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Dec 22, 2021 · John Dabney was a renowned Richmond-based caterer through much of the nineteenth century. Dabney began acquiring his reputation while enslaved, even serving one of his famed mint juleps to the future Edward VII during the prince’s 1860 visit to America.
John Dabney was a giant of 19th-century Richmond high society. He was a fixture of sophisticated gatherings, a connoisseur of the era’s delicacies (terrapin stew, canvasback duck, "hail-storm" mint juleps), and a family man who with his wife raised five children — among them, schoolteachers, a professional baseball player, and a musician ...
Dabney's story illustrates slavery and freedom in 19th-century Virginia in unexpected ways, while revealing the life of an individual little-known now but unmissable in his day. learn more about John Dabney →
The Hail-Storm is a short film about John Dabney, a renowned African American restaurateur in 19th-century Richmond, Virginia.
Mar 7, 2020 · About Jim Cook (ca. 1808 – 1870) and, especially, John Dabney (ca. 1824 – 1900), we know a whole lot more.
John Dabney was a former slave who became a renowned bartender and julep maker in Richmond, Virginia. He served wealthy white customers with silver cups and straws, but faced racial discrimination and condescension in the late 19th century.
Feb 22, 2018 · The mint juleps that Dabney and Cook presented were visual masterpieces. One account describes a giant, multi-serving silver cup topped with a one-foot-tall pyramid of ice, ice-encrusted sides and a cornucopia of fruits sticking to the ice in stunning artistic designs.
