Rodney's Gold Standard

Before

Long walk · 0.8 mi · 16 min walk; 2 min ride - Upper East Side

A Czech beer hall on the ground floor of Bohemian National Hall, run by Vit Stuchl, who had restaurants in Prague before this one. Svíčková or goulash comes with steamed bread dumplings. Czech beer is on tap to go with them. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand, which in practice means the bill is ordinary and the cooking is not. You are already in the building, so there is no walk.

After

Long walk · 0.8 mi · 16 min walk; 2 min ride - Upper East Side

An Irish pub that has been on the corner of First and 73rd since 1972, two doors and a crosswalk from Bohemian National Hall. Pints come across a long bar facing televisions with whatever is on. The kitchen does pub food. It is open until four in the morning every night of the week, which makes it the honest answer for anything that lets out late up here. The building was sold and a demolition clause sits in the lease, so it is worth checking the door is still there.