Explore the history of drinking and dining in Victorian Boston on a Tuesday evening in August at Otis House, 141 Cambridge Street in Boston. Come early (5:30) for a reception in the courtyard, followed by lecture at 6 pm. Historian Jim O’Connell analyzes historic menus from the Parker House, Union Oyster House, Durgin-Park, Locke-Ober, Café Marliave, Jacob Wirth, and some long-forgotten eateries to explore how nineteenth-century Boston restaurants reflected Victorian culture. Topics include the influence of French and British cooking, ostentatious multi-course banquets, working-class oyster bars and eating houses, ladies’ tea rooms and ice cream parlors, and the emergence of ethnic eateries.
Cosponsored with the Victorian Society of America/New England Chapter.
$12 Historic New England and Victorian Society members
$17 nonmembers
Advance tickets recommended. Please call 617-994-5920 or buy online at http://shop.historicnewengland.org/HGO-TWILIGHT-8055/ Victorian Society members must call to receive discount.
