America Eats Out: An Illustrated History of Restaurants, Taverns, Coffee Shops, Speakeasies, and Other Establishments That Have Fed Us for 350 Years PDF
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ffiERIC , EATS OUT An Illustrated History of Restaurants, Taverns, Coffee Shops, Speakeasies, and Other Establishments T hat Have Fed Us for 350 Years JOHn ffiARIAnl C AmER�CA EArsour 0 -, A ffiER�CA '1 1 EATSOUT An Illustrated History of Restaurants, Taverns, Coffee Shops, Speakeasies, and Other Establishments T hat Have Fed Us for 350 Years JOHn ffiARIAnl WILLIAM MORROW AND COMPANY. INC. NEW YORK 0 Sections of Chapter 5 first appeared in American Heritage. Sect10ns of Chapter 8 first appeared in Gastronome Copyright© 1991 by John Mariani Photograph credits, constituting a continuation of the copyright page, appear on page 285. All nghts reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retnrval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher. Inquiries should be addressed to Perm1ss1ons Department, William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y. 10019. It is the policy of William Morrow and Company, Inc., and its imprints and affiliates, recogmz;mg the importance of preserving what has been written, to print the books we publish on acid-free paper, and we exert our best efforts to that end. Library of Congress Catalogmg-in-Publication Data Manani, John F. America eats out. an illustrated history of restaurants, taverns, coffee shops, speakeasies, and other establishments that have fed us for 350 years/ John Mariani. p. cm. Includes bibliographICal references and 111dex. ISBN 0-688-09996-3 1 Restaurants, lunchrooms, etc.-United States-History. 2. Hotels, taverns, etc -United States-History. I. Title. TX909 M32 1991 647 9573'09-dc20 91-2380 CIP Printe<l 111 the United States of America Fir,t E<l1t1on 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BOOK lll·SIC;N IW BARRY :C:AID For Misha and Christopher Contents Introduction 9 1 Potluck 15 2 Setting the Mold 23 3 What'II It Be, Stranger? 35 4 The Age of Gluttony 49 5 Stretching the Sauce 61 6 Joe Sent Me 89 7 Out of State Plates 105 8 Flaming Swords and French Dressing 133 9 Something for Everyone 155 10 Eat and Run 163 11 Googie, Mickey, and the Twelve Caesars 179 12 You Are Where You Eat 197 13 You Are What You Eat 211 14 Have It Your Way 223 15 America Hurrah! 239 16 Will There Be Anything Else? 253 Bibliography 269 Acknowledgments 271 Index 273
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