Four. “To See and Be Seen”: Restaurants and Public Culture, 1825–1865

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. One. “Convenient to the New York Market”: Feeding New York City in the Early National Period, 1786–1830 11
6. Two. “The Glory of a Plenteous Land”: The Transformation of New York’s Food Supply, 1825–1865 39
7. Three. “Monuments of Municipal Malfeasance”: The Flip Side of Dietary Abundance, 1825–1865 73
8. Four. “To See and Be Seen”: Restaurants and Public Culture, 1825–1865 103
9. Five. “No Place More Attractive than Home”: Domesticity and Consumerism, 1830–1880 139
10. Six. “The Empire of Gastronomy”: New York and the World, 1850–1890 169
11. Conclusion. From the Broadway Shambles to New Amsterdam Market 201
12. Notes 209
13. Index 253