My child is learning about rationing and world war 2, only being allowed 1 egg, 2 ounces tea/butter a week etc.
When the rich went to high class restaurants, how did they dine out? I’m assuming the hotel/restaurant had some sort of growing area for veg, chickens etc, or was there a lot of black market dealing going on?
Tea at the ritz, dinner at claridges etc. what went on to allow the rich to carry on acting rich?
In: Economics
In some locations, people who ate out a lot had to give the restaurant their ration book: [Persons Eating Regularly At Cafes, Institutions, Must Pay Ration Points](http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/homefront/homefront.news.wye.19430505)
Restaurants also changed their menus to reflect the foods they could actually get. In other places, I’m sure the black market was a factor, too: [The Restaurant Industry During World War 2.](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/restaurant-industry-during-world-war-2-jay-ashton-qazpc)
[This thread from 6 years ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/697hgh/how_did_rationing_affect_restaurants_and_hotels/) might help answer your question.
Latest Answers