Page 13 - The Magazine of AAA Ohio – January 2020

10Iconic Restaurants
on the Ohio Landscape
Ohio Restaurant Association celebrates 100 years of good eating.
By Homa Moheimani
In Bender’s Tavern
1920, the Roaring ’20s began the economic boom following World War I. The United States
became a promise engine frenzied with progress in all areas social, artistic and cultural. With an increase in consumer demands, the idolization of celebrities and the beginning of a 13-year prohibition of alcohol, the restaurant industry began to expand, resulting in explosive growth in the 1960s and beyond due to changes in the workforce and dual-income families.
Fast forward to 2020: The Golden Age of Restaurants – where eating establishments range from fine dining, quick service, fast casual, food trucks and ghost
kitchens providing delivery-only meals.
Since 1920, the Ohio Restaurant Association has been around to promote, protect and partner with Ohio’s restaurant, foodservice and hospitality industry. The association has been on the front lines, serving an industry that fuels the economy and employs great people serving delicious food, while bringing together communities.
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