Broome Co. specialty as early as 1938, skewered chunks of marinated meat, charbroiled & served on bread. Celebrated at “Spiedie Fest” starting 1983. — — Map (db m298041) HM
Dr. James Henry Salisbury 1823. Pioneer in germ theory research. Invented salisbury steak to combat illness in Civil War soldiers. — — Map (db m316256) HM
In 1847 George Zent opened the first Brewery in Tonawanda at Hinds and Niagara Streets directly ahead of you on top of the embankment. Lured by the unlimited supply of fresh water from from the Niagara River, economical shipping via the Erie Canal . . . — — Map (db m98554) HM
Sandwich made of roast beef with horseradish served on kümmelweck roll. Popular throughout Western NY. Believed first served in late 1800s. — — Map (db m188242) HM
Ice cream was not invented, but undoubtedly evolved from the chilled wines and other iced beverages and foods that graced the tables of potentates of antiquity and the water ices that were popular in the early medieval period. In the fourth . . . — — Map (db m311760) HM
In the years after the Civil War, nearly half of all the cheese made in America came from New York State. The best came from Herkimer County cows that grazed on the limestone rich pastures of this region. Local cheese-makers were able to capture . . . — — Map (db m315723) HM
This two-story building constructed in 1917 was the site of the first of two Childs restaurants to operate in Coney Island. Established by brothers Samuel and William Childs in 1889, this successful dining chain was known for serving good food at . . . — — Map (db m316166) HM
Architectural Design
The Ward Baking Company used the design of its bakeries to promote its products and demonstrate the superiority of its modern manufacturing methods. The bakery's white terra cotta facade was its most distinctive . . . — — Map (db m311910) HM
The "pole construction" building, now the park office, is shown here in its original location on Culver Road. The building originally served as a pavillion at the end of the trolley line. Later it was enclosed, became a restaurant and then a gift . . . — — Map (db m312128) HM
The Standard Brewing Company was established in 1889. The ornate building was designed by famed architect A.C. Wagner. The brewery specialized in porter and other ales. By 1915, the brewery was producing 50,000 barrels a year. Standard closed . . . — — Map (db m313842) HM
Mealtimes were family times for the Roosevelt family. Breakfast might include peaches and cream, fried liver and bacon, grits, waffles, cereal, milk, and for Theodore Roosevelt, lots of coffee. Dinners often featured fried chicken covered with . . . — — Map (db m312069) HM
Crabbing has long been a rite of passage for many Long Islanders. In Mill River and similar brackish tidal creeks throughout the region, the most common crab is the blue claw.
Blue claws are ubiquitous all summer but they become more desirable . . . — — Map (db m316175) HM
This is the birthplace of punk rock. A grungy and chaotic laboratory of musical innovation, it witnessed early performance by The Ramones, Patti Smith, Talking Heads, Television, Richard Hell, Blondie, The Police, Dead Boys, Joan Jett, Lou Reed, . . . — — Map (db m137713) HM
You are standing at the former site of the Five Spot Café, which in the 1950s and ‘60s was owned and operated by brothers Joe and Iggy Termini, who brought in the era’s most progressive jazz artists, including Thelonious Monk, Cecil Taylor, Eric . . . — — Map (db m132311) HM
Oyster reefs were once a key feature of the New York / New Jersey Harbor Estuary’s ecosystem. Oysters helped to feed New Amsterdam residents, particularly in winter when other foods were scarce. Oysters in fact remained the most common local street . . . — — Map (db m311321) HM
Champion Pizza Making The Move To Go Beyond New York City
By Gary Stern Contributor
May 17, 2023, 06:51am EDT
In the 1976 film "New York, New York," the lyrics of the title song say, "If you can make it in New York, you . . . — — Map (db m311799) HM
This site has been declared a National Historic and Legendary Pizzeria by PMQ Magazine and The New York Pizza Show and has been inducted as a member of The Pizza Hall of Fame.
Lombardi’s Pizza is hereby recognized as the First Pizzeria in the . . . — — Map (db m127381) HM
In its post-war heyday, the San Remo was a meeting place for an unparalleled array of figures from the Beat movement, the New York School of poets and painters, and The Living Theater.
Regulars included Allen Ginsberg, Dylan Thomas, Jack . . . — — Map (db m106307) HM
On April 21, 1966, members of the Mattachine Society, a pioneering gay rights organization, challenged a regulation that prohibited bars from serving LGBT people by staging a "Sip-In" at Julius', a bar with a large gay clientele.
With . . . — — Map (db m198561) HM
In the summer of 1969, brave individual from the LGBTQ community stood up against years of oppression at the Stonewall Inn. The Stonewall Riots were the symbolic spark that ignited the modern LGBTQ rights movement.
50 years later, the legacy . . . — — Map (db m182947) HM
53 Christopher Street at Stonewall Place
Site of the Stonewall Riots
June 27-29, 1969
Birth of the modern
lesbian & gay rights liberation
— — Map (db m98751) HM
The events that began at the Stonewall Inn in 1969 marked a monumental change for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) Americans. Stonewall, which occupied 51-53 Christopher Street, was a gay bar that was raided on June 28, 1969. . . . — — Map (db m137345) HM
Est. by Val Heid ca. 1917 & restaurant opened ca. 1930.
Became a local landmark for serving hot dogs. Later
renamed Heid's of Liverpool. — — Map (db m315902) HM
Popularized by salt industry workers, potatoes boiled in brine & paired with melted butter served in local taverns and eateries as early as 1883. — — Map (db m226005) HM
A carpenter, Cotton built the parlor and opened it seasonally. He had a dozen café tables and sold vanilla, chocolate and strawberry flavors. It was a favorite stop for travelers, teens and knitting mill workers.
It was remodeled and became . . . — — Map (db m311779) HM
On this Ground 1793
Samuel Wilson
Familiarly Known as
"Uncle Sam"
Erected the dwelling in which he resided many years. He furnished beef to military camps during the War of 1812. The Troy soldiers called it Uncle Sam's beef — others, . . . — — Map (db m313231) HM
Regional cookie variety made with chocolate, molasses and spices. So popular, judged at Schoharie County Fair as early as 1916. — — Map (db m199773) HM
In the days before modern refrigeration, ice was used to protect farm produce from spoilage. Chilling milk, meat, eggs, and other agricultural products kept them fresh when being shipped by rail, which was a principal means of getting produce to . . . — — Map (db m313676) HM
Bethabara is the site of the first known commercial brewery and distillery in North Carolina. The original 1756 log brewery and distillery stood across from the Gemeinhaus. After two decades of large-scale production, Moravians constructed a brick . . . — — Map (db m313844) HM
Apple butter, apple cider, applesauce, apple pie! There were few home grown products more useful to the mountain farmer than apples. Cuttings from favorite trees were often taken from place to place when the family moved or children left home. . . . — — Map (db m311797) HM
Pawpaw (Asimina trioba)
They pawpaw holds the crowns as North America's largest native tree fruit — a creamy, custard-like treasure hiding in plain sight. Long before it became a foodie obsession, the pawpaw quietly nourished Indigenous . . . — — Map (db m307368) HM
Unique dessert thought to originate in Surry County in mid 1800s. Similar to cobbler, made with dough and fruit or sweet potato. — — Map (db m206799) HM
For the mountain family, apples were a staple-eaten raw and used to make cider, vinegar, apple sauce, apple butter, and pies. Storing them was important, as evidenced by this substantial apple house. Summer apples were stored on the upper floor; . . . — — Map (db m311796) HM
Founded by Carl and Isobel (Chandler) Madsen in 1936, Madsen Donuts originated in Niles, Ohio. The couple moved the shop to Geneva-on-the-Lake two years later.
Like many of the businesses on The Strip, Madsen provided summer jobs for high . . . — — Map (db m315309) HM
Karl Kuehner, with knowledge of German pastries, stowed away on a ship bound for America in 1896. After his arrival and many stops in the East, he eventually landed in Minster and started Kuehner's Bakery in 1908. Four years later, the bakery, . . . — — Map (db m312013) HM
"It was always a real treat when mom took us and we got to sit up on the stools and twirl around."
The Lunch County Circa 1969
"I'd stay with my grandmother and we'd walk 'up town' (downtown is towards the river) to have lunch . . . — — Map (db m314494) HM
"I shopped in there for candy when we would walk to the Presbyterian church for weekly choir practice after school."
"My friends and I would walk all the way from Adams Street to the store just to buy candy!"
"I remember when . . . — — Map (db m314504) HM
Curtis-Preyer Stone House. 1819-1835. The Curtis-Preyer Stone House takes its name from two families associated with its early history. Richard and Clarissa Dille Curtis purchased 70 acres in the Connecticut Western Reserve . . . — — Map (db m315854) HM
Near this site the widely celebrated McGarvey's Restaurant (boat drive-in) stood from 1929 until 2000 when the property was purchased by the Vermilion Port Authority and razed to provide transient dockage making way for the construction of a new . . . — — Map (db m316254) HM
Dave Thomas realized his boyhood dream when he opened his first hamburger restaurant on this site on November 15, 1969. Thomas changed the image of fast food by serving fresh, not frozen hamburgers, hot off the grill with a choice of toppings in a . . . — — Map (db m14492) HM
2210 Summit Street once housed one of Ohio's longest-running lesbian bars. In 1970. a lesbian bartender at Jack's A Go Go recognized that while Columbus had bars for gay men. it needed one geared toward lesbian clientele. Patrons knew the bar as . . . — — Map (db m225720) HM
Dave is best known as chairman and founder of Wendy's International, Inc. As a young boy, he dreamed of owning his own hamburger restaurant, and he realized that dream in 1969 when he opened the first Wendy's restaurant in downtown Columbus. . . . — — Map (db m224139) HM
The Pritz and Kuhns Company property on the Miami Erie Canal was purchased in 1888 by the Sachs-Prudens Brewing Company. During the same year, the Sachs-Prudens Brewing Company constructed a new building on the property for its brewery. The four . . . — — Map (db m314500) HM
Kettering grocer Victor “Vic” Cassano, Sr. (1922- 2002) and his
mother-in-law Caroline “Mom” Dinisi (1893- 1987) opened what became
Cassano’s Pizza King on June 4, 1953. Their signature square-cut,
thin-crust “pizza pie” was an instant . . . — — Map (db m97267) HM
In 1855, William Kramer purchased 60 acres “in a perfectly
wild state, never having known the sound of a woodman's
axe” to create Kramer's Wine & Pleasure Gardens.
Kramer planted vineyards, orchards and flowers and sold his
wine to . . . — — Map (db m315855) HM
From 1947 to 1956 Mark and Betty Lutz owned a diner called Mark's Dairy Bar on this site on historic Lincoln Highway. Mark's Dairy Bar was operated by Betty. She was quite the multi-tasker; preparing food, serving, washing dishes, socializing with . . . — — Map (db m164101) HM
Fires and mergers transformed Schumacher's Akron business into the major American company of Quaker Oats. Schumacher's empire peaked as an independent business in the 1880s. His Empire Mills had expanded into a major complex which included . . . — — Map (db m316177) HM
The F. Schumacher Milling Company became Akron's largest business for its time, but it started small. A German immigrant, Schumacher arrived in Akron in 1851. He opened a toy and fancy goods store on Howard Street and then a grocery and drugstore . . . — — Map (db m316176) HM
Introduced in the 1920s,
shredded onions fused with
limited amounts of ground
beef made these burgers an
affordable local specialty. — — Map (db m274223) HM
The Marshall Café opened its doors in 1953. Owned by George Marshall, the café was best known for steak and chicken dinners. The restaurant was located on the 10th street alignment of Route 66 (Route 66 followed 10th street from 1926 to 1958) and . . . — — Map (db m316258) HM
The Kentucky Colonel Hotel was a showplace and popular throughout the country for its fried chicken meals in early Broken Arrow days. Col. G. W. Gist built the hotel in 1903. The impressive inn was inviting to rail passengers for years. Vena . . . — — Map (db m312169) HM
Henry and Alabama Marshall founded the BAMA Pie Company in Dallas in 1921. Mrs. "Bama" Marshall baked the pies, while Mr. Marshall handled the marketing. What began as a small operation selling pies at the Woolworth's soda fountain quickly grew . . . — — Map (db m311782) HM
Opening in 1948 on the northeast corner of this intersection, the Golden Drumstick was a much loved comfort food restaurant specializing in fried chicken served with mashed potatoes, rolls, butter and honey. For two decades the "Drumstick," as it . . . — — Map (db m312064) HM
Oregon’s successful and widely recognized wine industry can be traced to this place, where Richard Sommer first planted Pinot noir grapes in 1961. The Umpqua and Willamette valleys’ climates and topographies are much like those of European wine . . . — — Map (db m315869) HM
In 1870, S. A. Holmes planted the first production grape vines in Madera county. In 1881, the vineyard was sold to Madera Vineyard Company, who built a large winery and distilling plant on the property, with a capacity of 140,000 gallons.
In . . . — — Map (db m315861) HM
James Beard was born (1903) and raised in Portland, and went on to New York City to become “The Dean of American Cookery,” creating a lasting legacy on America’s culinary scene. Beard wrote more than 20 cookbooks over the course of his illustrious . . . — — Map (db m308960) HM
1870s to 1900s New Market and Theater: Portland’s first example of one-stop-shopping, with food vendors on the ground floor and a burlesque hall above.
1800s to 1920s Carroll Market: A thriving market located on SW Yamhill . . . — — Map (db m316167) HM
Samuel Swartz built and operated a creamery on this site in 1898, with milk and cream from local dairy farmers. The creamery manufactured ice cream, becoming famous for "Barlow Ice Cream." In 1909, C.D. Dougherty purchased the business, later . . . — — Map (db m192378) HM
Economy's Greenhouses
Because the Harmony Society took a deep interest in the cultivation of flowers and plants, members built a greenhouse in their second town, New Harmony, Indiana (1814-1825) and here their third town, Economy, . . . — — Map (db m312016) HM
Raisin pie is still known as Leicht (funeral pie). This pie was a favorite at the gathering of family & friends which was held after the funeral services. In fact, raisin pie was rarely served except at these funeral gatherings.
The Big . . . — — Map (db m313666) HM
During the 18th century, every Pa. Dutch farmscape included an outdoor bake oven. Since Pa. Dutch farm women did not yet have woodstoves, they had to devise a way to bake. Most farm kitchens contained large open-hearth fireplaces, over which . . . — — Map (db m311786) HM
"You had to be a waiter - a good one - to work in the Dining Department. You worked 16 and 17 hours a day. Half the time we had to sleep in the dining car."
- James Corbett, Dining Car Waiter
For passengers, eating aboard a train was always an . . . — — Map (db m311798) HM
Chili-Cheese hot dogs beloved by locals and first served by Greek immigrant Charles Kollas at the Hamilton Restaurant ca. 1938. — — Map (db m312095) HM
The H.B. Reese Candy Company was founded by a former Hershey Chocolate Company employee. By the mid-1930s, peanut butter cups took off as its most popular product. Each package carried the tagline, "Made in Chocolate Town, So They Must Be Good." The . . . — — Map (db m315781) HM
For 66 years, this was the entry to a brewery. First, in 1852 with Jacob Fuess (1827-1863) Brewery. Succeeded in 1863 by his German immigrant step-son Charles M. Conrad (1841-1910), becoming National Brewery that by 1895 produced 150,000 barrels . . . — — Map (db m313841) HM
Bakery began in 1842 at 5th & Sassafras. In 1873 moved west of here (E. 4th St. Parking Lot). By 1888 considered "the oldest, largest, most perfectly equipped establishment of the kind in Pennsylvania." Using steam in baking process, it was known . . . — — Map (db m313679) HM
Established the first pretzel bakery in the New World. This tablet dedicated by The National Pretzel Bakers Institute May 1951 Alex V. Tisdale, Pres. — — Map (db m316048) HM
Ambrose and Rose Campo probably never imagined that the little grocery store they based their lives on in 1947 would still be here more than 50 years later --successful, growing, and continuing the traditions and values on which their future . . . — — Map (db m315720) HM
Using culinary influences from Abruzzi, Italy. Brothers Pat and Harry Olivieri created one of the nation's favorite fast foods. The steak sandwich, from a centuries-old recipe used in American homes, Pat's steaks originated here in 1930 and . . . — — Map (db m316247) HM
Founder of Geno's Steaks,
philanthropist,
friend of first responders
and their families,
father, husband,
larger than life
Died August 23, 2011 — — Map (db m316252) HM
Activists led one of the nation’s first LGBT sit-ins here in 1965 after homosexuals were denied service at Dewey’s restaurant. Inspired by African American lunch counter sit-ins, this event prompted Dewey’s to stop its discriminatory policy, an . . . — — Map (db m135798) HM
In 1904 in Latrobe, the first documented Banana Split was created by apprentice pharmacist David Strickler-sold here at the former Tassell Pharmacy. Bananas became widely available to Americans in the late 1800s. Strickler capitalized on this by . . . — — Map (db m68062) HM
At 8:00 a.m. on June 30, the head of Gen. H. Judson Kilpatrick's Union Cavalry Division halted on Frederick Street outside community leader Jacob Wirt's home, which formerly stood in front of you at the site of the Hanover Theater. Kilpatrick . . . — — Map (db m312014) HM
In 1851 C. Jacob Fussell built a factory nearby to produce ice cream from the surplus milk and cream of York County dairy farmers. This was the first time that ice cream had been mass-produced for commercial distribution in the US. The nearby . . . — — Map (db m311777) HM
Recordamos como una figura representiva de Cayey al "Piragüero Alegre", don Jesús Cruz Avilés, quien nació el 25 de diciembre de 1929 y murió a los 83 años. Dedicó 47 años de su vida a ese oficio en la plaza de recreo Ramón Frade León. . . . — — Map (db m225589) HM
Que este homenaje la vida refuerce nuestro compromiso de combatir el odio-producto de la homofobia con el amor producto del respeto.
Que nuestra consigna retumbe en todos los corazones:
Amor es amor, es amor, es amor. . . . — — Map (db m225484) HM
On a small island surrounded by the sea, where would hundreds of soldiers get water to drink? They had to collect rainwater.
Most of Castillo San Cristobal’s water was stored directly beneath your feet. The masonry cylinders in front of you . . . — — Map (db m311800) HM
In 1840, Captain William Winslow began to bring his Sunday school class to Rocky Point for weekend outings. These proved so popular, in 1847, he purchased 89 acres and began transporting people via steamboat to the site and serving a shore . . . — — Map (db m313672) HM
Built by Samuel E. Perry c.1703 500 feet east of this site on the south shore of Perry's Mill Pond. This water-powered mill was later moved, and the sluiceway built to bring pond water to the mill for power to turn the granite grinding stones. . . . — — Map (db m311504) HM
Dry-cured pork sausage made with unique blends of spices, prepared according to tradition by Westerly families since late 1920s. — — Map (db m311480) HM
“I was always told that if you wanted to amount to anything in life, you should be like the business people on Church Street. It was the most viable part of the black community. Besides that, there were very few places where . . . — — Map (db m312097) HM
Oyster consumption began more than 4,000 years ago by Native Americans. Today, oysters are considered a delicacy. These water-filtering bivalves are also invaluable sources of food and habitat for marine life.
Through over-harvesting and . . . — — Map (db m311325) HM
Keeping soldiers fed was a challenge on the frontier. Supplies were often limited to what could be preserved and shipped long distances.
An enlisted man's rations consisted of flour, salt beef, salt pork, beans, rice, molasses, and coffee. . . . — — Map (db m311908) HM
Louis William and Emily “Jackie” (Jordan) Banks, Deadwood's “King and Queen of Fried Chicken”, put smiles on people's faces and good food in their bellies for 35 years. In 1928, the Banks arrived in Deadwood and became renown through their . . . — — Map (db m312066) HM
Germantown was home to many 19th-cen. European immigrants who brought their trade skills to Nashville, including brewing. By 1865 Germantown was home to 4 breweries: North Nashville Brewery (C. Kreig); Rock City Brewery (F. Kuhn); Cumberland . . . — — Map (db m313836) HM
Warren Jett opened The Jungle, a restaurant and cocktail bar, at 715 Commerce Street in 1952. Next door, Juanita Brazier opened Juanita's Place, a beer bar, in 1956. By the early 1960s, both were known as the first gay bars in Nashville. Jett sold . . . — — Map (db m147731) HM
In 1815, T.M. Burland opened a small brewery 1.5 miles west of Nashville along Cockrill Spring. The brewery used water from the nearby spring and barley purchased from local farmers. J.T. and W.B. Smith operated the brewery from 1834 until it was . . . — — Map (db m313838) HM
In 1951, Lon and Annie Loveless began serving fried chicken, biscuits and jams at picnic tables to hungry travelers from Highway 100, then the main road between Nashville and Memphis. They soon converted their 4-room home into a restaurant, added . . . — — Map (db m312175) HM
This building was constructed to replace an older one destroyed, along with the adjoining corner building, by a disastrous fire in 1934. Vaughan Hardware occupied the new building until 1958, when E. H. Hudson, who once baked a cross-shaped cake . . . — — Map (db m313664) HM
This three-sectioned building, with a separate entrance for each section, was constructed for the McDowell Ice Cream Co., which moved here from its first location at the rear of the family's café on the south side of the square. A donut shop and . . . — — Map (db m315312) HM
Mountain Dew was born right here in Knoxville at 1921 East Magnolia Avenue. This area is the former home of Hartman Beverage, owned and operated by Barney and Ally Hartman. Here in 1948 the brothers created and trademarked the soft drink Mountain . . . — — Map (db m178113) HM
This is the former site of the Tri-City Beverage Corporation, of which Charles O. Gordon was the owner-president. In 1954 the Tri-City Beverage became one of the first to bottle "Mountain Dew", a clear lemon-lime flavored drink. Four years later . . . — — Map (db m311788) HM
