south and I know if I ever go up north I’d better not ever hear a New Yorker talking about soul food.

    • @davidconrath6148
      @davidconrath6148 5 років тому +5

      They looked tuff

    • @Listening4n0w
      @Listening4n0w 5 років тому +9

      The south is full of a bunch of unhealthy whales!

    • @raifij6698
      @raifij6698 5 років тому +11

      Wow wow so America has two different food culture. South and North with some special food.

    • @Ariels888
      @Ariels888 5 років тому +30

      @@raifij6698 Every part of the country, and each state has a different take on food and recipes! The perfect melting pot at work in America when it comes to food!

  • @lowkey_fla
    @lowkey_fla 4 роки тому

    Got my mouth watering

  • @k5camille982
    @k5camille982 5 років тому +173

    The food looks pretty but it doesn't look like soul food. Looks like it has a very normal taste like something u can get out a box.

    • @davidpinckney8263
      @davidpinckney8263 5 років тому +1

      It's ok! Much better places

    • @elallen4399
      @elallen4399 5 років тому +6

      Because white ppl don't like it when you season food

    • @monie948
      @monie948 5 років тому +2

      👎...it looks like a tasty homecooked meal to me ☺

    • @conorbergan1642
      @conorbergan1642 5 років тому +5

      El Allen France is known for amazing food and I don’t see that many black people there...

    • @geebuttersnaps773
      @geebuttersnaps773 5 років тому

      @@elallen4399 I thought it's a black owned business, so your saying they don't season it? Or you just being racist?

  • @daimonmarioperez9501
    @daimonmarioperez9501 4 роки тому +1

    Sylvia's, a Harlem Legend 🙌

  • @sunflowerpwr.8821
    @sunflowerpwr.8821 5 років тому +8

    Just when I am about to change my diet I get this in my recommends...🤦🏽‍♀️...lol

  • @Ty-ok7ep
    @Ty-ok7ep 3 роки тому

    On my way here now I can’t wait

  • @JoshThewhiteDad
    @JoshThewhiteDad 3 роки тому +6

    “The ribs are fall off the bone tender” well she’s yanking the meat off with a fork and it’s barely coming off 😂🤣

  • @edithhall7831
    @edithhall7831 4 роки тому

    Road Trip To Sylvia Soul Food for
    Sunday Brunch.
    New York City ❤️
    LAS VEGAS NV ❤️

  • @Fordie47
    @Fordie47 3 роки тому +7

    I ate at Sylvia's a long, long time ago. I don't remember when it was. I don't recall what I ate. I remember that it must have been great, because everybody says it's great. It must have been great, because it had to be great. Madam Sylvia came and greeted us, looking simply divine in diamond earrings and a heavily used apron. There were a couple of big shot politicians there, especially the U.S. Representative who will always be the Big Man on the Congressional Campus! I thought the place would be kinda pretentiously bourgeois. No! It was laid back and cool. People were there to drink heavily and eat the finest soul food in the world beyond Africa and the cotton plantations in the southern U.S.A. All I remember was that I was drinking, laughing and dining with friends, and gorging my toothpick of a self. I probably left Sylvia's ten-pounds heavier, happier, and hungry as heaven! God rest your Great Soul Food Soul, Madame Sylvia. Say hi to God for me please. And let God try some of those smackin' CHICKEN LIVERS, Sautéed w/ Onions & Peppers, Topped w/ Gravy, Seasoned to Perfection w/ Fresh Herbs.

  • @Yhabd87579jd
    @Yhabd87579jd 4 роки тому +1

    I wanna go there! I can't wait to move to NYC next year to go to the Harlem restaurants I've heard about

  • @lanathorne6940
    @lanathorne6940 4 роки тому +7

    I came here looking for her turkey recipe..the only one my momma used! I came out with a history lesson in an amazing woman . 😻

  • @adityatiwari4698
    @adityatiwari4698 3 роки тому

    Grandson chef loves his Job, kudos !

  • @SilentReflection101
    @SilentReflection101 5 років тому +3

    I need to plan a trip right now.

  • @3thanwong
    @3thanwong 5 років тому

    Hi!, your video is great
    that looks awesome.
    I am saving this!

  • @ramonmartinez3375
    @ramonmartinez3375 5 років тому +158

    Take your jewelry off when you cook chef.

    • @texasgun2731
      @texasgun2731 5 років тому +13

      niggaz lol. theyd wear jordans to a cow dung shoveling job

    • @AkosuaFire
      @AkosuaFire 5 років тому +21

      Texas Gun niggaz? Really? Interesting. I bet you wouldnt be so brave in person😉😂

    • @gloriyahboregah6384
      @gloriyahboregah6384 4 роки тому +4

      Texas Gun lmao 2007 called 😭

    • @JWB86
      @JWB86 4 роки тому +1

      @@AkosuaFire it's what you people are though lol

    • @AkosuaFire
      @AkosuaFire 4 роки тому +9

      @@JWB86 Funny cuz i live in a town FULL of raging racists such as yourself, and not ONE of them has had the nerve to call me out of my name to my face. Yet, the internet makes your cowardly kind “brave”😉. 😂😂😂

  • @Southerngirl675
    @Southerngirl675 4 роки тому

    The food there is great. ❤️

  • @ohheylolz7447
    @ohheylolz7447 5 років тому +70

    Where my worth it watchers at?

    • @antishibe
      @antishibe 5 років тому +2

      UA-camr#69 what's up Worth It is the best

    • @yaltsyaboi7489
      @yaltsyaboi7489 5 років тому +1

      Yeaaaaaaa

  • @snowflake4632
    @snowflake4632 4 роки тому

    Love this reviewer .....she's the best.

  • @pksmith8750
    @pksmith8750 4 роки тому +5

    I’m happy she did this episode by herself. 👏🏾

  • @soulstarmusiclover1254
    @soulstarmusiclover1254 5 років тому

    Yummu yum yum yum. I can look at food and tell it's good.

  • @-4subscriberswithahammerad521
    @-4subscriberswithahammerad521 5 років тому +51

    squidward will have a hard time enjoying these soul foods

  • @cardion411
    @cardion411 5 років тому

    Great, great video.

  • @livelovelaugh473
    @livelovelaugh473 4 роки тому +6

    I have always heard about this restaurant and how good it is. But I also heard some not so good things, like how it's not all that,etc. I guess it depends on who is cooking that day and where there mindset is.
    Also, I looked up their menu and they are pricey! And they charge you if you want to take out your left overs.

  • @karb58benefits
    @karb58benefits 3 роки тому

    Looks awesome

  • @matildabishops9196
    @matildabishops9196 5 років тому +28

    Why is the show producer in that kitchen with No Hair Net or her hair put up ?

    • @johngullo9420
      @johngullo9420 4 роки тому +2

      Matilda Bishops
      Nobody wearing gloves either.

    • @matildabishops9196
      @matildabishops9196 4 роки тому +1

      @@johngullo9420 ...I was trying to be nice..lol

  • @Msilly52
    @Msilly52 4 роки тому

    One day I am going to eat ther...mmmm looks so good...thank you food insider

  • @kittyichu_gacha6718
    @kittyichu_gacha6718 5 років тому +15

    “I loveeee the fried chicken”
    Eats ribs-😂😂😒

  • @juliuscaesart
    @juliuscaesart 4 роки тому +1

    Just got back from NY and I already wanna go back

  • @dylantran1695
    @dylantran1695 5 років тому +31

    Worth It: Fried Chicken??

  • @BlackDiamond-rj1ov
    @BlackDiamond-rj1ov 4 роки тому

    Rest In Heaven Sylvia's heard wonderful things about her - here children & grandchildren is another story 2014.

  • @thehardertheyfall2702
    @thehardertheyfall2702 5 років тому +6

    I would love a Mama like Silvia

  • @howardpower
    @howardpower 4 роки тому

    Now that is food for the soul. Mmmm. I feel good just watching this.

  • @cbshine
    @cbshine 5 років тому +139

    I’m not trusting no soul food from nobody in New York

    • @rahnyc4
      @rahnyc4 5 років тому +26

      dumb ass most of these people who cooking that garbage southern food are people from the south who settle in new york.

    • @MMixer882
      @MMixer882 5 років тому +11

      @emaikalone actually a bunch of mexicans cook your chinese food dumbass

    • @bluethebeauty8017
      @bluethebeauty8017 5 років тому +5

      cbshine exactly I’m from the south

    • @rahnyc4
      @rahnyc4 5 років тому +2

      @emaikalone passing down recipes isnt authenic, when majoity of the time their moms and grand mothers who were from the south were supervising while they prepare these dishes.

    • @cbshine
      @cbshine 5 років тому

      Alan Aztec ???

  • @blackcitroenlove
    @blackcitroenlove 3 роки тому

    My Cherokee/Irish heart.....love Sylvia's. Those collards are heavenly, although my own Nana had her own style. I love to cook our food, turned my husband onto it (he is Israeli/German American)

  • @k5camille982
    @k5camille982 5 років тому +42

    I can't really speak on it but... I'm black, my moms... my whole family is from NY. I kno what good soul food looks, smells, & taste like, and this ain't it. From my stand point, it looks like what use to be a family oriented thing where ur just laughing, having fun... like a cook out, or family reunion type deal to a 'we gotta make this food look better, it's all about presentation'. There is no real presentation when it comes to soul food. This ain't meant to look like no 5 star meal. Also I feel they just have family working there just to keep the vibe and so they won't have to work for anybody else lol.

    • @theechubbyone
      @theechubbyone 5 років тому +10

      You're right, I gave Slyvia's a try for the first time last year, I live in Brooklyn. Chicken was mostly dry but crunchy. Mac n cheese was literally mac n cheese. The greens, I cannot fathom them being the original greens Sylvia made all those years ago, I just can't. The only good thing I had was the cornbread, light and a little sweet. The barbecue sauce on the ribs resembles Dallas BBQ (the chain) rather than any genuine homemade sauce I've bought and enjoyed below Maryland. I make better Soul food than this restaurant and I'm West Indian - American.

    • @cl6998
      @cl6998 5 років тому +2

      Ah bummer... was hoping to try it. Are there any soul food places you’d recommend in NY? (Doesn’t have to be Manhattan) I am moving there this summer.

    • @dd-lv9ih
      @dd-lv9ih 5 років тому +1

      KFC AND WATERMELON

    • @juliorobinson5386
      @juliorobinson5386 3 роки тому +1

      I am Hispanic and I’ve eaten a lot of good food anyone who knows food and how to cook knows what good food looks like. This definitely doesn’t look it and I haven’t even ate here yet which I never will.

  • @chansaicommerce1721
    @chansaicommerce1721 4 роки тому

    AWESOME !!!!

  • @appaspappa1033
    @appaspappa1033 5 років тому +5

    These are resteraunts i need to visit one day

  • @lakieshatucker99
    @lakieshatucker99 4 роки тому

    Love it makes me want to go back

  • @true_gift2329
    @true_gift2329 5 років тому +14

    I send my colodences to Sylvia and her family❤also I'll take a plate😍

  • @tee444s4
    @tee444s4 5 років тому

    Why is it every time I watch these videos somehow I’m always 😋 hungry??!!!!!

    • @tee444s4
      @tee444s4 5 років тому

      Yes ZULU MATUBU

  • @Chris_Eatz
    @Chris_Eatz 5 років тому +14

    Her: Fall off the bone tender
    ( Uses fork to pull it apart)

    • @joesmoe8983
      @joesmoe8983 4 роки тому

      Chris Austria Looks tough.

  • @N.A525
    @N.A525 3 роки тому +1

    This is SoulFood👏

  • @julianmackenzie6378
    @julianmackenzie6378 5 років тому +6

    4:30 "I just literally smell the love coming off this plate". No thats metaphorical. Damn Americans and everything being "literally"

    • @sjrilla3210
      @sjrilla3210 5 років тому +1

      We do use literally way too much, I do it too and I am trying to stop.

    • @EvilSmonker
      @EvilSmonker 4 роки тому

      Literally one of the most annoying things we do, well maybe aside from the sarcasm we share...

  • @walterpistis74
    @walterpistis74 Рік тому

    Ottimo ristorante, cucina molto buona...detto poi da un Italiano la recensione e' piu che attendibile...5 stelle!