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From the days (1820s) when there was literally no place to eat out in New York to the present, this wonderful book reads like a dramatic suspense novel with the heroine as the city itself!

Has your father ever taken you to lunch at the Automat or waited in line with you at Schrafft's for a hot fudge sundae? This book is for you!

Check out the menus, and illustrations such as the one on p.150 of "the infamous dinner on horseback at Sherry's in 1903, where members of the Equestrian Club of New York dined from trays attached to saddles and sipped champagne through long straws. It immediately became a symbol of the excesses of the idle rich."


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Appetite City A Culinary History of New York William Grimes 9780374532499 Books Reviews

This book took me by surprise. I could not have imagined that a tale of defunct restaurants could be so lively and so funny. Mr. Grimes has managed to summon up, generously and with great wit, bygone places, people, and an entire era.
I was under the impression I was buying a new book, meanwhile this book came 100% used with stained and bent pages.
This has more great information about restaurants from the Colonial era through the 1920s than about contemporary eateries. Well-written, informative.
This book is so terrific, I have already purchased three copies to give as gifts. Whether it's food or history you're into, this is a must for your culinary library.
My uncles restaurant is mentioned in here so I had to get it at a bargain was a plus
Written as a history of NY restaurants, this work by W. Grimes is big on detail of 18th & 19th century NY dining but loses steam as it progresses into the 20th century. The author is to be commended for undertaking such an enormous subject matter, but in order to do it justice the book would have to have been double the pages. If you're a "foodie" who loves NY restaurants, this might book fill your appetite. But the average reader will come away hungry for more.
This is a thoroughly researched, superbly-written history of restaurants and food in the Apple. Without a moment's hesitation, I can highly recommend it for foodies and non alike.
From the days (1820s) when there was literally no place to eat out in New York to the present, this wonderful book reads like a dramatic suspense novel with the heroine as the city itself!

Has your father ever taken you to lunch at the Automat or waited in line with you at Schrafft's for a hot fudge sundae? This book is for you!

Check out the menus, and illustrations such as the one on p.150 of "the infamous dinner on horseback at Sherry's in 1903, where members of the Equestrian Club of New York dined from trays attached to saddles and sipped champagne through long straws. It immediately became a symbol of the excesses of the idle rich."