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"Below the Metro North tracks, Sylla serves exceptionally good West African food in an understated room with instruments strung up on brick walls. Kedjenou, a guinea fowl stew, is perfect for a cold day with a gooey ball of plakali, and grilled dishes like a whole fish or dibi mouton are a substantial meal. Always order a side of alloco: sweet plantains chopped small and served with a spicy red sauce. And in case your drink at Rao’s turns into multiple drinks, Sylla is conveniently open until 2am daily. Distance from Rao’s: 18-minute walk, or 12-minute bus ride" - sonal shah, willa moore