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 March 08, 2024
“Shop like it’s 1999”

“I don’t wanna party like it’s 1999. i wanna grocery shop like it’s 1999” is a saying that has been printed on many images.  “Party like it’s 1999” is a line a the Prince song “1999” (released in 1982).
 
“it is truly miserable in France these days. But folks are shopping like it’s 1999!” was posted on X/Twitter by Christopher Keiser on December 4, 2008. “In Columbus….shopping like its 1999….get it? No recession…..get it?” was posted on X/Twitter by AM on March 7, 2009. “Enjoy @ShopWoodburn’s ‘Shop Like It’s 1999’ sidewalk sale!” was posted on X/Twitter by Travel Salem on July 31, 2009.
 
“I don’t wanna party like it’s 1999……... I wanna go grocery shopping like it’s 1999” was posted on Facebook by Kathy West on September 21, 2023. “I don’t want to party like it’s 1999. I want to shop like it’s 1999” was posted on X/Twitter by Becca Pfalser on September 24, 2023. “I don’t want to party like it’s 1999, I want to grocery shop like it’s 1999” was posted on X/Twitter by MikeHoncho on September 25, 2023. “I DON’T WANNA PARTY LIKE IT’S 1999, I WANNA GROCERY SHOP LIKE IT’S 1999” (shown on a sign) was posted on Facebook by El Arroyo on January 27, 2024.
 
     
Wikipedia: 1999 (Prince song)
“1999” is a song by American musician Prince, the title track from his 1982 album of the same name. Originally peaking at number 44 on the Billboard Hot 100, a mid-1983 re-release later reached number 12 in the US, while a January 1985 rerelease, a double A-side with “Little Red Corvette”, later peaked at number 2 in the UK.
     
X/Twitter 
Christopher Keiser
@CKeiser
@duckstore it is truly miserable in France these days. But folks are shopping like it’s 1999!
6:28 AM · Dec 4, 2008
 
X/Twitter
AM
@AzizJM
In Columbus….shopping like its 1999….get it? No recession…..get it?
11:34 AM · Mar 7, 2009
 
X/Twitter
Travel Salem
@TravelSalem
@Ittny Enjoy @ShopWoodburn’s “Shop Like It’s 1999” sidewalk sale!
1:08 PM · Jul 31, 2009
     
X/Twitter
Eva Amurri
@TheHappilyEva
Shop like its 1999 RT: @jenna864 I’m sorry, *two* Hootie and the Blowfish songs during one trip to Ralphs? You can’t be serious.
11:58 PM · Feb 19, 2010
 
X/Twitter
Gene Dutzy Jr.
@ErgoProducts
Overstocktober Deal of the Day. Shop like it’s 1999! http://bit.ly/dp3n3i
10:48 AM · Oct 8, 2010
       
X/Twitter
Philly.Diva on IG
@Kristen_Dionne
Grocery shopping like its 1999! Lol (@ Walmart Supercenter w/ 2 others) http://4sq.com/r6Zc0P
5:18 PM · Oct 3, 2011
 
X/Twitter   
Devo Miguel
@loc_gauged
Shop like its 1999! Oh my lord… I was just thinking Party like its 1999 the other day… These commercials!!
6:24 AM · May 29, 2012
 
X/Twitter
Priscilla
@Just_priskilla
Just heard in a commercial “shop like its 1999” o.O
3:16 PM · Jun 1, 2012
   
X/Twitter
DL Williams, M.Ed, M.S., M.S.T.
@DLWilliams3
Do that food shopping like it’s 1999!
8:59 PM · Oct 28, 2017
   
X/Twitter
Mayor P and 11 others retweeted 3 of your tweets.
@punmagnate
I was hungry when I wrote this
Forgive me if it goes astray
- Grocery Shopping like it’s 1999
7:00 PM · Aug 7, 2019
 
X/Twitter
lenamarie 🌻
@lenamarie887
Grocery shop like it’s 1999
7:54 PM · Mar 12, 2020
     
Facebook
Kathy West
September 21, 2023 at 9:27 PM ·
I don’t wanna party like it’s 1999……... I wanna go grocery shopping like it’s 1999.
 
X/Twitter
Becca Pfalser
@loud_mouth_red
I don’t want to party like it’s 1999. I want to shop like it’s 1999.
6:31 PM · Sep 24, 2023
 
X/Twitter
MikeHoncho
@MikesHonchos
I don’t want to party like it’s 1999, I want to grocery shop like it’s 1999.
6:45 AM · Sep 25, 2023
     
X/Twitter
🎶💀Elaine💀🎶
@Lainey_H_
I don’t wanna party like it’s 1999..
wanna go grocery shopping like it’s
1999…✌🏼💯💯💯
8:27 AM · Sep 25, 2023
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X/Twitter
Chris Riner(Old Gym Guy)
@Qldgym
I don’t wanna party like it’s 1999…
I wanna go grocery shopping like it’s 1999 !!!
#Bidenomics
9:36 AM · Sep 25, 2023
 
Facebook
Marissa Brooke Alesi
September 25, 2023 at 11:41 AM ·
I don’t want to party like it’s 1999…
I want to grocery shop like it’s 1999…
     
Facebook
Brad Williams
September 25, 2023 at 12:32 PM ·
I don’t want to party like it’s 1999, I wanna go grocery shopping like it’s 1999.
 
Facebook
“jus’sayin”
September 25, 2023 at 3:26 PM ·
I don’t wanna party like it’s 1999.
I wanna grocery shop like it’s 1999. 😅
 
X/Twitter
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@pgould79983360
I don’t wanna party like it’s 1999.
I wanna grocery shop like it’s 1999.
8:01 PM · Sep 25, 2023
 
X/Twitter
Suds
@sudsy911
I don’t wanna party like it’s 1999, but I do wanna grocery shop like it’s 1999. 🤦🏻‍♂️
8:30 PM · Sep 25, 2023
 
X/Twitter
Chrissy Dugas
@Author_Chrissy_
I don’t want to party like it’s 1999 I want to grocery shop like it’s 1999
11:56 AM · Sep 26, 2023
         
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JeremyMinton
26 sep 2023
I Cont wanna party like it’s 1999…...... wanna go grocery shopping like it’s 1999.
 
iFunny
TheBigKuz
27 sep 2023
I don’t wanna party like it’s 1999…...... wanna go grocery shopping like it’s 1999.
 
X/Twitter
meep meep
@tswartos
I dont wanna party like its 1999, I wanna grocery shop like its 1999!
7:00 PM · Sep 28, 2023
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iFunny
BadDaddyMac
17 nov 2023
CLAPPER 1999 @hillbillybonz I don’t want to party like it’s 1999. I want to grocery shop like it’s 1999. -
     
X/Twitter
𝙼𝚞𝚜𝚑
@GalaxieMush
I don’t wanna party like its 1999. I wanna go grocery shopping like its 1999.
8:39 PM · Nov 19, 2023
   
Facebook
El Arroyo is at El Arroyo.
January 27, 2024 at 12:52 PM · Austin, TX ·
They should write songs about this
(The following text is shown on the restaurant’s sign.—ed.)
I DON’T WANNA PARTY
LIKE IT’S 1999,
I WANNA GROCERY
SHOP LIKE IT’S 1999
 
X/Twitter
Rothmus 🏴
@Rothmus
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
i don’t wanna party
like it’s 1999,
i want to grocery shop
like it’s 1999
2:40 AM · Mar 9, 2024

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