New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-28
THE CHEAP REST1 UR1NT.
FoOD AND PIICES REDUCED To FIRST PRINCIPLES
"A SUGGESTION As TO PIES.

n "tONi'oii'' no ~ 49,
Not n Thousand miles from the Post Office is
an eating whose has been immense because
II is based entirely upon bedrock principles The patrons
get what they pay for and nothing else There Is no at
tcInp to impart pseudo air of responsibility 20 the con
Germ nv promising a regular dinner quarter. soup.
roast and entrees, with large glass OF beer thrown in
The cheap restaurant deals exclusively with cr" aTiI-
cles The patron may have comcd beef or lie may have
ham or pched Sleeps tongues but beyond that There u
no other choice lie may have boiled eggs, and
he MAY have baked beans, but there are no surh
things ms omclcttcs eggs flied or shhrrd.
There are no other vegetables save tue baked beans
The customer have his beef OF ham plnn or he can
eat with beans; but there Ic 10 potatoes no pc o
crout no boiled cabbage. There are prs. OF ihe
usual kinds but they obviously prepared c-r"aIr
and are sold by the cheap restaurant on cO"ill r.on
probably. The great demand, however Is Tor 'o,' 81
tea and cakes Tie Latter excessively hot AID eaten With
a. much butt the cusO chooses To i"a' ii"n The
bOuntiful supply before him. II s. difficult fey any Gus
toner to spend than twenty cents, OF hi"h ten
cent. goes for beef. liam. VITA o. without lcIa five
cents for ooacc and piece oi pie i" ud more
requires a lnrScr appetite taln most Ern po--"-7
There ar. lig tides and low tide. in he CuT1u' Of bust
ness the cheap restaurant but at no period 'i The day
or night are balls alb Oiutcy deserted Tho customers
are probably OF class that could NOT by duplicated iu Tie
universe. Daring the day il is great hauuto lur auuI
Gus politicians unr"couizcd OF letter, wio expect TO
time nc glad to c,e existence by working FOR the
news department OF the daily papers, comp tor, who
work duIlug day, with spiinhng al CLERKS from !he
nclhbUiiug Post OGcc aud the business l0u-c rpund
about. Nowhere in the world are there gathered TO-
ccihcr 50 many men Who have obviously i-o'y, Who
have been who may De- pcr-onag"S Tho bul brother,
who take the money carve the meat d.-pousc tie beans
and pour out the coffee, could tel much
if they chose bat they too busy and move 30 I"pdy
that the csc, bcrouc faticI,d simply by watching them
The active walters nothing Of tie people vino come
and co. hut they recognize the regular N"btuc- aHd
form Wild couccturcs 10 WHO they may De-. These
walters are prompt and kindly ard wait v.l but they
ore exceedingly patronzng aud give moral p.ls the
hculacr to Gu whom they fancy, hat somewhat
bcUilIcr tine European man OF letters WHO j. trying his
fortune in the whirlpool OF Ncw-York <i-trncc.
The politician who Is temporarily ont Of it may be
recognized by The hcaymns, Of his watcchain and the
splcndOr OF lis diamonds Th"s" Lee never
parts with except at the last extremity Al
present ne is stranded, and finds tic cheap
restaurant exceedingly comfortable place. lie
does not prublc 1T the fare but he sometimes objects
TO the company. Turning 10 man with "a large red
mousache whose index finger Is all inhsain, snch a
customer says:
81 wonder how they can admit such people! DO you
see that man from coal wagon cover win Crime from
head foot, and with "A pound of cOh dust each
hand aud his faca2' ana he points with finger on
which >parKe- fine diamond, 10 what In zl-lmln
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helping himself 70 butter Win hands tuA are abuOr mdly
COaly.
well" SAYS the rcd-m0uStachod man, at j. the III
count on tine place that mus plY Everything j. 30
cheap and 20 good That If would b. miracle II there
I were not ,ODc diiwbiCk,. But never rtW cou man
here before confess thought they drew the Inc Il as
/ newspaper men,
the politician laughed L have seen some pretty rough
lOurnal.,t- confess mon who were infinitely npir Ic-
pusi,e than -Iimy friend. Bat think the things
good, do yOu
"Ye-, answered the with the red mOu-tachc, ~
have eaten tsfo0nrOrS AT Naples. and bOle brSsr t MIR
-ciuc., red Wullrt 81 Barcelona cot at Galway, -p1ng
salmon IN san Francisco, Ycuspu la the Upper Mississippi
court -DOuiiiOn nj New Orleans Wild turkey ia Texas,
turtle soup It Warren Islands, tcrrHpin stew with the
Saturday y GIT Club Of Philadelphia, cIicd pIuwu- in
Bombay, monkey drilled 40 Ahmcdnul gar, ana shark
everywhere, ana call myself Judge OF prOycuder And
unac-Itain2v assert that when yOu reduce food 20 first
principles ana 20 la mainly for what Is nOurishng and
DEMONSTRATING, YOU cannot beat this place not for
Gucats. Nay uolc, wA add that II y0u WatcLfll
aud select tnc cranberry pies when they iTc~h you
Will have dessert M for the gods. But unfortunately the
person WuO makes the pies only balcs twice q week,
ana II Is Only SAFE 10 eat them on Mondays and Thur
days.
"Why," said the politician edo you cat pies
thought they were considered poisonous. You really
prise me-"
"Im sorry for that" answered the rcd-mouetachcd
feet digestion, and II you have lost your relish for them
depend upon H. all j. not well with your gastric irr-
But II you should Try back 10 pies take my tin for b l.
worth having. Mondays and Thursdays pies good.
On other days they are not 10 put too Anc point It, in
CcgItes OF Sldlr!lgss."