Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

Turkey Day (Thanksgiving Day)

So much turkey is eaten on Thanksgiving Day tables that the holiday is often called "turkey day." "Turkey-day" was cited in a Boston (MA) newspaper in 1835 and "turkey…

Turkey Tamale Pie (Turkey Tamales)

Tamales are often made with pork, but turkey tamales have been popular on Thanksgiving. "Turkey tamales" are cited in print from at least 1897. A turkey tamale pie often includes…

Turkey Tetrazzini

Luisa Tetrazzini (1871-1940) was an Italian lyric coloratura soprano who had an enormous popularity in America from the 1900s-1920s. Several dishes were named after her, including: . Turkey…

Turkish Day Parade

The Turkish Day Parade (or, Turkish-American Day Parade) is one of the newer ethnic parades, beginning in the 1980s. It celebrates the modern Turkish state.…

Turnaround Tuesday

"Turnaround Tuesday" was the name of the March 9, 1965, Selma to Montgomery civil rights march. It followed the march of March 7, 1965, that was nicknamed "Bloody Sunday." Wall…

Tuttorosso Pasta Eating Competition

The annual Little Italy Tuttorosso Pasta Eating Competition began in 2003. It isn't as popular (yet) as Nathan's hot dog eating competition a few days later in July, but pasta is probably…

Tuxedo Park: Tuxedo (clothing)

Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: TuxedoA dinner jacket (British English) or tuxedo (American English, also colloquially known as “tux”), dinner suit, or DJ is a formal evening suit…

TWA Tea (dirty joke)

Trans World Airlines (TWA) existed from 1925 through 2001 and was once one of the world's largest airlines, with a terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport. A popular dirty joke has a…

Twecipe (Twitter recipe)

"Twecipe" is a recipe on Twitter (a social micro-blogging service). Recipes are given in posts of up to 140 characters. A user of the "Twecipe" service can type in several…

Tweezer Food

"Tweezer food" has been cited in print since at least 2000, when a book included, "I've also heard it called tweezer food because it's so artfully arranged on the plate, it…

Twenty-Three Skidoo (23rd Street myth)

One of the popular New York City myths is that the slang term "twenty-three skidoo" comes from the Flatiron Building at Twenty-Third Street and Broadway/Fifth Avenue. Tourist buses pass…