SPOTLIGHT ON: RESTAURANTS

By Christine Bruzzese

From McDonald's to the Four Seasons, New York City is filled with restaurants to suit all tastes. This article features some resources in the City Hall Library collection on the topic of restaurants.

Delmonico's: a Century of Splendor by Lately Thomas was published in 1967. This book tells the story of the cafe and pastry shop that became the most famous restaurant in New York City in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Included are details on the founding of Delmonico's, growth in popularity, stories of famous diners, and how Delmonico's brought about changes in American cuisine and eating habits. Delmonico's closed in 1923.

New York City Restaurant Guide was prepared by the Department of Consumer Affairs in 1996. This guide provides advice to the prospective restaurant owner on construction, proper equipment and appliances, health issues and more.

Where to Dine in Thirty-Nine by Diana Ashley is a guide to various restaurants in New York City, published in 1939. Listings are organized by type of cuisine. Learn what were considered the best Chinese, Italian, German and other restaurants. Selected recipes and price information are included. Incidentally, luncheon at Jack Dempsey's restaurant was priced at 75 cents and up, dinner from $1.50 up.

Dining out, Dining Healthy: the Link between Public Health and Working Conditions in New York City's Restaurant Industry was published in 2006 by the Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York and the New York City Restaurant Coalition. This report is based on a survey of 880 restaurant workers in the city. Labor law violations committed by restaurant owners and the adverse effects on workers and business are examined. Comparisons are made with eating establishments where laws and regulations are followed.

Several buildings that currently or formerly house restaurants have been declared landmarks by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. Look for these reports in the City Hall Library collection as well as clippings on restaurants and related topics in the vertical files.

ACQUISITIONS LIST, MAY 2008

The following publications were received by the City Hall Library in the past month. Additional government publications can be found online in our Government Publications section.

Center for an Urban Future.
Getting in the game: the number of companies creating video games in the five boroughs has spiked in recent years.... New York: May 2008.

Center for an Urban Future.
Schools that work. New York: May 2008.

Fiscal Policy Institute.
How will the economic downturn affect New York City's nonprofit sector? May 1, 2008.

Haughwout, Andrew, James Orr, and David Bedoll.
The price of land in the New York metropolitan area. Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Current Issues in Economics and Finance. Second District Highlights. Vol. 14, no. 3, April/May 2008.

N.Y. City. Board of Elections.
Annual report 2007. 2008.

N.Y. City. City Planning, Department of.
Consolidated plan 2008. Effective as of December 24, 2007.

N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on the financial and operating practices of the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President. May 21, 2008 (Report no. 7832)

N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on the financial and operating practices of the Queens District Attorney's Office. May 22, 2008. (Report no. 7835)

N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on the New York Yankees rental credits for the second quarter of 2007 (April 1-June 30, 2007). May 21, 2008. (Report no. 7834)

N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on the procurement cards by the Fire Department. May 5, 2008. (Report no. 7830)

N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Audit report on the purchasing, timekeeping, and payroll practices of the Board of Correction. May 2, 2008. (Report no. 7829)

N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Comptroller's comments on the fiscal year 2008 Executive Budget. May 2008.

N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Dilemma in the millenium: capital needs of the world's capital city. August 1998.

N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Follow-up audit on the effectiveness of child support enforcement services performed by the Sheriff's Office. May 20, 2008. (Report no. 7831)

N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Follow-up audit report on the financial controls of the Brooklyn Public Library. May 23, 2008. (Report no. 7836)

N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Follow-up audit report on other than personal service expenditures of schools within the Department of Education Regional Operations Center for Regions 1 and 2. May 21, 2008. (Report no. 7833)

N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Growing pains: reforming Department of Education capital planning to keep pace with New York City's residential construction. May 2008.

N.Y. City. Comptroller.
Love counts: the economic benefits of marriage equality for New York. June 2007

N.Y. City. Consumer Affairs, Department of.
2007 annual report. 2008.

N.Y. City. Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of.
Childhood asthma in New York City. (NYC Vital Signs) February 2008.

N.Y. City. Independent Budget Office.
Federal Medicaid changes pose major budget risks to the city's hospitals. (IBO Inside the Budget, no. 155) May 13, 2008.

N.Y. City. Independent Budget Office.
Analysis of the Mayor's executive budget for 2009. (IBO Fiscal Brief) May 2008.

N.Y. City. Independent Budget Office.
Federal Medicaid changes pose major budget risks to the city's hospitals. (IBO Inside the Budget) May 13, 2008.

N.Y. City. Landmarks Preservation Commission.
NoHo Historic District extension: designation report. May 13, 2008 (Designation List 403).

N.Y. City. Law Department. Workers' Compensation Division.
Annual report of workers' compensation claims of NYC employees for calendar year 2007. [2008]

N.Y. City. Management and Budget, Office of.
Proposed city fiscal year 2009 Community Development Program. May 1, 2008.

N.Y. City. Mayor.
Budget summary: city of New York executive budget fiscal year 2009. May 1, 2008.

N.Y. City. Mayor.
Message of the Mayor: city of New York executive budget fiscal year 2009. May 1, 2008.

N.Y. City. Rent Guidelines Board.
Income affordability study: 2008.

N.Y. City. Rent Guidelines Board.
Income and expense study: 2008.

N.Y. City. Rent Guidelines Board.
Mortgage survey: 2008.

N.Y. City. Rent Guidelines Board.
Price index of operating costs: 2008.

N.Y. City. Tax Commission.
2007 annual report. 2008.

N.Y. City. Workforce Investment Board.
Executive committee meeting. May 7, 2008.

New York City Criminal Justice Agency, Inc.
Predicting pretrial misconduct among domestic violence defendants in New York City: final report. May
2008.

New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG).
Making the grade: New York City Department of Environmental Protection's drinking water protection programs. Clean Drinking Water Coalition's first annual DEP report card. May 2008.

New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) and Center for Medical Consumers.
Strengthening New York State's oversight of doctors: the case for reforms. May 2008.

NYC Park Advocates.
Broken promises: the city's replacement park scheme for the new Yankee Stadium Project. 2008.

N.Y. State. Comptroller. Division of State Government Accountability.
Office of Children and Family Services, New York City Administration for Children's Services, New York City Human Resources Administration: health, safety and fiscal issues relating to legally-exempt child care in New York City. Report 2007-N-11. [May 2008]

N.Y. State. State, Department of.
Roster of county clerks. 2008.

Rotolo, Suze.
A freewheelin' time: a memoir of Greenwich Village in the sixties. New York: Broadway Books, 2008.

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