Since publishing my book Hog and Hominy in 2008, a number of historic Harlem soul food eateries have closed their doors; for example M & G Dinner and Copeland. Before the Pandemic, the trend in Harlem and other parts of New York City had been entrepreneurs opening up modern soul food and Caribbean eateries like Chef Marcus Samuelson's Red Rooster. These changes are emblematic of the gentrification that started after the election of billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg who had made NYC government extremely business friendly.
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