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Number of cookbooks chef Cindy Pawlcyn, a pioneer in the Napa Valley restaurant scene, lost along with her home in the recent Glass Fire. Collected since she was a little girl, the international cache included rare first-editions signed by Elizabeth David, Julia Child, and James Beard, as well as the only copy of her grandmother’s culinary notebook. Pawlcyn started cooking professionally in high school, and later turned Mustards Grill into one of the Napa Valley’s first destination-dining spots.

The first restaurant in the United States was founded in:

A. Boston, in the early 1600s

B. New York, in the mid-1700s

C. Philadelphia, around the time of the signing of the Declaration of Independence

D. Washington DC, around the time of George Washington’s confirmation as President

The first American restaurant—specifically a tavern—was founded in Boston in 1634 by a settler named Samuel Cole. Early establishments like taverns were relatively inexpensive and generally attracted the poorer and middle classes, for whom preparing food at home was expensive (the cost of wood or coal required to keep a stove going was prohibitive for many). In fact, early on in the U.S., only the wealthy had the staff and economic resources to eat regularly at home. Among the most famous American taverns was Fraunces Tavern, founded in 1762 in New York City, and still operating today.

“Whatever we [the wine industry] are doing to promote wine to young consumers, we should stop doing right now because it’s not working. They aren’t engaging. Young consumers are less engaged with wine now than they were ten years ago, especially wines bought directly from wineries.”

—Rob McMillan, Silicon Valley Bank State of the Wine Industry Report 2023

–Rob McMillan, Silicon Valley Bank State of the Wine Industry Report 2023

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