A Seat at the Table (eBook)

The Making of Busboys and Poets

Andy Shallal (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
224 Seiten
Or Books (Verlag)
978-1-68219-639-7 (ISBN)

Infos

A Seat at the Tableis the story of the founding of Busboys and Poets,a Washington, D.C.basedrestaurant that has become a celebrated hub for political activism. Named in honor of Langston Hughes, who worked as a busboy while writing poetry, the restaurant is the creation of Andy Shallal, an Iraqi Americanrestaurateur, artist, and activist.In this fast-paced, personal, and often humorous story, we follow Andy from his teenage years on, helping out in his familys pizza business, changing his name, abandoning a career in medicine, working in some of the citys best restaurants, and eventually opening a restaurant of his own.A rave review by legendaryWashington Postfood critic Phyllis Richman puts the new place on the map. Long lines form outside.Andy witnesses the power of food to bring people together. He creates a meeting space and a bookshop upstairs. The idea of a restaurant as a social and political hub begins to take shape.In these pages we encounter the galaxy of progressive authors and activists who have frequented Andys restaurants, everyone from Marion Barry and Jesse Jackson to Ralph Nader, Howard Zinn, Jerry Brown, Alice Walker, and Angela Davis.Packed with misadventures, unexpected triumphs, and insights on race, business and politics,A Seat at the Tabletakes us on a How I Built This journey that ends with the opening of the first Busboys and Poets, now just one of eight D.C. locations bearing the same name. Along the way, we get to savor the delicious cuisine and unique ethos for which Busboys and Poets has become famous.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.9.2025
• Vorwort: Angela Davis
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Schlagworte: activism in Washington D.C. • activist entrepreneur • Andy Shallal • Andy Shallal biography • Busboys and Poets • Busboys and Poets story • Community Building • dining and democracy • entrepreneurial memoir • food and politics • Howard Zinn Jesse Jackson Angela Davis • iraqi american • Iraqi American entrepreneur • Langston Hughes inspiration • Phyllis Richman restaurant review • Political activism • political activism restaurant • politics and food culture • progressive authors • progressive authors Washington D.C. • progressive community • restaurant as political hub • restaurant business success • restaurant memoir • Social Justice • Washington D.C. activism • Washington DC history • Washington DC restaurant • Washington D.C. social activism
• ISBN-10: 1-68219-639-9 / 1682196399
• ISBN-13: 978-1-68219-639-7 / 9781682196397