Table of Contents
Acknowledgements 11
Introduction 15
1 The Early Years
The Vegetarian Restaurant, 1897-1909 21
Manning's Coffee Café, 1916-1984 26
The Lotus Cardroom and Café, 1924-2016 33
Yaw's Top Notch, 1926-1982 43
2 A Growing Sophistication
The Monte Carlo, 1927-2000 48
Henry Thiele's Restaurant, 1932-1990 53
The Georgian Room, 1933-2005 63
Fryer's Quality Pie, 1934-1992 67
3 More Comfort Food
The Chocolate Lounge/Orange Slice, 1937-1986 73
Waddle's Coffee Shop, 1938-2004 78
DuPay's Drive-In Restaurant, 1954-1962 82
The Hollywood Burger Bar, 1954-2015 88
4 Entertatnment, Soul Food and Racism
Sambo's Restaurant, 1957-1981 95
Club 21, 1958-2017 105
The Burger Barn, 1959-1994 115
The Barbary Coast/Hoyt Hotel, 1962-1972 122
5 Legends, Difficult Bosses, Art and a Boat
The River Queen, 1962-1995 128
Der Rheinländer Restaurant, 1963-2016 141
Old Wives' Tales Restaurant, 1980-2014 157
Café Lena, 1991-2001 167
Bibliography 175
About the Author 191