Big Apple Cafe (Shamokin, PA, 1938-1947)

A Big Apple Cafe existed at 254 South Shamokin Street in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, from 1938 until 1947. The Big Apple Cafe was almost surely named after the “Big Apple” dance craze of 1937, just a year before.
   
 
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1 September 1938, Shamokin (PA) News-Dispatch, pg. 8, col. 1 ad:
Grand Opening
BIG APPLE CAFE
254 S. Shamokin St.
Luncheons Served
 
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3 September 1938, Shamokin (PA) News-Dispatch, pg. 12, col. 6 ad:
GRAND OPENING
BIG APPLE CAFE
254 S. Shamokin St.
Chicken Platters and Spaghetti
F & S on Tap
All Kinds Bottled Beer
 
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29 March 1941, Shamokin (PA) News-Dispatch, pg. 5, col. 8 ad:
TONIGHT
CHICKEN PLATTERS 25c
POLISH PIGEONS
ALL KINDS OF SANDWICHES
BEER AND WINE
Big Apple Cafe
254 S. Shamokin St.
 
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5 July 1941, Shamokin (PA) News-Dispatch, pg. 5, col. 8 ad:
BIG APPLE CAFE
254 S. Shamokin St.
CHICKEN PLATTERS
HOT PORK
All Kinds of Sandwiches
Liquor—Wine—Beer
 
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18 December 1947, Shamokin (PA) News-Dispatch, pg. 21, col. 4 ad:
Imported
Canadian Spruce Trees
All Sizes—50c to $3.00
Cor. Shamokin and Spurzheim
(Next to Big Apple Cafe)