Travel in city Harlem

To some, Atlanta is the urban music center of the world. To others, it’s the Hollywood of the South. To chef Marcus Samuelsson, the Dixie metropolis is a vibrant culinary hotbed that was missing his personal stamp.

Ripley, Steve Zaillian’s eight-episode adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, takes its protagonist on a jet-setting tour of Italy. After the titular con man (Andrew Scott) is hired by a wealthy New York socialite to bring his son Dickie Greenleaf (Johnny Flynn) back from Europe, Tom finds himself immersed in a precarious game of cat and mouse with the Italian police when he takes on Dickie’s identity to access his money. The story takes Tom from Manhattan to Italy, where he spends time in Atrani, Rome, Naples, San Remo, Palermo, and Venice. The series shot in many of the real places, including the real seaside town that takes over for the novel’s fictional setting of Mongibello.

Food-world superstar Marcus Samuelsson has lived in Harlem for two decades. Here’s where he goes when he’s not at his own Red Rooster, one of the legendary neighborhood’s hottest hot spots, as told to Lonely Planet correspondent Brian Healy.

Spring eating season is about to emerge in New York. And with it, the return of many beloved outdoor events, including a post-pandemic, multicultural culinary event in South Brooklyn.

Never mind being the city that never sleeps — New York is the city that never stays the same. Whether it’s your first time or your 30th time, you’ll find every district of the Big Apple full of new places to discover. And it’s not just limited to the new restaurants and shops that dot streets from the Bronx to Staten Island — there are vast arts centres, cultural districts and even an entire new landmass, cast off into the Hudson River. Manhattan is the epicentre of some of the most exciting recent developments, and on this one-day itinerary you’ll zoom in on them across a manageable chunk of Midtown and Downtown. Here’s everything you shouldn’t miss on an exploration of New York’s latest and greatest.

“I come here when I need creative inspiration,” artist Leon Johnson tells me as we emerge from the subway into the beating heart of Harlem. Around us, market stalls sell dangly earrings, incense and African print paper fans. A mosaic depicting the jazz greats who left their legacy on Harlem, including Cab Calloway and Count Basie, covers the length of a wall. Out of sight, old-school beats pump out of a boombox. 

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