Grand Forks

A History of American Dining in 128 Reviews

Nonfiction, Travel, Lodging & Restaurant Guides, Restaurants, Food & Drink, International, USA, Fiction & Literature, Essays & Letters, Essays
Cover of the book Grand Forks by Marilyn Hagerty, The Grand Forks Herald, Anthony Bourdain/Ecco
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Marilyn Hagerty, The Grand Forks Herald ISBN: 9780062228901
Publisher: Anthony Bourdain/Ecco Publication: August 27, 2013
Imprint: Anthony Bourdain/Ecco Language: English
Author: Marilyn Hagerty, The Grand Forks Herald
ISBN: 9780062228901
Publisher: Anthony Bourdain/Ecco
Publication: August 27, 2013
Imprint: Anthony Bourdain/Ecco
Language: English

Once upon a time, salad was iceberg lettuce with a few shredded carrots and a cucumber slice, if you were lucky. A vegetable side was potatoes—would you like those baked, mashed, or au gratin? A nice anniversary dinner? Would you rather visit the Holiday Inn or the Regency Inn? In Grand Forks, North Dakota, a small town where professors moonlight as farmers, farmers moonlight as football coaches, and everyone loves hockey, one woman has had the answers for more than twenty-five years: Marilyn Hagerty. In her weekly Eatbeat column in the local paper, Marilyn gives the denizens of Grand Forks the straight scoop on everything from the best blue plate specials—beef stroganoff at the Pantry—to the choicest truck stops—the Big Sioux (and its lutefisk lunch special)—to the ambience of the town's first Taco Bell. Her verdict? "A cool pastel oasis on a hot day."

No-nonsense but wry, earnest but self-aware, Eatbeat also encourages the best in its readers—reminding them to tip well and why—and serves as its own kind of down-home social register, peopled with stories of ex–postal workers turned café owners and prom queen waitresses. Filled with reviews of the mom-and-pop diners that eventually gave way to fast-food joints and the Norwegian specialties that finally faded away in the face of the Olive Garden's endless breadsticks, Grand Forks is more than just a loving look at the shifts in American dining in the last years of the twentieth century—it is also a surprisingly moving and hilarious portrait of the quintessential American town, one we all recognize in our hearts regardless of where we're from.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Once upon a time, salad was iceberg lettuce with a few shredded carrots and a cucumber slice, if you were lucky. A vegetable side was potatoes—would you like those baked, mashed, or au gratin? A nice anniversary dinner? Would you rather visit the Holiday Inn or the Regency Inn? In Grand Forks, North Dakota, a small town where professors moonlight as farmers, farmers moonlight as football coaches, and everyone loves hockey, one woman has had the answers for more than twenty-five years: Marilyn Hagerty. In her weekly Eatbeat column in the local paper, Marilyn gives the denizens of Grand Forks the straight scoop on everything from the best blue plate specials—beef stroganoff at the Pantry—to the choicest truck stops—the Big Sioux (and its lutefisk lunch special)—to the ambience of the town's first Taco Bell. Her verdict? "A cool pastel oasis on a hot day."

No-nonsense but wry, earnest but self-aware, Eatbeat also encourages the best in its readers—reminding them to tip well and why—and serves as its own kind of down-home social register, peopled with stories of ex–postal workers turned café owners and prom queen waitresses. Filled with reviews of the mom-and-pop diners that eventually gave way to fast-food joints and the Norwegian specialties that finally faded away in the face of the Olive Garden's endless breadsticks, Grand Forks is more than just a loving look at the shifts in American dining in the last years of the twentieth century—it is also a surprisingly moving and hilarious portrait of the quintessential American town, one we all recognize in our hearts regardless of where we're from.

More books from Essays

Cover of the book L'Orfèvrerie algérienne et tunisienne by Marilyn Hagerty, The Grand Forks Herald
Cover of the book Na rota do Congresso by Marilyn Hagerty, The Grand Forks Herald
Cover of the book Le Vicomte de Launay by Marilyn Hagerty, The Grand Forks Herald
Cover of the book Los Angeles in the 1970s by Marilyn Hagerty, The Grand Forks Herald
Cover of the book 1915 by Marilyn Hagerty, The Grand Forks Herald
Cover of the book The Poetess Luz Celestial by Marilyn Hagerty, The Grand Forks Herald
Cover of the book Total Fears by Marilyn Hagerty, The Grand Forks Herald
Cover of the book Joaquín Díaz Marrero. Tradición y décima campesina by Marilyn Hagerty, The Grand Forks Herald
Cover of the book Filosoferen in de tuin by Marilyn Hagerty, The Grand Forks Herald
Cover of the book Crash Course by Marilyn Hagerty, The Grand Forks Herald
Cover of the book Concentré d'émotions by Marilyn Hagerty, The Grand Forks Herald
Cover of the book Monkeyluv by Marilyn Hagerty, The Grand Forks Herald
Cover of the book Bohemians, Bootleggers, Flappers, and Swells by Marilyn Hagerty, The Grand Forks Herald
Cover of the book Schriften zu jüdischen Fragen by Marilyn Hagerty, The Grand Forks Herald
Cover of the book Found Anew by Marilyn Hagerty, The Grand Forks Herald
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy