Baton Rouge Restaurant, on 458 West 145th St is a great place to hang out in Harlem, and not cheap but a reasonable place to dine. Even better is to have a party there. I know because I have been there twice at Christmas Parties. Chitra D. had her I Love Harlem stuff and T-Shirt Queen stuff there as well.
The food is a lightly spicy mix of lots of shrimp and other seafood, with some pork, beef, and chicken as well. Plenty of wine and whiskey too.
Also, it's a great place to here a retro black soul 70s sound. I don't know if it was Shee Grove or what, but when the band went into its 1978 flashback routine, it was pretty heavy. You know, Prince, Michael Jackson ( I do know that I want ya) was a real trip.
pix at http://mobayrestaurant.com/batonrouge/map.htm
