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