Some New York institutions are made of steel and concrete, but Sylvia's restaurant in Harlem is built on good food, family and friends, old and new.They come from all over the United States and the world to this little slice of soul food heaven at 126th Street and Lenox Avenue.
Sylvia Woods, proprietress of New York Institution and Soul Food destination Sylvia's, talks with New York 1 übercaster Budd Mishkin about immigrating from South Carolina to Harlem, mortgaging her mother's farm to purchase the restaurant, feeding Diana Ross and Nelson Mandela, her family's civil rights struggles, and cooking. (NY1 Article, RealOne Interview)