sylvia s restaurant of harlem restaurant information established 1962 food type soul food southern street address 328 lenox avenue city new york city state new york postal code zip 10027 coordinates 40 48 31 n 73 56 40 w 40.808718 n 73.944538 w 40.808718 ; 73.944538 coordinates 40 48 31 n 73 56 40 w 40.808718 n 73.944538 w 40.808718 ; 73.944538 sylvia s restaurant of harlem often called sylvia s soul food or just sylvia s is a soul food restaurant located at 328 lenox avenue between 126th and 127th streets in harlem manhattan new york city . 1 it was founded in 1962 by sylvia woods . 2 it has since expanded to a much larger space at its present location and an adjacent building . the restaurant also sells a line of prepared foods beauty and skin care items cookbooks and a children s book written by woods . woods purchased the original luncheonette by borrowing money from her mother who had to mortgage her farm to provide it . the restaurant attracts a clientele that ranges from harlem locals to visiting celebrities . 3 bill clinton nelson mandela caroline kennedy jesse jackson al sharpton magic johnson barack obama and bernie sanders are among those who have dined there . sylvia s was also featured on a manhattan themed episode of the travel channel s man v. food in early 2009 . on september 19 2007 commentator bill o reilly received criticism regarding comments he made about having lunch at sylvia s with al sharpton on his syndicated radio show commenting on how the stereotypes of african americans were not true based on his observations at the restaurant . 4 see also edit list of restaurants in new york city list of soul food items references edit sylvia s restaurant . retrieved 25 september 2014 . feeney michael j. 14 may 2014 . harlem street co named for queen of soul food sylvia woods . new york daily news . retrieved 15 february 2016 . curry george e. 17 december 1992 . down home on 126th street queen of soul food celebrates long reign . chicago tribune . retrieved 15 february 2016 . o reilly dines in harlem talks about it then hears about it . new york times . september 27 2007 . retrieved february 22 2011 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sylvia % 27s restaurant of harlem & oldid 740415440 categories restaurants established in 1962restaurants in manhattanharlemsoul food restaurantshidden categories coordinates on wikidataofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 20 september 2016 at 22 58 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view