DINING BEAT\Culinary pantheon.Byline: Larry Lipson The top 50 figures in the restaurant industry begin with Antoine Alciatore of Antoine's in New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded , and end with F.W. Woolworth, who once operated more than 2,000 restaurant units, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Nation's Restaurant News. The listing of this country's restaurant biggies since 1776, many of them not particularly well known, except to a few, also includes Roy Allen
Roy Allen (1918 - 1991), was an American bomber pilot from Philadelphia during World War II. On June 14, 1944, pilot Roy Allen and the crew of his B-17 Flying Fortress embarked on a mission over , who founded A&W; Joe Baum, the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of restaurant entrepreneur and onetime president of Restaurant Associates; James Beard, food columnist and cookbook author; Victor Bergeron, who started Trader Vic's; Herman Joseph Berghoff, founder of Chicago's The Berghoff; and Clarence Birdseye of frozen-food fame. Ella Brennan-Martin and Dick Brennan of New Orleans' Brennan'smade the list. So did Norman Brinker of Steak & Ale, Benningan's and Chili's. Some of the more familiar names in this commercial food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. hall of fame are Julia Child, Adolphus Busch, Craig Claiborne, John Delmonico, Fred Harvey, Thomas Jefferson, Ray Kroc, Alice and J. Willard Marriott John Willard Marriott (September 17, 1900 – August 13, 1985) was an American entrepreneur and businessman. He was the founder of the Marriott Corporation (which became Marriott International in 1993), the parent company of one of the world's largest hospitality, hotel chains and Wolfgang Puck. Bob Wian, originator of Bob's Big Boy in Glendale, and Alice Waters of Chez Panisse in Berkeley are in there. So is Wendy's familiar television owner-spokesman, R. David Thomas. Franklin D. Roosevelt made the list as the abolisher of Prohibition, and Hard Rock Cafe Hard Rock Cafe is a chain of casual dining restaurants. It was founded in 1971 by Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton, and their first Hard Rock Cafe opened near Hyde Park Corner in London, in a former Rolls Royce car dealerships showroom close to Hyde Park, where in 1979 they began to founders Peter Morton and Isaac Tigrett are included. Howard Johnson and Carl (Carl's Jr.) Karcher were not forgotten. Nathan's Famous founder, hot dog king Nathan Handwerker, got in. So did fried chicken's Col. Harland Sanders. Joyce Chen, Herman Cain, William Darden, Myron Green, E.W. Ingram, Sherwood Johnson, Howard Meek, Thomas Monaghan, William Rosenberg, Frances Roth, Katharine Angell, Alex Schoenbaum, J.R. Simplot, Harry M. Stevens, Frank Carney, Alan Stillman, Truett Cathy, Henri Soule, Murray and Irving Riese, Davre Davidson and William Fishman made the grade. Only restaurant-industry trivia buffs would know most of them. Attention Gothamites, those original Automat guys, Joseph Horn and Frank Hardart, have been recognized. |
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