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EAT: BIRRIA TACOS AT OSO

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Harlem Bespoke:  We have been reviewing all of the spots uptown to get birria tacos and dropped by Oso in Hamilton Heights last week.  The local favorite facing City College on Amsterdam and West 140th Street always has an excellent contemporary version of Mexican cuisine and we wondered what the trendy dipping tacos would be like.  As can be seen from the above photos, there is a minimalist approach to the presentation but the taste was still quite spectacular with a lot of flavor.  It all comes from birria stew which is probably the thickest we have tried and full of super tender beef.  No melted cheese here in this preparation but the handmade tacos really do not need this extra addition.  Purist might not be 100 percent with the birria here but those looking for a fine dining option should really check Oso out.  More on Oso can be found in our past post: LINK

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UPTOWN NIGHT MARKET JUNE EDITION 2023

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Harlem Bespoke: The Uptown Night Market returns for every second Thursday during the summer 2023 season after a successful first run in Manhattanville last year.

Thursday, June 8th, 4:00PM-10:00PM, Uptown Night Market, 12th Avenue just north of 133rd Street. Several dozen food vendors will line the avenue just north of the viaduct and sell a variety of offerings late into the evening hours at this local food festival. Admission is all free to the public and seating sections are available to enjoy the culinary discoveries of the moment.  Check out our past post for evening photos of the event from a previous night market in November: LINK

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SEE: RAISE YOUR VOICE EXHIBIT AT MCNY

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Raise Your Voice installation at Museum of the City of New York, 104th Street and Fifth Avenue. Raise Your Voice is an immersive installation by Brooklyn-based artist Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya.The project mixes selections from the public art campaign “We Are More,” which depicted the resiliency of New York’s Asian American and Pacific Islander community, with original artwork of activists and allies Yuri Kochiyama and Malcolm X. Installed adjacent to the ongoing exhibition Activist New York, Raise Your Voice poses a series of questions and invites audiences to engage their own powers of advocacy and activism.  Online tickets now available:  LINK

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LISTEN: YASSER TEJEDA AT HARLEM STAGE

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Harlem Bespoke: Get into the season of live performances with uptown’s own Harlem Stage at 150 Convent Avenue by 135th Street on Thursday, June 8th, 8:00PM-10:00PM with bandleader Yasser Tejeda.Harlem Stage celebrates Caribbean-American Heritage Month and Black Music Appreciation Month, in a special collaboration with World Music Institute and the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute.

 More on the in-house Spring 2023 season can be found at the Harlem Stage site: LINK

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