Out to Eat

When: Wednesday, March 19 at 3:30 p.m.
Where: Janet Lefler Dining Room, N215
Refreshments will be served.
You are invited!
“Out to Eat:
The Emergence and Evolution of the Restaurant in Nineteenth-Century New York City”
Dr. Cindy Lobel will speak about the early 19th century growth of NYC into a metropolis and the related emergence and growth of restaurants. As the restaurant sector grew, restaurants became much more than places to eat. They were important locales of social and cultural interaction, of conspicuous consumption and class identity, as well as places of employment and a ladder of economic mobility for their proprietors.
Dr. Lobel is an Assistant Professor of History at Lehman College. She holds a B.A. from Tufts University and a Ph.D. from the CUNY Graduate Center, having also taught at Barnard, Columbia, Connecticut College, Baruch, and Hunter.
Sponsored by the City Tech Hospitality and Library Departments.