The Tri-Cities has been blessed with fame-worthy eateries that have helped shape the area's identity. Elvis shimmied through the area during his up-and-coming years, making for one incredibly happy girl and her not-so-happy boyfriend. Broadwater Drug Stores served hamburgers that brought in customers from miles around. Hungry patrons had to arrive very early at Mountaineer Restaurant or they wouldn't find a place to park. Home Sweet Home and the Mezzanine Tea Room offered homey atmospheres and had the best quiche in the area. Visitors to Skoby's World were treated to a culinary trip around the world. Author Daphne Matthews details the delectable stories of the most iconic restaurants in the Tri-Cities' past.
Daphne M. Matthews is an author, poet, researcher, historian, wife and mother. She attended Radford University, Radford, Virginia, for the first three semesters and then transferred to East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee. At ETSU, Daphne earned a bachelor's degree in English, focusing on technical writing and research, and she minored in history, focusing her efforts on the socioeconomic effects of peoples, both soldiers and non-soldiers, during wartime and the years after. Daphne Matthews looks forward to spending the rest of her life with her husband of twenty-three years, Ronnie; her two sons, Joey and Jimmy; and her granddaughter, Angel.