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Before

short ride recommended · 3 min - South Bronx - Melrose

The Saavedra family's Oaxacan restaurant on Willis Avenue, where the moles are made from scratch and there is a lending library of several hundred books in the dining area. The family are undocumented and have been open about it for years, and the place ran a free kitchen through the pandemic that fed tens of thousands of people. It is a small storefront with a handwritten feel.

After

Long walk · 0.8 mi · 15 min walk; 2 min ride - South Bronx - Melrose

A bar on East 161st that opened in 1927, the same year as the original Stadium across the street, and has been feeding and watering the same crowd since. It is a long wood bar with televisions and photographs everywhere. The menu starts with wings and burgers. Sandwiches fill out the rest. On game days it is packed solid and there is a line on the sidewalk. On any other day you walk in and sit down.