Dining out : first dates, defiant nights, and last call disco fries at America's gay restaurants / Erik Piepenburg.
| Author/creator | Piepenburg, Erik author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group, 2025. |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | xxv, 321 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : what's good tonight? -- The elder stateswoman : Annie's Paramount Steak House, Washington, DC -- Tonight's special : The Pioneers -- Bloodroot revolution : Bloodroot, Bridgeport, Connecticut -- Two lesbians walk into Papa Choux, and other acts of resistance -- Myth America : what happened at Cooper Do-nuts? -- The trans nexus : Napalese Lounge and Grille, Green Bay, Wisconsin -- Bread and butt : sex, entertainment, and other temptations -- It was never about the food : drag, brunch, drag brunch -- The hustler brasserie : Gallus, Atlanta -- Convenient joy : the gay restaurant golden age -- Because the night : diners -- "It felt safe" : the AIDS years -- The lifeline : Florent, New York City -- The trendsetter : Lucky Cheng's, New York City -- Now serving : the queer dining future. |
| Abstract | "Dining Out explores how gay people came of age, came out, and fought for their rights not just in gay bars or the streets, but in restaurants, from cruisy urban cafeterias of the 1920s to mom-and-pop diners that fed the Stonewall generation to the intersectional hotspots of the early 21st century. Using archival material, original reporting and interviews, and first-person accounts, Erik Piepenburg explores how LGBTQ restaurants shaped, and continue to shape, generations of gay Americans. Through the eyes of a reporter and the stomach of a hungry gay man, Dining Out examines the rise, impact and legacies of the nation's gay restaurants past, present, and future, connecting meals with memories. Hamburger Mary's, Florent, a suburban Denny's queered by kids: Piepenburg explores how these and many other gay restaurants, coffee shops, diners and unconventional eateries have charted queer placemaking and changed the modern LGBTQ civil rights movement for the better"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-301) and index. |
| LCCN | 2025001993 |
| ISBN | 9780306832161 hardcover |
| ISBN | 030683216X hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| Standard identifier# | CIPO000221406 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | HQ76.965 .B37 P54 2025 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |