The Magnificent 10: Restaurants That Changed How We Eat

In his navy suit and thin-rimmed glasses, Mr. Freedman, a professor of medieval history at Yale University, doesn’t look the part of a provocateur, either. But for his new book, “Ten Restaurants That Changed America” (W. W. Norton & Company), he set out on a brash mission: culling through hundreds of thousands of restaurants, across a span of two centuries, to produce a list of what he believes were the 10 most influential.

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There is something about that Howard Johnson's photograph in the article that is quite striking. I don't know whether it is the use of Kodachrome or a filter or some other photographic technique -- maybe one of the photography pros here can comment. There's just something remarkable about the white and shadowed clouds in the blue sky.