{"product_id":"9780306832161","title":"Dining Out","description":"Author: Erik Piepenburg\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780306832161\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 12 Aug 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 352 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs gay restaurants evolve and chart new futures, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e journalist Erik Piepenburg takes readers on a tour of American gay dining, with stops at 1930s Automats, lesbian bistros, Wisconsin sports bars, pioneering drag brunches, and other restaurant destinations, including his own beloved diners. It's a trip that's full of joy, sex, sorrow, activism, and nostalgia.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDining Out\u003c\/i\u003e explores how gay people came of age, came out, and fought for their rights not just in gay bars or the streets, but in restaurants, from cruisy urban cafeterias of the 1920s to mom-and-pop diners that fed the Stonewall generation to the intersectional hotspots of the early 21st century. Using archival material, original reporting and interviews, and first-person accounts, Erik Piepenburg explores how LGBTQ restaurants shaped, and continue to shape, generations of gay Americans.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough the eyes of a reporter and the stomach of a hungry gay man, \u003ci\u003eDining Out \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the rise, impact, and legacies of the nation's gay restaurants past, present, and future. Hamburger Mary's, Florent, a suburban Denny's queered by kids: Piepenburg explores how these and many other gay restaurants, coffee shops, diners and unconventional eateries connected meals with memories and changed the modern LGBTQ civil rights movement for the better.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46495471567006,"sku":"ADS-9780306832161","price":54.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780306832161.jpg?v=1770699544","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780306832161","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}