The Venue

Apollo Theater

253 W 125th St

The Apollo's Harlem stage helped make live performance part of recorded music history: James Brown's 1962 concert became Live at the Apollo.

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Shape The Night

Before

Lee Lee's Baked Goods

Long walk · 0.5 mi · 10 min walk; 2 min ride - 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.

10:00 PM · TheARTI$T

After

1020 Bar

short ride recommended · 4 min - Morningside Heights

The Columbia bar on the corner of 110th and Amsterdam, established in 1994 and taken over by new owners in 2024. Oak bar top, booths at the back, a pool table and a dart board. It opens at four in the afternoon and runs to four in the morning every day.