America Eats Out: An Illustrated History of Restaurants, Taverns, Coffee Shops, Speakeasies, and Other Establishments That Have Fed Us for 350 Years

294 Pages·48.201 MB·English

by  John F. Mariani

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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
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Sections of Chapter 5 first appeared in American Heritage.
Sect10ns of Chapter 8 first appeared in Gastronome
Copyright© 1991 by John Mariani
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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
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Printe<l 111 the United States of America
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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