Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. EARLY TAVERNS ALONG THE BOONSLICK TRAIL -- The Gentry Tavern -- Selby's Tavern -- Camplin's Hotel -- 2. SMALL HOTELS: TRANSITIONING FROM PIONEERS TO POST-CIVIL WAR TRAVELERS -- 3. EARLY 1900S HOTELS: WOOING THE THEATER CROWDS AND SUNDAY DINERS -- Daniel Boone Tavern -- The Tiger Hotel -- 4. THE ROUND TABLE GROUP: COLUMBIA'S MOVERS AND SHAKERS -- 5. CAFÉS AND STAND-ALONE RESTAURANTS: SATISFYING LOCALS AND STUDENTS ON A BUDGET -- Ambrose's Café -- Ever Eat Café -- The Shack -- Wig Wam Café -- 6. THE 1940S THROUGH THE 1960S: SERVING A GROWING COMMUNITY -- Breisch's -- Glenn's Café -- Clark's Soda Luncheonette -- Pla-Boy Drive-In, Dog n Suds Drive-In and O-Boy Drive-In -- The Bull Pen Café -- 7. THE SHARP END: COLUMBIA'S BLACK BUSINESS COMMUNITY -- Elite Café -- Vi's Café -- The Wayside Inn-Annie Fisher -- The Erasing of the Sharp End-Urban Renewal -- 8. GATHERING PLACES FOR UPSCALE CASUAL, HAPPY HOURS AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS -- Haden House -- The 63 Diner -- Flaming Pit -- Interstate Pancake Howse -- Boone Tavern -- Jack's Gourmet -- 9. SATISFYING COLUMBIA'S SWEET TOOTH-FOR ALL AGES! -- Central Dairy Peppermint Room -- Buck's Ice Cream -- The Candy Factory -- Tropical Liqueurs -- 10. THEY'RE STILL GOING: COLUMBIA'S OLDEST RESTAURANTS SERVING UP BIG-CITY OFFERINGS WITH MIDWEST HOSPITALITY -- The Pasta Factory -- G&D Steakhouse -- The Heidelberg -- Tony's Pizza Palace -- Mugs Up Drive In -- Shakespeare's Pizza -- The Broadway Diner -- 11. ERNIE'S CAFÉ & STEAK HOUSE AND BOOCHE'S BILLIARD HALL: OVER TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF COMBINED SERVICE TO COLUMBIA -- Ernie's Café & Steak House -- Booche's Billiard Hall -- 12. COLUMBIA'S NEXT GENERATION OF ICONIC RESTAURANTS -- Bibliography -- About the Author.