“Candy is dandy, but wine is divine” is a wine saying that has been printed on many images. “Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker” (published in The New Yorker on 1930) is a famous poem from Ogden Nash (1902-1971). “Wine is divine” has been cited in print since at least 1874.
“Candy is Dandy, but Wine is Divine” was printed in the Austin (TX) American-Statesman on February 10, 1995.
10 February 1995, Austin (TX) American-Statesman, pg. C4, col. 6 ad:
Candy is Dandy, but Wine is Divine…
(Twin Liquors.—ed.)
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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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