The Big Apple: “Nothing says ‘I mean business’ like using a shopping cart at the liquor store”

A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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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.

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Entry from May 15, 2018

“Nothing says ‘I mean business’ like using a shopping cart at the liquor store”

"Nothing says ‘I mean business’ like using a shopping cart at the liquor store” is a saying that has been printed on many images. That is, the person is buying more than just a bottle.

“@ryaninco: Nothing says ‘I mean business’ like using a grocery cart at the liquor store” was posted on Twitter on July 20, 2012.

Twitter
chels
@thechelsdiaz
“@ryaninco: Nothing says ‘I mean business’ like using a grocery cart at the liquor store.” this is @rholena
8:51 PM - 20 Jul 2012

Twitter
💰MakingMiaa 🇹🇹
@_MiaaMizzle
Nothing says ‘I mean business’ like using a grocery cart at the liquor store.
1:16 AM - 21 Jul 2012

Twitter
Jess Barone
@jggol12
Nothing says “I mean business” like using a cart at the liquor store.
10:51 AM - 21 Jul 2012

Twitter
Rhyss Wilson
@RhyssWilson
Nothing says ‘I mean business’ like using a shopping trolley at the liquor store.
4:19 AM - 22 Jul 2012

Twitter
Wheeling Problems
@wheelingprobs
Nothing says ‘I mean business’ like using a grocery cart at the liquor store.
1:13 PM - 11 Dec 2012

Facebook
OMG A Shot Bar
March 9, 2013 ·
Fact #159:Nothing says “I mean business” like using a cart at a liquor store.

Twitter
Kaitlyn Bristowe
@kaitlynbristowe
Nothing says “I mean business” like mom in a liquor store with a shopping cart
6:13 PM - 13 Sep 2013 from North Okanagan, British Columbia

17 December 2014, The South Peace News (High Prairie, Alberta), “The Page,” pg. A.9”
Nothing says “I mean business” like using a shopping cart at the liquor store.

Google Books
The Secret to Hummingbird Cake
By Celeste Fletcher McHale
Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson
2016
Pg. 165:
“Nothing says ‘I mean business’ like a shopping cart at the liquor store, Rae,” Laine said.

Twitter
Dubskie
@Dubskie
Nothing says “I mean business” like using a shopping cart in a liquor store
8:25 PM - 11 May 2018

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New York City • Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores • Tuesday, May 15, 2018 • Permalink