Is Sylvia's Restaurant of Harlem Still Open? Food Paradise Update

Food Paradise, Season 4, Episode 16 Aired 2013

Food Paradise (Travel Channel) featured Sylvia's Restaurant, a soul food restaurant on Malcolm X Boulevard in Harlem, in its 2013 episode "Soul Food Paradise" (S4E16, aired 2013), highlighting the restaurant's fried chicken, smothered pork chops, and other Southern-style comfort dishes. According to Wikipedia (revised 2026-07-11), Sylvia's was founded in 1962 by Sylvia Woods and has since expanded into a line of prepared foods, cookbooks, and other retail products, drawing a clientele that ranges from Harlem locals to visiting celebrities and tour groups. A 2026-09-08 check of sylviasrestaurant.com found the site live with a working online ordering widget and posted weekend hours of Saturday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., consistent with a restaurant still operating out of its original Harlem location.

Man v. Food, Season 1, Episode 09 Aired January 21, 2009

Man v. Food's "New York, NY" episode (S1E09), which aired 2009-01-21, featured Sylvia's Restaurant's Harlem soul food menu. Sylvia's Restaurant of Harlem, often called Sylvia's Soul Food, is located at 328 Malcolm X Boulevard, between 126th and 127th Streets in Harlem, and was founded in 1962 by Sylvia Woods, according to Wikipedia (revised 2026-07-11). The entry notes the restaurant also sells a line of prepared foods, beauty and skin care items, and cookbooks, and draws a clientele ranging from Harlem locals to visiting celebrities. According to the restaurant's own website (checked 2026-09-08), Sylvia's posts current weekly hours -- Saturday 11:00 AM-10:00 PM and Sunday, Monday, Tuesday 11:00 AM-8:00 PM -- and offers online ordering for special occasions and events. Google Places lists the Malcolm X Boulevard location's business status as operational as of the same date.