{"id":22374,"date":"2022-08-24T14:04:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T14:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/?page_id=22374"},"modified":"2025-02-12T16:40:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T16:40:14","slug":"restaurants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/index.php\/restaurants\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Eats"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column]<figure class=\"vcex-image vcex-module\"><div class=\"vcex-image-inner wpex-relative wpex-inline-block\"><img width=\"3369\" height=\"2259\" src=\"https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Russian-Bear-photo-1933-1.jpg\" class=\"vcex-image-img wpex-align-middle\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Russian-Bear-photo-1933-1.jpg 3369w, https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Russian-Bear-photo-1933-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Russian-Bear-photo-1933-1-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Russian-Bear-photo-1933-1-1024x687.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3369px) 100vw, 3369px\" \/><\/div><\/figure>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1674866047929{margin-top: -20px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 10px !important;padding-top: 15px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221;]<em>Cast members of the theatrical production \u201cOne Sunday Afternoon\u201d celebrating at the Russian Bear Restaurant on Newbury Street in December 1933, just days after the end of Prohibition. This restaurant opened a year earlier under the ownership of Mrs. L.B. Mandova, a refugee from St. Petersburg. The Russian Bear served borscht, bliny, pieroshki, and other specialities in an ambiance that evoked the czarist days of pre-revolutionary Russia. Courtesy of Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text]<style>.vcex-heading.vcex_69e966e1d4249{font-size:36px;}<\/style><div class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-plain vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl vc_custom_1682199960752 vcex_69e966e1d4249\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\">The Rise of  \"Ethnic\" Restaurants in Boston<\/span><\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1697732331562{padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221;]<a href=\"http:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/global-eats-logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22431 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/global-eats-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"317\" height=\"68\" \/><\/a>One of the most visible manifestations of immigrant cultures is food. With the arrival of thousands of newcomers to cities in the late 19<sup>th<\/sup> and early 20<sup>th<\/sup> centuries, ethnic groceries and restaurants were some of the first signs of distinctive food cultures that both nourished immigrant communities and piqued the interest of native-born residents. This surge in immigration coincided with the rapid growth of commercial restaurants in Boston and other US cities, and immigrants were key players in this culinary revolution.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/LB-Pie-Chart.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22385 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/LB-Pie-Chart-934x1024.png\" alt=\"Pie chart showing 58 percent of Boston's licensed restaurant owners' were foreign-born versus 42 percent native born.\" width=\"403\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/LB-Pie-Chart-934x1024.png 934w, https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/LB-Pie-Chart-274x300.png 274w, https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/LB-Pie-Chart-768x842.png 768w, https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/LB-Pie-Chart.png 1040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/a>Records of the Boston Licensing Board between 1909-1937 show that foreign-born restaurant owners outnumbered native-born owners, holding a majority of the licenses issued for common victualers (food purveyors) across the city. Restaurants offered economic opportunities for immigrants as small business owners, but they were also a way to preserve their culture and serve their community with familiar foods and customs from home.<\/p>\n<p>But many also sought wider patronage among other immigrants and native-born alike. As Boston expanded outward into streetcar suburbs around the turn of the century, immigrants sought to tap the market of workers who commuted to downtown and other commercial\/industrial districts by opening a spate of inexpensive lunchrooms that served both American and ethnic foods. Others catered to an evening crowd of theater goers and slummers, providing \u201cexotic\u201d ethnic fare and ambiance for affordable prices during late night hours. The most successful opened large banquet halls that provided live music and dancing along with the ethnic fare. As native-born Bostonians sampled different foods and dining traditions, what was once considered &#8220;ethnic&#8221; was gradually absorbed into American culture as restauranteurs catered to a wider urban clientele.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who Were the Immigrant Owners?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some immigrant groups were particularly drawn to the restaurant business, as data from the Boston Licensing Board shows. While Canadians and Germans owned the largest number of restaurants in the city in the late 19<sup>th<\/sup> century, Russian Jews, Italians, and Greeks became the dominant operators in the early 20<sup>th<\/sup>. Chinese,\u00a0 Armenians, and Albanians also opened a significant number of establishments given their smaller numbers in the city. Surprisingly, the Irish&#8211;Boston\u2019s largest foreign-born group&#8211;were initially not very prevalent in the food business even though they were well known as saloon and bar owners. By contrast, Greeks were one of the two largest national groups owning restaurants, even though their total population in the city of Boston was relatively small.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]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[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>Mapping the Restaurants<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We can see the rise and expansion of ethnic restaurants in Boston in this critical period through maps showing immigrant-owned establishments in 1895 and 1926. Drawn from the city directories for those years, the data do not represent all of the city\u2019s restaurants, but rather a snapshot of what was likely a large sample of the total. We created a data set of these restaurants and their owners (sometimes searching through tax records to locate the owners\u2019 names) and then researched them through census and immigration records to determine their nativity. We then created maps of the restaurants owned by foreign-born individuals using ArcGIS Online. The following two maps show the diffusion of Boston\u2019s immigrant-owned restaurants over a 30-year period, illustrating the dramatic change in both immigration and ethnic restaurants between the 1890s and the 1920s. 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For further discussion of restaurants owned by different ethnic groups, please click feature boxes below.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<style>.vcex-teaser.vcex_69e966e1d4f19 .vcex-teaser-heading{color:#494949;}<\/style><div class=\"vcex-module vcex-teaser wpex-flex wpex-flex-col vc_custom_1681753628790 vcex_69e966e1d4f19\"><div class=\"vcex-teaser-media wpex-mb-20\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/index.php\/german-restaurants\/\" class=\"wpex-no-underline\"><img width=\"1731\" height=\"1571\" src=\"https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Jacob-Wirth-2020-crop.jpeg\" class=\"wpex-align-middle\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Jacob-Wirth-2020-crop.jpeg 1731w, https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Jacob-Wirth-2020-crop-300x272.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Jacob-Wirth-2020-crop-768x697.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Jacob-Wirth-2020-crop-1024x929.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1731px) 100vw, 1731px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"vcex-teaser-content\"><h2 class=\"vcex-teaser-heading wpex-heading wpex-text-lg wpex-child-inherit-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/index.php\/german-restaurants\/\" class=\"wpex-no-underline\">German Restaurants<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"vcex-teaser-text wpex-mt-10 wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><p>In the 19th century, Germans were the most important immigrant group\u00a0 running &#8220;ethnic&#8221; restaurants in Boston. Known for their German beers and family-style dining, these restaurants offered new foods and practices that would shape how Americans dine.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<style>.vcex-teaser.vcex_69e966e1d5d7d .vcex-teaser-heading{color:#494949;}<\/style><div class=\"vcex-module vcex-teaser wpex-flex wpex-flex-col vc_custom_1697732725484 vcex_69e966e1d5d7d\"><div class=\"vcex-teaser-media wpex-mb-20\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/index.php\/italian-restaurants\/\" class=\"wpex-no-underline\"><img width=\"1094\" height=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Italian-Vista-mural-Cafe-Bova-ca1910-1.jpg\" class=\"wpex-align-middle\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Italian-Vista-mural-Cafe-Bova-ca1910-1.jpg 1094w, https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Italian-Vista-mural-Cafe-Bova-ca1910-1-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Italian-Vista-mural-Cafe-Bova-ca1910-1-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Italian-Vista-mural-Cafe-Bova-ca1910-1-1024x647.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1094px) 100vw, 1094px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"vcex-teaser-content\"><h2 class=\"vcex-teaser-heading wpex-heading wpex-text-lg wpex-child-inherit-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/index.php\/italian-restaurants\/\" class=\"wpex-no-underline\">Italian Restaurants<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"vcex-teaser-text wpex-mt-10 wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><p>The North End has been the wellspring of Italian cuisine in Boston for more than 120 years. Starting in North Square and spreading across the neighborhood, the restaurants and the food they served changed dramatically over the 20th century and gave rise to an explosion of Italian cuisine across the city and suburbs.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<style>.vcex-teaser.vcex_69e966e1d66f2 .vcex-teaser-heading{color:#494949;}<\/style><div class=\"vcex-module vcex-teaser wpex-flex wpex-flex-col vc_custom_1675872468047 vcex_69e966e1d66f2\"><div class=\"vcex-teaser-media wpex-mb-20\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/index.php\/chinese-restaurants\/\" class=\"wpex-no-underline\"><img width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/have_chinese_restaurants_always_looked_chinese_alt_1050x700.jpg\" class=\"wpex-align-middle\" alt=\"A colorful restaurant showing two tables, a pagoda structure, Chinese lanterns, and a wall mural of a mountain scene in China.\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/have_chinese_restaurants_always_looked_chinese_alt_1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/have_chinese_restaurants_always_looked_chinese_alt_1050x700-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/have_chinese_restaurants_always_looked_chinese_alt_1050x700-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/have_chinese_restaurants_always_looked_chinese_alt_1050x700-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"vcex-teaser-content\"><h2 class=\"vcex-teaser-heading wpex-heading wpex-text-lg wpex-child-inherit-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/index.php\/chinese-restaurants\/\" class=\"wpex-no-underline\">Chinese Restaurants<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"vcex-teaser-text wpex-mt-10 wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><p>Chinese restaurants in Boston were strikingly successful in the early 20th century\u2014especially given the city\u2019s small Chinese population at the time. Although owners faced bitter racism and harassment, many ultimately succeeded in building prosperous and influential businesses in Chinatown and beyond.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<style>.vcex-teaser.vcex_69e966e1d6ff9 .vcex-teaser-heading{color:#494949;}<\/style><div class=\"vcex-module vcex-teaser wpex-flex wpex-flex-col vc_custom_1675873598871 vcex_69e966e1d6ff9\"><div class=\"vcex-teaser-media wpex-mb-20\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/index.php\/jewish-restaurants-in-boston\/\" class=\"wpex-no-underline\"><img width=\"3306\" height=\"2145\" src=\"https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Young-Israel-ca-1930s.jpg\" class=\"wpex-align-middle\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Young-Israel-ca-1930s.jpg 3306w, https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Young-Israel-ca-1930s-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Young-Israel-ca-1930s-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Young-Israel-ca-1930s-1024x664.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3306px) 100vw, 3306px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"vcex-teaser-content\"><h2 class=\"vcex-teaser-heading wpex-heading wpex-text-lg wpex-child-inherit-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globalboston.bc.edu\/index.php\/jewish-restaurants-in-boston\/\" class=\"wpex-no-underline\">Jewish Restaurants<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"vcex-teaser-text wpex-mt-10 wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"><p>Thanks to kosher food and the growing popularity of the delicatessen, Jewish restaurants appeared in greater numbers than those of any other immigrant group after World War I. 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At first considered mysterious and unappetizing, Syrian cuisine soon enjoyed a growing popularity in Boston as it spread from Little Syria to the South End and beyond. Over the years, Middle Eastern dishes have become mainstays of the Boston restaurant scene.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1697732917910{margin-top: -40px !important;}&#8221;]<em>Global Eats was created by students at Boston College in the 2021 course, Street Life: Urban Space and Popular Culture. Special thanks to Lila Zarrella for additional research and editing and graduate students in the Digital Humanities Certificate program who helped develop the maps and data visualizations: Elizabeth Bloor, Emily Coello, Bailey Lemoine, Sam Hurwitz, and Meghan McCoy. Bee Lehman, Matt Naglak, and Melanie Hubbard of the Digital Scholarship Group provided expert technical assistance. 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