Iconic Restaurants of Columbia, Missouri

Iconic Restaurants of Columbia, Missouri

by Kerri Linder
Iconic Restaurants of Columbia, Missouri

Iconic Restaurants of Columbia, Missouri

by Kerri Linder

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Overview


Columbia's culinary history is chock-full of restaurants that not only satisfied appetites but also provided gathering places to build community. Gentry's Tavern served wild game along the Boonslick Trail. Hungry and broke students could grab a meal on credit from Ralph Morris at the Ever Eat Café during the Depression. During and after World War II, Ambrose's Café required students to give up their seats to men in uniform. Segregation didn't stop Annie Fisher from making her fortune serving her famous beaten biscuits. These stories and more are as rich as the cinnamon rolls served at Breischs. Join Columbia native Kerri Linder as she shares the stories and memories wrapped around the food of Columbia's iconic restaurants.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781467139304
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 11/26/2018
Series: American Palate
Pages: 128
Sales rank: 673,556
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author


Kerri Linder is a born and raised third-generation Columbian. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri, with a very non-food or history-related degree: accounting. After working in corporate accounting and spending time raising her children, she combined her passion for food, local history and meeting new people and started Columbia Culinary Tours LLC. She enjoys sharing the history and stories of the town she grew up in--and where she and her husband have raised their four children.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 7

Introduction 9

1 Early Taverns along the Boon slick Trail 13

The Gentry Tavern 13

Selby's Tavern 14

Camplin's Hotel 15

2 Small Hotels: Transitioning from Pioneers to Post Civil War Travelers 16

3 Early 1900s Hotels: Wooing the Theater Crowds and Sunday Diners 18

Daniel Boone Tavern 19

The Tiger Hotel 21

4 The Round Table Group: Columbia's Movers .and Shakers 22

5 Cafés and Stand-Alone Restaurants: Satisfying Locals and Students on a Budget 28

Ambrose's Café 29

Ever Eat Café 31

The Shack 35

Wig Warn Café 36

6 The 1940s through the 1960s: Serving a Growing Community 39

Breisch's 40

Glenn's Café 44

Clark's Soda Luncheonette 46

Pla-Boy Drive-In, Dog n Suds Drive-In and O-Boy Drive-In 48

The Bull Pen Café 51

7 The Sharp End: Columbia's Black Business Community 57

Elite Café 59

Vi's Café 60

The Wayside Inn-Annie Fisher 61

The Erasing of the Sharp End-Urban Renewal 63

8 Gathering Plages for Upscale Casual, Happy Hours and Special Occasions 64

Haden House 65

The 63 Diner 66

Flaming Pit 70

Interstate Pancake Howse 71

Boone Tavern 75

Jack's Gourmet 78

9 Satisfying Columbia's Sweet' Tooth-for All Ages! 83

Central Dairy Peppermint Room 83

Buck's Ice Cream 85

The Candy Factory 86

Tropical liqueurs 88

10 They're Still Going: Columbia's Oldest Restaurants Serving Up Big-City Offerings with Midwest Hospitality 91

The Pasta Factory 91

G&D Steakhouse 94

The Heidelberg 96

Tony's Pizza Palace 99

Mugs Up Drive In 102

Shakespeare's Pizza 105

The Broadway Diner 108

11 Ernie's Gafé & Steak House and Booche's Billiard Hall: Over Two Hundred Years of Combined Service to Columbia 113

Ernie's Café & Steak House 113

Booehe's Billiard Hall 119

12 Columbia's Next Generation of Iconic Restaurants 123

Bibliography 125

About the Author 127

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