In what US city was 'pie a la mode' first named and served?

Roger Wilhoite

Cambridge, New York Nov 18 00, 6:15 AM

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Professor Charles Watson Townsend of Cambridge Village, just north of Troy, dined regularly at the 1885 built Cambridge Hotel in the 1930’s. He often ordered ice cream with his apple pie. Mrs. Berry Hall, a diner seated next to him, asked what it was called. He said it didn’t have a name, and she promptly dubbed it "Pie a la mode." Townsend liked the name so much he asked for it each day by name. When Townsend visited the famous Delmonico Restaurant in New York City, he asked for pie a la mode but when the waiter proclaimed he never heard of it, Townsend chastised him and the manager; how could such a famous eatery not have a daily item that a small hotel in Cambridge N.Y. had? The following day it became a regular at Delmonico and a resulting story in the New York Sun (a reporter was listening to the whole conversation) made it a country favorite with the publicity that ensued. http://www.themesh.com/his197.html Apr 15 04, 4:30 AM

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