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Restaurant-ing through history

Exploring American restaurants over the centuries.

  • By Jan Whitaker
  • Based in United States of America
  • Roughly two posts per month
  • First post on

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Month starting Posts
Nov 2023 2
Dec 2023 2
Jan 2024 2
Feb 2024 2
Mar 2024 3
Apr 2024 2
May 2024 2
Jun 2024 2
Jul 2024 2
Aug 2024 2
Sep 2024 3
Oct 2024 0

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Most recent posts

Postscript: Don the Beachcomber
A new book has come out about Don ‘s wife, Sunny Sund, who took over the Beachcomber chain and made it a success. Its author is Sunny’s daughter Karen, working with Cindi Neisinger. It is …
On , by Jan Whitaker, 70 words
Free birthday cake!
A trip to Maine to celebrate two birthdays (not mine) got me thinking about how restaurants observe these events with customers. [above: at Wolfie’s, Miami, 1986] The custom of restaurants recognizing birthdays with songs, cakes, …
On , by Jan Whitaker, 843 words
Beer & barbecue at the fair
The 19th century was the century of world’s fairs, but the United States did not have a fair to call its own until 1876 when Philadelphia celebrated the 100th anniversary of U.S. independence. After Philadelphia, …
On , by Jan Whitaker, 1,125 words