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Article: Revolutionary Meal.(City Tavern, Philadelphia)
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- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- August 15, 2005
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Philadelphia--On certain blocks east of Independence Hall, you can't turn a corner without tripping over someone in knee breeches, a waistcoat, and a tricorn hat. Step into the back barroom of the City Tavern, and you might guess you'd stumbled onto the hangout where costumed workers in the history industry come to unwind. But no, these are the City Tavern's waiters, taking a break from dishing out a taste of pre-Revolutionary life.
In a sense, the entire building on Second and Walnut streets is in costume. A famous tavern stood on this site from 1773 until it was torn down in 1854. The National Park Service rebuilt it just in time for the bicentennial. Today, ...
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