The Big Apple: Big Apple Restaurant (Covington, KY, 1938)

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.

Recent entries:
• “They cheated in the last election. Better vote them out this time” (6/3)
• “Anything I don’t like should be banned. Everything I like should be a human right…” (6/3)
• “It’s that time of year where people will say, ‘It’s too hot for coffee‘“ (6/3)
• “Cashier wanted. Must be 18 years old with 20 years experience” (6/3)
• Entry in progress—BP (6/3)
More new entries...

Follow @barrypopik

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.

This site is edited by Barry Popik.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Entry from August 03, 2022

Big Apple Restaurant (Covington, KY, 1938)

A Big Apple Restaurant existed at 524 Madison Avenue in Covington, Kentucky, from March 1938 to October 1938. The Big Apple Restaurant was almost surely named after the “Big Apple” dance craze of 1937, just one year before.

Newspapers.com
19 March 1938, The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY), pg. 3, col. 3 ad:
Big Apple Restaurant
524 Madison Ave.
Open Day and Night
Try Our Sizzling Steaks and Home-
Made “Big Apple” Pie
Charlie Harrington, Owner

Newspapers.com
21 March 1938, The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY), pg. 2, col. 1 ad:
Big Apple Restaurant
524 MADISON AVE.
SPECIAL NIGHT
LUNCHEON ... 25c
Charlie Harrington, Owner

Newspapers.com
11 June 1938, The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY), pg. 3, col. 5 ad:
Big Apple Restaurant
524 MADISON AVE.
Open Day and Night
Try Our Special —50c and 76c
Complete Dinners
Charlie Harrington, Owner

Newspapers.com
15 October 1938, The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY), pg. 3, col. 6 ad:
Big Apple Restaurant
524 MADISON AVE.
Open Day and Night
PLATE LUNCH
Served from 11 A. M. to 8 P. M.
Includes
Roast Chicken
2 Vegetables
Bread, Butter
Coffee, Tea or Milk
25c
Charles Harrington, Owner

Posted by Barry Popik
New York City • Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores • Wednesday, August 03, 2022 • Permalink