1876 which Englishman opened the first simple restaurant in Kansas?

Fred Harvey (Fred? Harvey) worked in restaurants in new york, New Orleans and St. Louis, and then came to Kansas. At that time, the United States was building and expanding the railway in Xiangxi. The local restaurant cooks for a long time, and many workers have no time to eat, so Harvey has an idea.

1876, Harvey established the first restaurant named "Harvey Restaurant" in Topeka, Kansas. House? Restaurant) hotel. His restaurant is clean and tidy, and the food is delicious, which is welcomed by customers. Later, he opened branches in many other cities in the southwestern United States and sold his food to trains, so that American train passengers at that time did not have to leave the train to buy food.

After Harvey's restaurant opened, it provided a lot of employment opportunities for the local area. At that time, the maids and waiters recruited by Harvey's restaurant were 18 to 30-year-old women. They signed a contract with the restaurant, which stipulated that they should not get married before the contract with Harvey's restaurant expired. When they work, they can get a monthly salary of $65,438+$07.5 in maid clothes and aprons (at that time, the average monthly income of Americans was more than ten dollars), and they can also get tips from customers. Harvey's restaurant provides them with free meals and accommodation. In the United States, where women were not completely liberated at that time, being able to work in Harvey's restaurant was one of the ideal jobs for women who didn't have many job opportunities to choose from at that time.

Harvey opened 47 Harvey chain restaurants, 15 hotels and 30 train dining cars in his life.