Marcus Samuelsson, award-winning chef and restaurateur, and Herb Karlitz, veteran event marketer and international food festival producer – the duo who launched Harlem EatUp! – bring you the City’s premiere program for local and culturally diverse cuisines. EatUp! NYC is a James Beard and two-time Emmy-nominated TV show.

Co-produced by award-winning producers Rochelle Brown and Sonia Armstead of Powerhouse Productions, the 2023 version of EatUp! NYC was presented by Foster Grant with a one-hour program featuring Black and women-owned local restaurants in Harlem, Brooklyn, Queens and Newark, NJ. 

EatUp! NYC, co-hosted by creator Marcus Samuelsson and TV/radio personality, host and author, the incomparable Bevy Smith, featured the following businesses: Harlem’s BLVD Bistro, Harlem Biscuit Company, and Flamekeepers Hat Club, Brooklyn’s Kokomo, and B. Stuyvesant Champagne, Queens’ The Freakin Rican, Newark’s Tinjune Downtown, and NYC’s Hav & Mar and Ramen by Ra. The program also featured a community giveback segment hosted by local ABC7 talent.  The show aired on ABC7 on February 3, 2024, and can now be viewed here.  Click to view the 2021 and 2022 programs.