Sandler and Kevin James<\/a>, a fellow comedian, visited Motor Oil Coffee\u2019s store in downtown Albany<\/a> on Wednesday. Sitting at a table with hot drinks in front of them, the pals posed for a photo with a smiling staff member in the 136 State St. eatery, which is a short walk from the New York State Capitol building, The Egg<\/a> and Empire State Plaza<\/a>.<\/p>\n The coffee stop came the morning after the Sandman and a few of his celebrity friends \u2014 including James, a SUNY Cortland alumnus<\/a> \u2014 performed a show for tens of thousands of people at MVP Arena.<\/p>\n Sandler brought his \u201cYou\u2019re My Best Friend\u201d tour to Albany on Tuesday evening. The sold-out show featured appearances from an impressive bunch of the Saturday Night Live alum\u2019s friends and frequent collaborators: Steve Buscemi, Kevin Nealon, Rob Schneider and Luis Guzman, MVP Arena marketing director Erin Villeneuve told the Times Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n In a Facebook post<\/a>, Motor Oil Coffee gave Sandler and James a shout out, thanking the pair for \u201crevving up their morning with us after an unforgettable show at the MVP Arena\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re honored to have these legends stop by and support our local, family-owned shop,\u201d the coffee shop wrote.<\/p>\n Sandler isn\u2019t done with Upstate New York yet.<\/p>\n The actor will perform a stand-up comedy show tonight at the Upstate Medical University Arena at The Oncenter War Memorial in Syracuse<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sandler has a connection to Syracuse.<\/p>\n He played a Syracuse University grad<\/a> in 1999\u2019s \u201cBig Daddy,\u201d where he donned Orangemen T-shirts. Recently, an SU graduate played a young Happy Gilmore<\/a> in flashback scenes included in \u201cHappy Gilmore 2.\u201d<\/p>\n After his show in Syracuse, Sandler will head to Buffalo<\/a>, performing his last Upstate show at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo<\/a> on Sunday, Sept. 21.<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Would you like to order a double celebrity sighting with your morning cold brew? That was the pleasant…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88,99620],"class_list":["post-164740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-summerofsonypictures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Motor](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/G66JV3GKYVB67BRIPBB2SCJA6Q.jpg\")
Adam Sandler, left, and Kevin James, right, pose with a barista at Motor Oil Coffee in Albany, N.Y., on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. Photo courtesy of Motor Oil CoffeePhoto courtesy of Motor Oil Coffee<\/p>\n