The Restaurant Quotes

“As the 1500s drew to a close, the alehouse was a permanent fixture of the English landscape. In other words, we can define the transition from the Middle Ages as the time at which drinking became institutionalized. Indeed, by the seventeenth century, England was represented—and could even be defined—by six key pillars: the private household; the church; the law courts; the royal family; parliament; and the pub.”
― William Sitwell, The Restaurant: A 2,000-Year History of Dining Out

“While coffee originated from Ethiopia or Yemen, it was, as Rauwolf attests, alive, well and thriving among the Ottomans by the middle of the sixteenth century.”
― William Sitwell, The Restaurant: A 2,000-Year History of Dining Out