First came the Willard
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Washington DC's Willard City Hotel's dining rooms were very popular eating places in the 1840s, along with other restaurants established in the area before 1900. Other restaurants of various types began sprouting throughout the city in the 1900s, the first of which were Hammel's and Occidental.
Publication Name: Washingtonian
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0043-0897
Year: 1998
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Happy meals
Article Abstract:
Television commercials for chain restaurants promise good value, but the quality of food remains a question. The council of Independent Restaurants of America (CIRA) claims that the chain restaurants threaten independent restaurants.
Publication Name: Washingtonian
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0043-0897
Year: 2004
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