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Stephen Fried's Appetite For America

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Stephen Fried’s “Appetite for America” says that as the nation’s first popular champion of fine dining, Fred Harvey invented chain restaurants, chain hotels. Fried’s book includes Fred Harveys biography - the tale of a poor immigrant who became the founding father of the American hospitality industry.
Fred Harvey left his native England for United States at the age of 17 same like other Europeans did at that time. Upon his arrival in New York City, Mr. Harvey began working in the restaurant business in New York, in Washington street market, he was hired as a dish washer. The Civil War was bad for restaurants, but good for the railroads, and Mr. Harvey made a career change. Over the next 20 years, Mr. Harvey moved ever westward and ever higher

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