Hello Harlem Neighbors,

With COVID, many of us have thought about the plight of our neighborhood’s restaurant owners, workers, and delivery people. This is an interesting time to look back into Harlem’s historic places to eat, and The Schomburg is a great place to explore historic menus and other ephemera.

Here is the Savoy’s floorplan:

And two restaurant menus from 125th street:

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2c1e3380-6215-0132-0460-58d385a7bbd0

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/517b6c00-6214-0132-2895-58d385a7bbd0

To browse historic menus in Harlem, see:

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/search/index?utf8=%E2%9C%93&keywords=harlem+menu#