restohisto
@restohisto.bsky.social
Self-propelled cultural and social historian who blogs about history of American restaurants -- customs, roles, changes related to economic and social upheaval. . . See restaurant-ingthroughhistory.com
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Personally, I have a long fear list but going to restaurants is not among them!
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Personally, I have a long fear list but going to restaurants is not among them!
Fear of restaurants?
I have to admit that I’ve never thought of restaurants as frightening. Nor would I find red restaurant decor soothing.
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August 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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restaurant-ingthroughhistory.com/2025/08/04/f...
Personally, I have a long fear list but going to restaurants is not among them!
restaurant-ingthroughhistory.com/2025/08/04/f...
Personally, I have a long fear list but going to restaurants is not among them!
Popcorn, anyone?
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Popcorn at the movies
It seems for decades patrons either loved eating popcorn at the movies or they intensely disliked hearing others crunching away. Is it still true?
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June 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Popcorn, anyone?
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New post inspired by a flea market find.
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Find of the day: Aviation Tea Room
This past weekend at the giant Brimfield flea market I found the charming small menu shown above and below. The menu is for a tea house that operated seasonally from 1928 through 1940. I’m guessing…
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May 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
New post inspired by a flea market find.
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It is unusual now to go to a restaurant on Mother's Day?
Restaurant-ing on Mother’s Day
Going out to a restaurant for Mother’s Day seems to have lost its popularity in recent years.
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May 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
It is unusual now to go to a restaurant on Mother's Day?
A rare jazz club that defied the racism of its time and introduced the public to players.
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Music & food at Café Society
Barney Josephson, jazz club and restaurant host/owner was ahead of his time in many ways with his Cafe Society and Cookeries.
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April 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
A rare jazz club that defied the racism of its time and introduced the public to players.
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The adventurous life and times of a 1917-1918 Greenwich Village tearoom owner.
The adventurous life and times of a 1917-1918 Greenwich Village tearoom owner.
March 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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The adventurous life and times of a 1917-1918 Greenwich Village tearoom owner.
The adventurous life and times of a 1917-1918 Greenwich Village tearoom owner.
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About some tough times for restaurants, especially in big cities such as Chicago and New York.
About some tough times for restaurants, especially in big cities such as Chicago and New York.
Exploding restaurants
Gangsters that infiltrated unions in the early decades of the last century used bombs to persuade restaurant owners to unionize or pay protection money.
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March 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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About some tough times for restaurants, especially in big cities such as Chicago and New York.
About some tough times for restaurants, especially in big cities such as Chicago and New York.
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Lately I seem to have racketeering on my mind? Why would that be?
Lately I seem to have racketeering on my mind? Why would that be?
Mobsters & racketeering
In the 1950s Chicago restaurants were especially infested with mobsters who furnished “services” or else!
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February 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Lately I seem to have racketeering on my mind? Why would that be?
Lately I seem to have racketeering on my mind? Why would that be?
New post, on a very, very short-lived restaurant.
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The short life of the Roboshef
Are restaurant patrons impressed by kitchens that have automated cooking technology? I don’t think so.
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January 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
New post, on a very, very short-lived restaurant.
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‘High likelihood’ of radioactive waste in smoldering landfill, Missouri officials say missouriindependent.com/2025/01/22/h...
January 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
‘High likelihood’ of radioactive waste in smoldering landfill, Missouri officials say missouriindependent.com/2025/01/22/h...
Seems like a good time to consider ridiculous exaggerations. In this case, restaurant slogans of the past.
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Notable restaurant mottos
In 1925 a restaurant industry publication presented advice on crafting a slogan that would draw customers. The article advised against simply saying “Where to Dine” because that really didn’t signi…
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January 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Seems like a good time to consider ridiculous exaggerations. In this case, restaurant slogans of the past.
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My new post inspired by a visit to the Fishs Eddy store (NYC) owner's upstairs china stash.
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Famous in its day: Well of the Sea
Chicago’s mid-century Well of the Sea restaurant in the Sherman House overflowed with modern art.
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December 29, 2024 at 4:58 PM
My new post inspired by a visit to the Fishs Eddy store (NYC) owner's upstairs china stash.
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Does anyone know what it takes to post from a blog?
Does anyone know what it takes to post from a blog?
December 16, 2024 at 3:33 PM
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Does anyone know what it takes to post from a blog?
Does anyone know what it takes to post from a blog?
My latest post, a kind of commemoration of Alice Brock and her restaurants.
restaurant-ingthroughhistory.com/2024/11/26/goodbye-alice/
restaurant-ingthroughhistory.com/2024/11/26/goodbye-alice/
November 26, 2024 at 5:23 PM
My latest post, a kind of commemoration of Alice Brock and her restaurants.
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restaurant-ingthroughhistory.com/2024/11/26/goodbye-alice/
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Went and saw the real-fake food exhibition at The Japan House, and especially loved the use of them for food education (such as showing different stages that food goes bad), even though it set off my ‘scientific image standardisation history’ brain because what is the perfect egg gone bad!!
November 16, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Went and saw the real-fake food exhibition at The Japan House, and especially loved the use of them for food education (such as showing different stages that food goes bad), even though it set off my ‘scientific image standardisation history’ brain because what is the perfect egg gone bad!!
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⏰ Please share far and wide, #foodhistory and #foodstudies friends: The CFP for the Amsterdam Food Symposium 2025 is out ⏰
This is a very special year, as it coincides with the 750th anniv. of Amsterdam and an exhibition on the history of food in Amsterdam.
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This is a very special year, as it coincides with the 750th anniv. of Amsterdam and an exhibition on the history of food in Amsterdam.
allardpierson.nl/en/news/call...
Call for papers: Amsterdam Symposium on the History of Food 2025
On 5 and 6 June 2025, the 8th Amsterdam Symposium on the History of Food will take place at Allard Pierson, University of Amsterdam. This year’s topic is: Food and the City
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November 18, 2024 at 7:17 PM
⏰ Please share far and wide, #foodhistory and #foodstudies friends: The CFP for the Amsterdam Food Symposium 2025 is out ⏰
This is a very special year, as it coincides with the 750th anniv. of Amsterdam and an exhibition on the history of food in Amsterdam.
allardpierson.nl/en/news/call...
This is a very special year, as it coincides with the 750th anniv. of Amsterdam and an exhibition on the history of food in Amsterdam.
allardpierson.nl/en/news/call...
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This restaurateur from the early movie days in Hollywood was crazy busy!
restaurant-ingthroughhistory.com/2024/11/17/restaurant-ing-in-movieland/
restaurant-ingthroughhistory.com/2024/11/17/restaurant-ing-in-movieland/
November 17, 2024 at 7:02 PM
This restaurateur from the early movie days in Hollywood was crazy busy!
restaurant-ingthroughhistory.com/2024/11/17/restaurant-ing-in-movieland/
restaurant-ingthroughhistory.com/2024/11/17/restaurant-ing-in-movieland/