New Orleans Food Timeline
1906 - Central Grocery
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Before 1500 - Native Americans
c. 1770 - Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop
1700s - Sugar
1755 - Acadians
1791 - French Market
1793 -- Peychaud's Bitters
1795 - Brennan's Building
1806 - Old Absinthe House
1809 - 1st St. Patrick's Day Celebration
1817 - Ribbon Cane
1820 - Cafe Sbisa Building
1830s - Sazerac
1840 - Original Antoine's
1840s - Irish Influx
1843 - Norbert Rillieux
1850s - Germans Arrive
1853 - Sazerac Coffee House
1853 -- First Brewery
1853 - Brunch
1856 - Tujague's
1858 - The Court of theTwo Sisters
1859 - Bruning's
1860 -- Bud Rip's
1860s - 24,000 Irish
1860 -- Ralph's Building
1862 - Salt
1862 - Café du Monde
1864 - Bullfrogs
1867 - Hard Rock
1868 - Antoine's Moves
1868 - Solari's
1868 - Tabasco
1868 - Ice House
1869 -- Schwegmann's
1871 - Morning Call
1874 - Bruning's
1876 - Maylie's
1876 - Arnaud Cazenave is born
1880s - Italian Influx
1880 - Commander's Palace opens
1881 - La Louisiane
1885 -- Louisiana Brewing Co.
1890 - New Orleans Coffee Company
1890 - Barq's
1890 -- New Orleans Brewing Co.
1890 -- Jackson Brewing Co.
1891 -- American Brewing Co.
1895 - Delmonico's
1896 - Leidenheimer's
1888 -- Rex Spices
1889 - Zatarain's
1898 - Pa-Poose
1899 -- Oysters Rockefeller
1899 - Cafe Sbisa Opens
1900 - Tortorici's
c. 1900 - Muffuletta
1901 - Gold Walnuts
1901 - Where's the Boeuf?
1902 - Ernst Cafe
1901 - Picayune Cookbook
1905 - Galatoire's
1905 - Angelo Brocato's
1907 -- Dixie Beer
1906 - Central Grocery
1908 - The Cave
1910 - Acme
1910 - Coconuts
1910 - Owen Brennan Born
1911 - Delmonico's Sold
1912 -- Union Brewing Company
1912 -- First Beer Delivered by Air
1913 - Manale's
1914 - Napoleon House
1914 - Quarrella's Midway
1917 - Squeeze
1918 - Arnaud's
1919 - Casamento's
1920s - Mandina's
1920 - Broussard's
1920 - Fernand Jules Alciatore buys La Louisiane
1922 -- Hubig's Pies
1922 - Mandich
1923 -- Crystal Hot Sauce
1924 - Uglesich's
1924 -- Progress Grocery
1928 - Bozo's
1928 - Tarpon Rodeo
1929 - Po-boy
1920s - Mystery Room
1931 - Solari's
1932 - Charlie's Steak House
1933 -- 4-X Beer
1933 - Ye Olde College Inn
1933 - Pat O'Brien's
1934 - Crescent City Steak House
1934 - Middendorf's
1934 - Zets
1934 -- Herbsaint
1936 -- Falstaff Brewery
1937 -- Double Eagle Ale
1937 -- Eagle Beer
1939 -- American Brewing Company
1939 - Dooky Chase
1939 - Hansen's Sno-Bliz
1939 - Clover Grill
1941 - Japanese Room Closes
1943 - Barrow's Shady Inn
1946 - Mosca's
1946 - Martin Wine Cellar
1946 - Camellia Grill
1947 - Liuzza's
1947 -- Saturn Bar
1947 - Caribbean Room
1951 -- Bananas Foster
1952 - Bud's Broiler
1952 -- Falstaff Weather Ball
1953 - Bon Ton
1954 - Diamond Jim Moran
1955 - Frostop
1956 - Brennan's Opens
1959 - The Boeuf is Back
1959 -- House of Lee
1959 -- Bali Hai
1961 - Deanie's
1961 - Teddy's Grill.
1967 - Sid-Mar's
1963 - Port of Call
1963 -- Zatarain's Sold
1963 - Toast
1965 - Ruth's Chris
1965 - Rocky & Carlo's
1970 - Drago's
1971 - Marti's
1972 - Chicken on the Run
1973 - Christian's
1973 - Smoothie King
1974 - Brennan's acquire Commander's Palace
1974 -- Jax Brewery Closes
1974 -- Whole Foods
1975 - Brennan's Burns
1978 - PJ's Coffee
1978 -- Falstaff Brewery Closes
1979 - K-Paul's
1979 - Mr. B's
1981 - Trey Yuen
1983 - Upperline
1984 - Japanese Room Re-opens
1986 - Brigtsen's
1987 - Lundi Gras Again
1987 - King Cakes Shipped
1987 - No Coconut Throwing
1988 - Coconut Bill
1990 - Emeril's
1991 - Crescent City Brewhouse
1997 - Emeril buys Delmonico's
1999 - Marisol
2000 - Cafe Reconcile
2001 -- Restaurant August
2004 - McCormick Buys Zatarain's
Arguably the inventor of the muffuletta, Salvatore Lupo opened Central Grocery at  932 Decatur Street in 1906.

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