American Restaurant Development

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Types of restaurant:

According to Donald

Wade

According to John R Walker

Quick serve Quick service

Family Restaurant Family

Buffet Restaurant Chain or Independent

Casual dining Casual

Fine dining Fine dining

Fast casual

Steak house

Seafood restaurant

Ethnic Restaurant (Mexican Restaurant, Italian

Restaurant, Chinese Restaurant)

Theme Restaurant (movie themes, Hollywood

themes)

Chef-owned Restaurant

Celebrity restaurant (celebrity owned

restaurant)

Centralized Home Delivery Restaurant

HISTORY OF RESTAURANT DEVELOPMENT IN AMERICA:

Years location Highlights explanation

1794

New York The Coffeehouse and Commerce: America

The Tontine Coffee House opens And becomes

the favorite hang-out of the group of

speculative investors who later establish the

New York Stock Exchange.

Boston French refugee opened a restorator

Served truffles, cheese fondue, and delicious

soup

1827New York

America Introduced to Fine Dining

Delmonicos restaurant open, offering

businessmen an elegant, hot meal at lunchtime.

For almost an entire century, the Delmonico's

restaurants set the standard for upscale dining

in the country.

1849 San Fransisco First Chinese Restaurant in America

During the Gold rush era thousands of people

rush out to the California, a Chinese American

named Norman Asing opened a restaurant

called, The Macao and Woosung and charged$1 for an all-you-can-eat buffet.

Source : The Restaurant

from concept to operation,

by John R Walker


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1868 Chicago Luxury on the Railroads

George Pullman introduces the Pullman dining

car. These cars provide a luxurious mobile

restaurant for those railroad travelers who can

afford it, complete with formally trained waiters

and chefs. They feature menus that vary

according to the fresh local produce available

along the route.

1872 Rhode IslandThe First Stage in the Evolution of the Diner

Walter Scott, a food vendor, decides to sell hisproduct using a horse wagon. This helps Walter

to save time for replenish the supplies during

business hour.

1876Topeka,

Kansas

Respectable and Affordable Dining for

Travelers

Fred Harvey opens his first restaurant at the

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad depot in

Topeka.

1890 New York The Ultimate in Gilded Age lavishLouis Sherry opened his first restaurant,

developed the art of catering

1893

New YorkThe Culture of the Matre D' (head waiter)

The newly built Waldorf-Astoria hotel opens its

lavish dining room. It is managed by Oscar

Tschirky, who is the original high-profile matre

d'htel, known for coddling famous favoritepatrons and snubbing the less-than-glamorous

Chicago Birth of the American Cafeteria

John Kruger opens a self-service restaurant

during World's Columbian Exposition which

based on the Swedish smorgasbord. He chooses

to call it a cafeteria (the Spanish word for coffee

shop).

1898 New YorkCafeteria-Goer's Helper

William and Samuel Childs introduce the tray to

make it easier for the customers in their self-

service restaurants to carry their meals to the

tables.

1900 New York Pizza Restaurant enters New York As an effect of the increasing number of Italianimmigrants

1912 Rhode IslandThe Diner Takes Its Place at the Side of the

Road

Lunch wagons have become so numerous that

they block the city's streets, so a law is passed

requiring them to be out of traffic by 10:00 a.m.

In order to keep serving throughout the day,

many wagon owners park their vehicles

permanently in abandoned lots, and workers

come to them.

1916Wichita,

Kansas

From Diner to Chain Hamburger-Joint

Walter Anderson opens a diner with a menu

featuring hamburgers. By 1921, he is in search

of a business partner to help him finance a

fourth diner, so he joins forces with Edgar"Billy" Ingram. They name their

enterprise White Castle.

1920 USAChinese restaurants dotted the American

landscape

1925 Massachusetts Birth of the First Great Restaurant Franchise

When Howard Johnson, who owns a small soda

shop and newsstand in the town of Wollaston,

is asked to open a second shop in Cape Cod, he

hasn't got the funds. But he persuades a friend

to open a restaurant using his specifications and

serving his products. The idea works so well

that he continues to expand his business in this

way. By 1941, Johnson has an empire of 150

franchises in the eastern United States from

New England down to Florida.


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1926 Los AngelesRoad Restaurant Gimmicks (Grab attention)

The Brown Derby, a restaurant that is actually

shaped like a hat, opens in Hollywood. Cobb

salad was invented for the Brown Derby menu.

1934 New York "Continental Cuisine" Comes to America

The Rainbow Room opens at the top of the RCA

Building at Rockefeller Center. At this deluxe

supper club, the menu features dishes with a

European elegance, and the dance floor isilluminated with flashing colored lights that are

activated by the notes played on the organ that

is the centerpiece of the orchestra.

1936Oakland,

CaliforniaThe Rise of the Theme Restaurant

Victor Bergeron, opens a Polynesian-theme

supper club named to Trader Vic's. The

restaurant has a tikiroom concept which is so

ethnic

1938 ChicagoEveryone is Welcome, but Some People are

More Welcome than Others

Ernest Lessing Byfield opens the Pump Room

(drinking places at spa)at the Ambassador

Hotel.

1939 New York Haute Cuisine Arrives in America

Henri Soul (who will open Le Pavillion in 1941)

and Pierre Franey,introduce haute cuisine intothe country during 1939 worlds fair.

1948

San

Bernardino,

California

The Invention of the "Fast Food" Concept

McDonalds and creates new concept, in which

they only serve hamburgers, French fries, and

milk shakes. And they also create drive thru

system.

1950 Dunkin donuts open

1952 New York KFC

1954 Miami Burger King

1958 Wichita Pizza Hut

Source

http://www.foodtimeline.org/

John R Walker.2008.The Restaurant from concept to operation. Hoboken, New Jersey. John Wiley & son Inc.
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