Appearances in Culture
- This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Big Money by John Dos Passos
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- He handed out a half a dollar to the doorman who had whispered "Shanley's" to the taxi-driver in a serious careful flunkey's voice. The taxi was purring smoothly downtown between the tall square buildings. Charley was a little dizzy....
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- ... When they got up to the room they kissed each other in a hurry and washed up to go out to a show. First they went to Shanley's to dinner. Tony ordered expensive champagne and they both got to giggling on it.
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