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Title
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Home Cooking
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Description
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Article traces the history of the restaurant industry in the Kansas City and its transition from a cow town to "Midwestern mecca for fine dining." Fred Harvey is credited with providing the first high quality dining experience in the region, opening the first Harvey House restaurant in Topeka, KS, in 1876. Some of the restaurateurs who followed Harvey and helped grow Kansas City's dining industry include Jay Dilligham, Al Carder, Myron Green, Arthur Bryant, Ollie Gates, Carl DiCapo, Ed Holland, Joe Gilbert, Paul Robinson, Paul Khoury, and Bill Crooks. An accompanying timeline shows major restaurant openings and closings from 1876 through 2014.
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Date
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2014-08
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
