Lost restaurants of Philadelphia / Amy Strauss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strauss, Amy, author.

Contributor:

James Samuel Blank Fund.

Series:

American palate

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Restaurants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.

Restaurants.

Physical Description:

236 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : American Palate, a division of The History Press, 2022.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Philadelphia's Fine Dining at Its Finest

1. Déjà Vu

2. Deux Cheminees

3. Le Bec-Fin

4. Frog, Frog Commissary

5. The Fountain at the Four Seasons Hotel

6. The Garden

7. Wanamaker's Crystal Tearoom

8. La Truffe

pt. II One Building, a Dozen Accolades

9. Walk Down Memory Lane

pt. III The Automat and Rise of Cafeteria Dining

10. Horn & Hardart's

11. The Colonnade

pt. IV Seafood-Slinging Showstoppers

12. Striped Bass

13. The Original Snockey's Oyster & Crab House

14. Old Original Bookbinder's

pt. V The Originals

15. Sansom Street Oyster House (Original)

16. Friday Saturday Sunday (Original)

pt. VI Memorable Restaurateurs Who Set a New Culinary Pace

17. In Season

18. James

19. Django

20. Koo Zee Doo

21. Pif & Ansill

22. Marigold Kitchen

23. ¡Pasion!

24. Knave of Hearts

25. Astral Plane

26. Carman's Country Kitchen

27. Supper

28. Zanzibar Blue

29. Black Banana

30. Tashan

31. Holly Moore's Upstairs Cafe

pt. VII Unforgettable Comfort Food Classics

32. Little Pete's

33. Shank's & Evelyn's

34. Levis Hot Dogs

35. New Corned Beef Academy

36. Jimmy's Milan

pt. VIII South Philly Italian Kingpins

37. Palumbo's

38. Strolli's

pt. IX Iconic Steakhouse Charm

39. Arthur's

40. Frankie Bradley's

41. The Palm

pt. X The Most Memorable Bakeries and Dessert Darling

42. Hesh's Eclair Bake Shoppe

43. Rindelaub's Bakery & Coffee Shop

44. Italiano's Water Ice

pt. XI Serial Restaurateurs with Restaurants Past

45. Neil Stein

46. Stephen Starr

47. Daniel Stern

48. Kevin Sbraga.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copies: Zebooker fund bookplate.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Samuel Blank Fund.

ISBN:

9781467141758

1467141755

OCLC:

1308395144

Publisher Number:

99991203592