A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from January 29, 2006
“Un cuadrangular en sabor (A home run of flavor)” (El Nuevo Caridad restaurant)
El Nuevo Caridad restaurant, at 191st Street and St. Nicholas Avenue, is a place to watch Dominican baseball players. The restaurant's slogan is ""Un cuadrangular en sabor (A home run of flavor)."

http://www.dominicantoday.com/app/article.aspx?id=9732
Where the Boys of Winter Enchant Baseball Fans
Published: January 26, 2006
(New York Times -- ed.)

On Tuesday night, a group of young men in oversized winter coats crowded close to the windows of El Nuevo Caridad, a restaurant in Washington Heights. Inside, there was a baseball game on television and the customers were watching and cheering as if it were the World Series.
(...)
The restaurant's slogan is "Un cuadrangular en sabor," or a home run of flavor. The menu features dozens of dishes named after famous Latino ballplayers, based on what they order when they visit, and lists their preferred side dishes. A footnote on the menu assures customers that each player has "authorized" his own dish before lending his name.

http://1800beisbol.com/content/view/24/27/
In much the same way that an earlier generation of Brooklyn Dodgers ate at Toomey's Diner in Flatbush, a number of younger Dominican players -- both Yankees and Mets -- frequent El Nuevo Caridad, a Dominican restaurant on 191st Street and St. Nicholas Avenue.
Posted by Barry Popik
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores • Sunday, January 29, 2006 • Permalink


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