The Big Apple: “A chicken nugget is a meatball”

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 Popeye's fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.

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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Entry from March 31, 2020

“A chicken nugget is a meatball”

Twitter
Kooky
@KookyFox
Replying to @KabiDlost
@KabiDlost I call misrepresentation! A chicken nugget is not a chicken meatball!
2:35 PM · Jun 19, 2012·TweetDeck

Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/SurpriseOccupation Marc h 31, 2020
A Chicken nugget is a meatball. And nothing can change that fact
COMMENTS
RamsesThePigeon
Holy Ra, people, I’ve literally never read reports as impassioned or vitriolic as the ones garnered by this post. Folks apparently have some very strong feelings about chicken nuggets… or meatballs, as the case may be.

Posted by Barry Popik
New York City • Food/Drink • Tuesday, March 31, 2020 • Permalink