I have written about the entrepreneur Fred Harvey in numerous columns as I go here and there, searching for places worth visiting. And most places are worth visiting — well, perhaps not an IRS office, ...

Fred Harvey was an 1800s culinary innovator who believed he could serve the finest cuisine in the middle of nowhere, according to Stephen Fried, who wrote about the restaurateur in Appetite for ...

Hands down, the worst restaurant meal I’ve ever been served was at El Tovar, the resort at the Grand Canyon. I was disappointed, because the El Tovar is, of course, a Fred Harvey resort. Or at least ...

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