New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-11-10
THE EATING SALOONS OF NEW-yORK.


Observation-Disclosures PECULARlFlbs-IHB PHlh-
CIPAL RESORTS OF EPIcUREs
Fuly one-balf of the population Of this great city live
A. the restaurant bar and the saloon table, half million
noople Of all ages sexes, colors and conditions depend
upon the eatng-bouso for their daily bread some OF
these live lu1uriously tickling their sensitive PaaIes
with delicate meats and vino grown between the fenny
Ninturpa, and PetIinum Of Sine5sa;' others, cram
ming their stoInachs with the coases and gossest food
bicb the pnehed purse can afford. washed down with
re,.v ooe OF more economical water, satisfy the nor-
suate cravings Of that terrible hunger which only the
street pauper knows Those two classes are the two ex-
temes met with nowhere without the limits Of crowded
city. Between the two are many grades of eaters, vary
ing in their tastes and differing in their habits for oil of
whom there are cayansscs adapted IN style and puoe OF
lands to the class Of customers who patronize them
Stunning the purlieus where congegato the outcass
who dine on penny sworth Of trpe and penny slice OF
ale bread who breakfast upon nothing and g. 10 sleep
with hunger gnawing at their yitas avoiding the corner
stands where the newsboys and street poes FEED ana he
markesths re6kng with the odor OF nan cooked ineas
soky vegetables and dirty soapsudsi decnng le cor
dial Invitations Of a thousand subteuGnean roheshment
saloons where II EyERY STYLE are served up az
moments notice. passing the scores OF clean hte esD
lishments wherein tho hungry man may regao on Danny
but substantial cakes TO the accompaniment OF deheouS
country Iak or good coffee let Us drop into hdy dams
rom
OF CHATHAMsT..
and take an early breakfast We are some distance non
the City Hall ana its noisy surrounding, yet oven "ueie
sit the din IS quite percopt6le. Az o. NJ, 6JDo
proportion of world out Of bed and the tables about
us are nearly all occupied b. sodookng men OF business
Who have left their bachelor apartments Tor The day
What do they eat Bcefsteak mutton-chops, FISH Here
and there hear cell for pork from men who mayo no
fear OF tchna and who scorn TO believe that articles OF
diet affect the oharacters notion that must nave iuu-
enced MunOo when be stopped the eatng % PIGS SuIg
Our fresh Sh Is excellent our bread and butter sweet
our coffee passablebut how many cooks understand ue
/ a.F.rr vn1n mead "A n II
10 hing him 10 our side tells US that in this room alone
800 meals served every day and that more thah one
fourth Of these prepared for regular customers me
head COOK Sir the polite waiter, UNDERSTANDS MS
business which great deal for The chef Dc cusln
The bill Of faro comprises all the plain dishes usually called
for eanghouse, and the prices are very reasonable
The Ganymedes usually attentive, and eentiemany
both in garb and in conduct This remark true oil Dut
| few reffeShment saloons on Chatham-st
Here is Crookss another fayo1e resort for baeheior
merchants and others who have home where cakes and
ale are dispensed at stated hours Here you can al
WAYS have good coffee, the artist who presidea IN e
culinary department having made that beverage stuGy
the pure Mocha its native district always IN tunes
past converted into as delightful drink as Is here gwen
every day 10 scores of patrons We cannot wonder 81 he
doubts expressed by tho Mohammedan doctors Us to the
LEGALITY of usug IL In place of VINE. endercvet or an
oneee soaRs, with potatoes fried IN butter. makes
pleasant breakfast here, and your bill ID BY no means
Two or three other saloons Chathamst. are notice
able chiefly on account Of he careless manner in winch
food prepared and the sloveny way the waters have OF
tendency 10 drive the better class OF customers 10 more
respectfully conducted establishments and 20 attract only
| those who desire quantity and not quality OF food
But little wine Is consumed at ChAham-st tables the
heavier drinks being much moro in demand
on THE BOWBRY
The stranger who knows New York only through the
medium Of the provincial paper which credits everything
bad 20 the great metropolis snd bouoEs everything good
It's journals without giving any credit al ali Is apt 20
look upon the Bowey the peculiar province OF that OK
net institution known the BoweTy Boy, his pro-
menade his arena, his Riat0. This Is taking very
narrow view Of great thoroughiare. The BoRey isa
fine business street and has been the avenue 70 more ban
| one fortune. MANY Goufishing merchants Lave tber
| stands heTci boasts q bank or Two, ana thealeI
wherein in DAYS gone BE-, the Peon OF agony Was on
Ossa piled the delight Of youthful oncs, and another
wherein high tragedy IL sometimes done now-adsys It's
eating saloons are numerous. Some Of them Pteten
lions hat mono ara more than third Their chief
faults are want of in the table arTengements,
lack Of diuess the attendants, and dearth Of good
cookery.
Some o. these ere Patronzod chiefly by Gernans vi
this class Of saloons u the resort OF ernans OF mo
better who have not become sufficiently Amencaleu
20 turn up their noses odcouuty dishes or to desplse
the European custom Of eating slowly and seasoning the
rep,t with ulcasant discourse Everything 10 this estab-
l.shment - German Language, manners cooking beer,
! vines WATERS and nubbub-a unmisiakably Germamc.
Every third man hes his wife with him, and about every
third wife nor one two children Whether nom
Poaernna suabia or the Strand; from Hesse Cassel,
| Weimar or Sare-Meiningon- llildeburg iauson, the
patrons az manifest Ne Indifference 10 trivial forms
and ceremonies that characterize their people At home
they their national food en- approximation thereto,
drink their lager beer those light wines for which GER
tain parts Rhncand noted, and indulge In upr0ar
conversation and aughtsfn which tie shnu treble OF
childish frequently caught varying the cultural
monotony The sye ~ cooking AZ this saloon Is not such
rs il most pleasing American gourmet but II pcases
Mynheer and his v.e and their children, and that IS all
they about The walters are as bsquey polite and
as politely independent nAuralizod Germans generally
are; quick OF foot ~ less phegInauc people but
Trustworthy aud oblging They good fellows totry
ones patience, they 10 be always anxious to re-
duce ones hAundcstood order TO national currency and
/ Co he
! II AL.
There are other restaurants the Bowery where one
NAV be entertained at small expense but 10 ell Of them
the aforementioned objections exist and one who desires
to dine in irrcproachabe company and on immaculate
vands must go elsewhere, since the odor OF Responsibility
does rot IN day attach 10 that which Is merely cheap
To be sure may SIT at table OF the Irons Feres
ProreHcaar wherever that may be, aud have for next
neighbor a man who steals CANDLES garTotes for
livelihood; yet ii be have clean hands end dress Ike
gentleman, and tppe moderately who shall proscIibe
/ him Let h N be elected, and an honest NewJersey
former bstitutedone who carries the perfume Of the
yard with him. who eats with his knife and calls for
fried pork and baked beans TO the disgust Of the refined
waiter, and one must pcr'orco leave the Iros Freres
IN dismsy Thus is as II should be- We do not LOOK ior
morality 10 public dining-room We come for good food
and comfortable surrounding Given these, We are salts
/ he'd
on BROADWAY.
This great avenue is dotted both des with refresh
meni saloons of all GRADES from the sIpenny lup room
10 the splenddy furnished apartment IN which plain
breakfast would cost labonng man the price Of full
! days work.
Here is an establishment Of this class The suppercard
is m epcures vocabulary in diamond; and dappo little
Frenchmen who gesticuates gracefully with his napkin
and the rest Of his body informs seriously that what
ever may desire will be Immediately Prepared, whether
II is marked upon the card or not IL quite late ana
We have horror Of heavy suppcrs AZ late hours Such
suppers not included IN tho esbetcs fepcureansm
says philosopher and think he Is right when no hints
that they the bottom OF the decline and fall Of the
Roman Empire As its suppers increased, its territories
diminished. II became dyspepuc and Peaksh. Its armed
hand trembed It's legs grew equity and under the heavy
! barh on
Ia rest with the crow, IL finally went 20 the bad. We
therefore call for cup OF chocolate for which this place