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Lost Restaurants of Providence
In the city that invented the diner, so many amazing restaurants remain only in memories. The Silver Top had fresh coffee every twenty minutes, and the Ever Ready was hot dog heaven. Miss Dutton's Green Room and the Shepard Tea Room beckoned shoppers in their Sunday finest. At Childs, the griddle chef made butter cakes in the window for night owls, and Harry Houdini supped at midnight with H.P. Lovecraft at the Waldorf Lunch. Themed lounges like the Beachcomber and the Bacchante Room chased away the Prohibition blues. Downcity Diner offered a famous meatloaf, and Ming Garden's Ming Wings were a staple for regulars. Author David Norton Stone details the restaurants that still hold a place in the hearts of locals.
144 pages, Paperback
Published April 8, 2019
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David Norton Stone
17 books26 followersDavid Norton Stone is a graduate of Bishop Hendricken High School, Yale University, Navy Officer Candidate School and the University of Connecticut School of Law. He lives in Warwick, Rhode Island. He is the author of Trial of Honor: A Novel of a Court-Martial and Clamcake Summer: One Man Eats Every Clamcake in Rhode Island (Or Dies Frying).
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March 20, 2020
Bring your phantom appetite as you dine on stories of the endless shore halls, the Biltmore's suave Fallataff Beer room, the eloquent Bacchante room and others of Providence's fabled past. Also on proud display are various hip hangouts from Providence's bohemian 80's.
Meatballs with diced onion carrot celery! Date nut bread with cream cheese and jelly, lettuce mixed fruit banana! Those were two meals served at establishments that I might try at home.
The author, perhaps thinking a separate book on the dietary habits of HP Lovecraft wouldn't be a best seller, has also generously sprinkled his book with his research on that subject.
RIP the Copper gallery, and Melvin Berry (who my dad always reminds me "brought the hula-hoop to Rhode Island), who plundered various Tiki crap from the 1939 world fair for his restaurant that has sadly been lost to time.
Meanwhile, I'M supposed to get excited when some vegan crap shithouse opens up downtown. Of course, right about now, I'd be happy dining anywhere.
Loved this book. I wish there were more pictures. Maybe some day in a second edition.
Meatballs with diced onion carrot celery! Date nut bread with cream cheese and jelly, lettuce mixed fruit banana! Those were two meals served at establishments that I might try at home.
The author, perhaps thinking a separate book on the dietary habits of HP Lovecraft wouldn't be a best seller, has also generously sprinkled his book with his research on that subject.
RIP the Copper gallery, and Melvin Berry (who my dad always reminds me "brought the hula-hoop to Rhode Island), who plundered various Tiki crap from the 1939 world fair for his restaurant that has sadly been lost to time.
Meanwhile, I'M supposed to get excited when some vegan crap shithouse opens up downtown. Of course, right about now, I'd be happy dining anywhere.
Loved this book. I wish there were more pictures. Maybe some day in a second edition.
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