Description:
City Tavern: The Founding Table--Colonial Dining, Revolutionary History, and the Restaurant at the Center of it All views this crucial time in America's history through the tavern's lens. Here the reader can follow history as it unfolds from the unique perspective of the dining table, from the decision to break from England and the prosecution of the war to Constitutional debate and the grand banquet Washington enjoyed at City Tavern in 1789 as he passed through Philadelphia on the way to his presidential inauguration in New York City. Throughout, the business of an eighteenth-century tavern is described in detail along with the food and drink enjoyed by customers. Illustrated with period images, City Tavern provides a unique perspective on an extraordinary part of our nation's history.
Review Quotes:
"Becky Diamond's City Tavern is a thoroughly enjoyable and enlightening behind-the-scenes look at a little-known institution that played a significant role in the early development of the United States. Page by page in this well-researched and firmly grounded account, she demonstrates how the Tavern's spirit of cordiality and conviviality set the stage for public cooperation, as America's founders worked together to hammer out the shape of the nation we live in today."--Robert N. Fanelli, author of Lydia's Tale: The Mystery of Lydia Darragh, Irish Quaker, Patriot Spy