Which Harlem restaurant helped popularize chicken and waffles as a late-night American dish?

Wells Supper Club helped popularize chicken and waffles as a late-night American dish.

The Harlem restaurant operated in New York City and became especially associated with serving fried chicken and waffles to musicians and other late-night diners. Its reputation helped establish the pairing as a recognizable soul-food and supper-club dish.

Chicken and waffles have more than one regional history. Pennsylvania Dutch versions traditionally pair waffles with stewed chicken and gravy, while the Harlem and later Los Angeles traditions generally use fried chicken alongside waffles and syrup.

Wells Supper Club is sometimes confused with Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles, the famous California chain founded later by Herb Hudson. Both helped make the combination widely known, but they belong to different regional traditions.