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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•“Never underestimate my desire at any given moment to go home” (4/23)
•“I’m a better person when I’m tan and holding a margarita” (4/23)
•“You ARE a good driver. That curb DOESN’T belong there” (4/23)
•“‘It’s been a long week.’—Me, in the middle of Tuesday” (4/23)
•“Buying frozen pizza is such a lie. ‘Oh I’ll save this for when I don’t feel like cooking’. Surprise, surprise. Day one” (4/22)
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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Babka (Bobka)
Sugar Rush (Sugar High)
Black Bottom Cake (Black Bottom Pie)
Black Bottom (dance)
Chiffon Pie
Generation Greed (Generational Theft)
Chickentarian
“If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?”
Flexitarian
Loose Hamburger (Loose Burger; Loose Coney; Coney Hamburger; Coney Island Hamburger)
Gracie Mansion Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Alphabet Soup
“Gather those rosebuds”
“If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys”
“The better the view, the worse the food”
“I never eat in a restaurant that’s over a hundred feet off the ground and won’t stand still”
Chump Change
Stress Test
Fatacular
“Fat is flavor’ (“Fat equals flavor”)
“Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder”
Giardiniera
“It is harder for a poor man to enter the United States Senate than for a rich man to enter Heaven”
“When in doubt, throw it out” (food spoilage rule)
“You can’t eat decor”
“Trillion is the new billion”
“It’s just as easy to fall in love with a rich man as a poor one”
Takedown
“No one wants to eat in an empty restaurant”
“Vote with their feet”
Boston Iced Tea (iced tea with cranberry juice)
Street Food
“Taxes have consequences”
“Burnt is just another flavor”
“Women cook, men grill”
“Like white on rice”
“Pea soup and jonnycake make a Frenchman’s belly ache”
Oyster and Artichoke Soup (Artichoke and Oyster Soup)
Goonion (goon + labor union)
Totchos (tater tots + nachos)
Potachos (potato chips + nachos)
Mexican Standoff
Blue Chip
Father of the Texas Panhandle (Charles Goodnight; George Tyng)
Cattalo or Catalo or Cattelo (cattle + buffalo)
“That’s why they make vanilla and chocolate ice cream” (i.e., people have different tastes)
Meatball Sandwich (Meatball Hero; Meatball Sub; Meatball Grinder; Meatball Hoagie)
Bully Pulpit
“America is great because she is good”
Kosher Nostra (Jewish Mafia)
Great Walk Way (Broadway without vehicular traffic)
AG (Attorney General or Aspiring Governor)
“Tough times don’t last, tough people do”
“If you see a Swiss banker jumping out of a window, follow him” (Voltaire?)
Housemade
“We will serve no swine before its time” (low-and-slow cooking)
Beer Belly
Rockefinger or Rockefeller Salute (Nelson Rockefeller’s middle finger gesture)
Gelato District
Belly-up
Coors Field East or Coors East (New Yankee Stadium nickname)
Petco Park East or Petco East (Citi Field nickname)
Bandbox (Bronx Bandbox=New Yankee Stadium)