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Our dish — the plate we'd order here firstSouthern Fried Chicken & Eggnog Waffle
Fried chicken, dark, white and wings, on a waffle spiced like eggnog, with strawberry butter and maple syrup. Melba's signature, with collard greens beside it.
From Melba's's own menu and pages, as we read them in September 2026.
Melba's
Soul food · Southern American · Harlem, New York
300 West 114th Street, New York, NY 10026
Melba Wilson was born and raised in Harlem and opened a restaurant on 114th Street to feed the neighbourhood that raised Melba. The chicken and waffle beat Bobby Flay on the TV Throwdown.
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