There’s a delicious assortment of places where everyone can honor dear ol’ dad, says restaurant critic Merrill Shindler.
By tradition, my Father’s Day begins with cheerful words like: “Happy Father’s Day! … The light in the garage is burnt out.” Or, perhaps, “The drain is clogged. Do we need a plumber?” In one recent case, it was “We don’t have any hot water.” That had me, in slippers and a robe, relighting the pilot light on the water heater, in a cobweb-strewn corner of the garage! Fun!
I used to believe that Father’s Day was something of a runner-up holiday, a consolation prize awarded fathers after the gala celebration of Mother’s Day, with its flowers and candy and chocolates and brunch. It’s a day given to fathers, somewhat begrudgingly, when they’re given the honor of standing over the Weber — burning steaks, chicken and fish — until they’re finally released from toil, and allowed to collapse on the couch and watch the Dodgers game in peace, with a cold one in hand.
Father’s Day as we know it began on Mother’s Day in 1909. A woman named Sonora Smart Dodd sat in her church in Spokane, Washington, listening to a sermon about the sacrifices mothers make for their children. The sermon touched a nerve. Her mother had died when Smart Dodd was young. She had been raised by her father, who also raised five sons.
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