Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-14
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Gne OF the capital wants Of Richmond is the establish
ment Of one or more Of these institutions on grand,
Partisan scale The Hotels are doing their BEST but they
crowded to suffoeAon Besides they do not supply
the exact want for which Restaurant is designed
Their meals are at fixed hours and they are mainly in
tended for those only who ledge in the house There are
many eating houses in the city, where bachelors may
make shin to get dinner but Of them come up
to the proportions to which refer The city needs an
establishment TO which gentlemen AND ladies' parties
OF friends resort at any hour OF the day. and get
good meal and at in quiet and without the fear Of
interruption from dsOrdery persons.
The RsStaurant is French idea, aud It's invention
marks epoch in the history of that country It dates
from the accession Of Louis XVI and may not have been
without influence on the fortunes Of that unhappy Prnce
In l5s2, Beauviers opened his Restaurant the first
grand success and which rendered the institution nation.
al and eternal The historian speaking OF the condition
OF France about that time says There great
advantages exclusively enjoyed by the rich and power
full rapid travelling and good cheer The establishment
Of new VOitrGS which made 90 leagues in twenty.iour
hours, slced the first privilege Ahd the Establishment
of Restaurants destroyed the second; for any man who
rant and ujoy better dinner thaa at the table of
Prince" These two dwelling Innovations, petty though
they SEEM may By removing the distance between class.
es have contributed greatly to the subVerson Of toe
Ancient Regime and the inauguration of the Revolution
Ia this respect, they performed the same part which
R,ady Made Clothing has enacted In Yankee and-abol
ished all distinctions among gentlemen and thereby
ungushed the genus gentleman, itself Bot Restaurants
and Ready Made Clothing both good inventions and
will survive the wrecks they have made.
The conveniences aud advantages Of Restaurants are
immense. They combine the elegance aud the comfort
Of London Club life, without its exelusiveness they
supply all the epjoymeuts Of Yankee Hotels Invested Of
their eIOrbtant charges andI regular hours and they
furnish opportunities for friendly und social reunions
TO the vsy-iarng world nowhere else to be met With
In pecuriGry point Of view, they have contributed
ihsn any other one institution TO the wealth and
glory Of Paris They have made that city the seat Of
elegance, refinement and pleasure, and rendered il the
resort Of the gay, the ch the we and the luxurious
f.Om every quarter Of the world ..t-
city like Richmond, crowded With elegant strangers,
aud aspiring to become the Metropolis Of great and
glorious Empire the very place for this institution to
take broad and deep root. We have, too, the to
inaugurAte 1.-THE Napoleon Of ConiociiOners-SignOr
Andrew Pizrini. His TASTE genius. and daring adapt
him for the enterprise He makel the best cakes aud
candies in the world all the school girls and every
body else testify but be has glory aud money
enough in that heli Let him attempt something more
worthy of himself let him aspire to rival Beauylers,
the heots the veseys, the Hsnneveus aud carve his
name high on the golden book of Immortality. 20