E-Books →Dining Out First Dates, Defiant Nights, and Last Call Disco Fries at America's Gay Restaurants

Dining Outexploreshow gay people came of age, came out, and fought for their rights not just in gay bars or the streets,but in restaurants.Fromcruisy urban cafeterias of the 1920stomom-and-pop diners that fed the Stonewall generationtothe intersectional hotspots of the early 21st century. Using archival material, originalreporting andinterviews, and first-person accounts, Erik Piepenburg explores how LGBTQ restaurants shaped and continue to shape generations of gay Americans.
Through the eyes of a reporter and the stomach of a hungry gay man,Dining Outexamines the rise,impact and legaciesof the nation's gay restaurants past, present, and future, connecting meals with memories. Hamburger Mary's, Florent, a suburban Denny's queered by kids: Piepenburgexploreshow these and many other gay restaurants, coffee shops, diners, and unconventional eateries have chartedqueer placemaking and changed the modern LGBTQ civil rights movement for the better.