How was cafeteria originated?

or:How was cafeteria originated?or:During the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, an entrepreneur named John Kruger built an American versi

or:How was cafeteria originated?

or:During the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, an entrepreneur named John Kruger built an American version of the sm\u00f6rg\u00e5sbords he had seen while traveling in Sweden. Emphasizing the simplicity and light fare, he called it the \"Cafeteria\" - Spanish for \"coffee shop\". The exposition attracted over 27 million visitors (half the US population at the time) in six months, and it was initially through Kruger's operation that America first heard the term and experienced the self-service dining format.==================================================================Childs Restaurant, Philadelphia, PA, circa 1908Meanwhile, in everyday, hometown America, the chain of Childs Restaurants was quickly growing from about 10 locations in New York City (in 1890), to hundreds across the United States and Canada (by 1920). Childs is credited with the critical innovation of adding trays and a \"tray line\" to the self-service format, which they introduced in 1898 at their 130 Broadway location. Childs did not change its format of sit-down dining, however. This was soon the standard design for most Childs Restaurants - and many imitators - from coast-to-coast, and ultimately the dominant design for cafeterias.

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