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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Entry from May 12, 2022
“The opposite of Flavortown is Blandberg”

“Flavortown”  (food with lots of flavor) is a favorite expression of Guy Fieri, host of the television show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Are there other food municipalities?
   
Bland City: “Sometimes to get to Flavor Town you have to go through Bland City” was posted on Twitter by CatatronicTV on October 13, 2015. “The existence of Flavortown implies the existence of Blandcity” was posted on Twitter by Flavortown on May 11, 2022.
     
Blandtown: “thanksgiving food is not FLAVORTOWN it is blandtown” was posted on Twitter by kp on March 10, 2016. “Does the existence of Flavortown imply that Blandtown exists as well? Real answers only please” was posted on Twitter by sparkytude on June 18, 2020. “flavortown suggests the existence of blandtown. otherwise known as the uk” was posted on Twitter by anxi-ettie on March 5, 2021. “There’s a neighborhood in Atlanta called ‘Blandtown,’ and somewhere out there I know there is a sister city called ‘Flavortown’” was posted on Twitter by Josh D. Weiss on April 4, 2022.
 
Blandland: “the opposite of flavortown is blandland” was posted on Twitter by Alexa Fecca on June 11, 2021. “What’s the opposite of Flavortown? Bland Land?” was posted on Twitter by Brook’s Beans on August 13, 2021.
 
Blandberg: “Blandberg is the opposite of flavortown I believe” was posted on Twitter by The Real Veronica Sawyer on January 21, 2022.
     
           
Twitter
CatatronicTV
@CatatronicTV
“Sometimes to get to Flavor Town you have to go through Bland City.” #Inspiration
12:08 AM · Oct 13, 2015·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter
kp
@stateofkayla
Replying to @hoodparadise
@hoodparadise thanksgiving food is not FLAVORTOWN it is blandtown
9:19 PM · Mar 10, 2016·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Max Geiger
@MaxGeiger
Replying to @ibogost
does Guy Fieri know about Blandtown?
How do the residents of Blandtown feel about Flavortown?
11:43 AM · May 20, 2016·Twitter for Android
     
Twitter
Malchezzar
@Malchezzar
What is the opposite of Flavortown?
The Blandiverse?
6:30 AM · Oct 27, 2016·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter
bryce⭐️
@nintenhoebryce
all i wanted to do was go to flavortown… but instead i took a detour into blandcity…
11:31 PM · May 25, 2018·Twitter for iPhone
     
Twitter
.manny
@calendar___days
“I’m so sick of flavor town. I’ll take bland town.”
@guarnaschelli
🤣🤣🤣
7:03 PM · Oct 31, 2018·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
sparkytude ♡
@colesparkytude
Does the existence of Flavortown imply that Blandtown exists as well? Real answers only please
2:40 PM · Jun 18, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
anxi-ettie
@anxi_ettie
flavortown suggests the existence of blandtown. otherwise known as the uk
6:23 PM · Mar 5, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Alexa Fecca
@alexafecca
the opposite of flavortown is blandland
@GuyFieri tell me I’m not correct
12:17 PM · Jun 11, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
Based Dad
@_brett_merritt_
Flavortown implies the existence of a bland countryside.
12:47 AM · Aug 12, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
         
Twitter
Brook’s Beans
@brooksbreaks1
Replying to @CardboardSushi @NotNolanRyan1 and 3 others
What’s the opposite of Flavortown? Bland Land?
2:09 PM · Aug 13, 2021·Twitter for Android
   
Twitter
Phi Hoang
@apostraphi
No one:
Me: Ready to take these designs from Blandland to Flavortown.
12:17 PM · Jan 17, 2022·Twitter Web App
 
Twitter
The Real Veronica Sawyer
@wherestherevolt
Replying to @DickSlanders
Blandberg is the opposite of flavortown I believe
10:44 PM · Jan 21, 2022·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
Josh D. Weiss
@joshdweiss
There’s a neighborhood in Atlanta called “Blandtown,” and somewhere out there I know there is a sister city called “Flavortown.”
1:02 PM · Apr 4, 2022·TweetDeck
 
Twitter
Flavortown
@flavortown
The existence of Flavortown implies the existence of Blandcity
10:51 AM · May 11, 2022·Twitter for iPhone

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