The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-10-03
DELMONICO'S.
rt,c interior of an Upper t'r"s' Restaurant
~, az. rerald ana Torchnght <De'roiD.

u,t,c Interior Of an Upper arHs' Ass''a''A '
From he Herald and Torchight Detroit.
The name Of Delmonico is as fainlii Ia
all over the country rs that OF a. l.
Stewart. Scarcely q person goes 70
New York city bu6 visits the reno"he4
restaurant on the corner Of Fourteellth
street and Fifth avenue. doubt, now
over. If many have been admitted TO the
secret and mysterious regions below
stailq where the cooking IS carried on
( was fortunate enough 10 ENJOY t!li8
privilege the other day, and VIII gre
vol. the benefit Of nay experience. FasS1
/ ing through the disl-wstshin8 room ana
down a winding star, ] was first taken
across the kitchen and htro-
Iducad IL the handsome aud accom-
plished Chef. who did the honora OF the
place. IN the first instance, let me
mention the chefs Office. If you should
! bappen in il without being told where
Won were. Won would in all probability
flake Il for am editorial sancJun. The
room is small, and contains desk
staeun with books and papers, amt
/ large book case covers nesrtJ one sioa y
| the vail Tins bookcase IS 1IiIed WITH
the works al Dubois and other ceIe-
hrated French cooks. There IS 0s2 q
/ Pierre Slots book among these Del
nonico'a cdef, who knew ham well,
! thinks that tha late professor was less OF
q cook and more Of g writer Tie chcE
although be Is dressed IN lln-
maculate white, and wears little
black cap on the back of his
! head. and is the ideal cook in appear
auce, does little with his hands; he
works With Iis head He makes out al
the bills of fare andregulates the prices:
/ has the supervision Of the whole, and
gives a list Of everything wanted TO 1ir.
Delmonio0, who does the marketing
/ himself every morning. Just 1t th4s
I season business Is comparatively Guu;
/ they average about three hundred guests
! a iiav now. while IN the winter time, IN
| cludlna big dinner parties, they Ittl as
/ high as fifteen hundred and three tnou-
sand The day J visited the kitchen
/ there were about forty men, waters and
cooks. of with die City OF Picking; but
there were nearly twice that number
left.
/ Ia tne kitchen proper there are half "A
! dozen ranges, aud as many cooks. The
ranges stand together along one side OF
/ the room. and are foE roasting. boiling,
Geb rolrataIlas etc Each range has
/ r., o.gD COOK and everything goes along
| Ike ciocls vnrl, When an order Is sent
dow, from sla restaurant the waiter
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