The Big Apple: Bartoonist (bar + cartoonist)

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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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 June 12, 2013

Bartoonist (bar + cartoonist)

Bill Roundy is a cartoonist who reviews bars and draws them on his Bar Scrawl blog. Roundy is on Twitter @bartoonist (bar + cartoonist).

The Brooklyn Paper (brooklyn, NY) publishes many of his cartoons (or “bartoons"); “Our bartoonist visits a Brooklyn classic” was published on June 8, 2012.

Twitter
Bill Roundy
@bartoonist
Cartoonist, nerd, alcohol enthusiast.
barscrawl.net

Bar Scrawl
a cartoon guide to New York’s drinking establishments

The Brooklyn Paper (Brooklyn, NY)
June 8, 2012 / GO Brooklyn / Bushwick / Brooklyn Nightlife / Bar Scrawl
Our bartoonist visits a Brooklyn classic
By Bill Roundy

The Brooklyn Paper (Brooklyn, NY)
September 28, 2012 / GO Brooklyn / Park Slope / Brooklyn Nightlife / Bar Scrawl
Pork Slope: Bill Roundy’s cartoon review
Bartoonist finds a deal at Pork Slope
By Bill Roundy

Courier Life’s Brooklyn Daily (Brooklyn, NY)
March 10, 2013 / 24/Seven / Brooklyn Nightlife / Williamsburg / Bar Scrawl
Supercollider: Bill Roundy’s cartoon review
Bartoonist experiments with mixing science and suds
By Bill Roundy

The Brooklyn Paper
June 7, 2013 / GO Brooklyn / Carroll Gardens / Brooklyn Nightlife / Bar Scrawl
Zombie Hut: Bill Roundy’s cartoon review
Bartoonist beats the heat
By Bill Roundy

Posted by Barry Popik
New York City • Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores • Wednesday, June 12, 2013 • Permalink