, 1873-06-29
p" BROWNS"

nro Fixing Up for the Good Liver.
OF Chicago.
There is 3 sort Of general idea In the city tha
| tho graceful Buena Vista stone building which
| fronts on Clark and Madison streets is intendet
for restaurant that shall, in point Of 1ichnest
Of finish and excellence Of design, rival anything
in the country, Delmonico's New York establish
ments not excepted. But nobody outside OF tht
privileged few who have been allowed access tt
the still incomplete building can form any
idea Of tho lavish expenditure which tho ovner1
havo thought proper to make Brownie
! characteristic feature Of cur magnifcently re-
| built city. Handsome and artistic as the e1-
terror, with its columns and carvings, may bo,
it bears to the interior only that relation which
the rugged ehel does to the luscious kernel
within, nnd the prop1ietors have this advantage,
that while their cuisino may only be equal to tho
very best on the continent, the building, With
its appointments. Ia Tar ahead Of anything in
the country. 4 reporter vaa yesterday ahown
through the building By 11r. Brown, of 'tBrowns, !"
and allowed to See for himself. 'sR We have
not the best there is," said Mr.. Brown, two will
try it over again but TIC think we have done
pretty well as it is." There is no immediate
danger Of Mr. Browns having to 60 !. eyer
again: The only change to be expected ia that
ho will have to find place where ho can have
more room, for when once the public have come
to know OF Browns" they will want to be
thero en- u1asse. By the middle OF next month
they will havo an opportunity to SEQ for thom-
selves
/" That everything at "BroEn'B" may he equal
French cooks, the chief OF whom, an elegant
gentleman who looks like capitalist enjoys .
salary larger than that Of tho County Clerk.
That these artists may be cramped in nothing,
they have the most elegant kitchen accommodate
tons in tho city. Tho room in which meat is to
be placed to npen by the butcher Of the estab-
lHhment, is designed to hold tons Of ice to keep
it fresh the wine-room in the basement is kept
at an even temperature; the baker has
bakery apart from the rest Of the culinary de-
partrnent; the amount of ice that can be slowed
away would freeze anybody to think Of. These
are one or two Of the features OF the basement.
Going upstairs, the visitor finds himself in .
large dining room, paved With marble. The
richly venoered, with Towering capitals Of q
lighter wood. Tho wainscot is OF three distinct
kinds Of wood exquisitey polished; the ceiling
richly frcscoed. The entrance to this room is on
Madison street.. Passing through the folding
doors to the gentfenlen's lunch-room, one comes
this country. The walls are wninscoted as in
tho dining-room, the floor paved With MARBLE
and the ceiling frescoed most artisticalty. There
is no gauainess in the coloring, but the feeling
the bar are three mirrors, the centre one within
four inches Of fifteen feot in length, and more
than eight feet high. The bar and the lunch |
counters, designed By Mr.: Wilcox, formerly d |
partner Of Messrs. Durling l. Adler, are,
without any exception the most e1qui- |
sits pieces Of workmanship Of their |
kind in tho country. They are !
OF biack-walnnt, inlaid with mahogany and |
French walnut, and pane1ed with med1ilions of |
verd bronze, representing the great men OF clas !
sic antiquity, With occasional Egyptian heads,-
Mark Antony, Homer Pericles, and the like, I
perfect copies Of tho rarcst bas-reliefs. Re- !
leved with marble ut the base and layer Of !
marble beneath the walnut slab above, these two
counters are without an equal in tho country.
On tho second story, over the lower dining
room, is another, similar in every respect to the
drst, and enteFed by q richly wainscoted
stairway leading from tho street. Over
the 1unch-room IS tho banquot-room,
with its richly-inlaid wainscoating, enormous
windows. and frescocd ceiling. It IS capable Of
seating nearly 200 people.
The third and fourth hoors arc arranged in
suites, including parlor, bedroom, aud bath
.oou1, with plato~glass windows Of enormous
,ize, arranged with the same generosity as the
:est Of the building.
On.nny one floor Of the building, from the
basement to the roof, the arrangement is unique
md princely. Consequently, !" Browns" in
;ludinR all, of them, has not it's equal in the
country. Wentworth h Woolworth will run it,
md it WILL without doubt, bo ss Characteristic OF
chicago as the Pacific Hotel, the new Court
House, or tho great rebuilding.