Drunchies (drink + munchies)

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. 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.

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Entry from March 20, 2014

Drunchies (drink + munchies)

Entry in progress—B.P.

Urban Dictionary
drunchies
a state of hunger preceded by the intake of alcoholic beverages
After consuming a few beers at the party, I came down with a bad case of the drunchies and had to stop at the hot dog stand before heading home.
by Laura “L-dawg” Fizzowkes January 10, 2006

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Here’s one for you, kids:
If you ever get the Drunchies, you can do a lot worse than some olive tapenaide,... http://tinyurl.com/p5ruvz
6:51 AM - 18 May 2009

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New York City • Food/Drink • Thursday, March 20, 2014 • Permalink

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