Join New York City's most intrepid eater--Robert Sietsema, pioneer of outer-boroughs dining--in an urban adventure like none other.

In the bestselling tradition of Restaurant Man and Setting the Table, Front of the House is a revealing and wryly humorous behind-the-scenes look at the gracious art of great restaurant service.

An entertaining exploration of the world's most famous dining establishment--a delicious inside look at a legendary restaurant.

All the Restaurants in New York is a collection of these drawings, characterized by their appealingly loose and gently distorted lines.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

Everyone will agree, a great Coney Island restaurant, one of a kind, is a coveted core sample of the late historical past.

Award-winning food critic Steven A. Shaw (a.k.a.

"Joyce LaFray, a close friend of the late Bern Laxer since 1973, narrates the incredible success story of a world-famous Tampa steak house names Bern's."--Page 4 of cover.

This is the tale of the restaurant in all its guises, from the first formal establishments in eighteenth-century Paris serving 'restorative' bouillon, to today's new Nordic cuisine, via grand Viennese cafés and humble fast food joints.