Rob Stapleton's Birthday Weekend

Before

short ride recommended · 6 min - Harlem

Alvin Lee Smalls found a rugelach recipe while working the bakery at New York-Presbyterian in 1964 and spent six months getting his own version right. He has been selling it in Harlem ever since and he is still the one baking. The sweet potato pie is worth the walk on its own.

After

short ride recommended · 4 min - South Bronx - Melrose

The Stadium shadows this Gerard Avenue beer bar, open from noon every day of the week. There is a long draft list and a full kitchen. Weekday happy hour runs from four to eight. On a non-game afternoon it is quiet enough to sit and talk.