St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-06
DESERVEDLY POPULAR.
The Magnificent Restaurant and Bar
room of Smith Br others.
A Description of It's Artistic Splendors, and q
List of Its Competent Attaches.

The advent of each new year brin gs many
things that claim interest from the thousands
of busy citizens who cherish pride in our
charming aud vigorous city; nothing gain
ing more universal welcome than new enter
prises which make their debut with the first
day of each January; for every st. Paul man
is loyal to his adopted home, aud her ad-
vancement.
A few days ago we gave in brief outline
the opening of Smith Brothers magnificent
cafe and barroom, located at the corner of
Fourth and Sibley streets. The notice was
C rude and gave our readers very faint idea
Of what the place really is; and now that it is
opened and running in all the completeness
that was planned for it, a much
better sketch in printers ink can
be perfected of its beauties and
its already tremendous popularity. For many
months this liberal firm of Smith Bros, so
We'll known through their long business con-
nections with our city, have been vertically
turning the old Hall IL Parr building inside
out. Alterations that demanded weeks of
work. and plans that required the ingenuity
Of many of the best artisans in st. Paul have
been brought to bear in accomplishing the
superb results that are now familiar to many
of our business men. The main room is one
most perfectly proportional, and is used for
the bar and lunch counters. 1t is a model
of ELEGANCE, and bears the marks of most ar
tistic workmanship in its decorations. The
floor, in marble, is without doubt the most
expensive ever laid in st. Paul, and the
wood work, in exquisitely carved oak,
is beautiful in every sense of
the word, being finished in its own royal
naturalness, daintily traced in ebony. The
largest mirror ever brought to this state
graces the back of the bar, and
is relieved in its massiveness by two
small, rich half curtains of silk plush.
An artistic urn of solid bronze decorates its
center, aud these, with the glittering array
of splendid cut glass, forms background
fairly dazzling in its gorgeousness.
Adjoining the main room are two recep-
ton rooms, one for private parties, the other
for public conveniences. Both are sumptu-
ously furnished, and represent an assurance
OF absolute comfort for visitors to the place.
In the extreme rear are the washrooms, clos
cts, etc, and they are meant to afford the
best of accom- modations, being luxuious in
their fittings and perfect in plumbing, etc
The popularity Of this undertaking on the
part Of Smith Bros. was assured instantly on
the opening day, and crowds have visited
the place hourly since, not out Of curiosity,
but for the absolute worth gained by patron
izing it, and its success overwhelmingly
demonstrates that just such place was
needed in the wholesale district of our city.
Money has been lavishly expended in its con-
struction and the firm deservedly merit every
word of praise and every bit Of patronage that
they are receiving.
The cafe or restaurant department is under
the able management Of Mr.. j. j. Heather
ington, and his name alone guarantees the
perfect manner in which it will be con-
Quoted. The bill of fare not only
embraces every delcacy, but contains in
elaborate array the cream OF everythu g
tempting. The reasonable prices, more so
than ever before presented in st. Paul, being
a most conspicuous feature.
The bar embodies every convenience for
the serving OF drinks, the excellence of
which need no mention on our part, as the
goods handled by this house have already too
wide a reputation. The gentlemen in charge
are Mr.. Ernest c. Seeley and Martin Z.
Smith. the former a graduate Of Stewards,
in New York, and the latter for two years in
the employ Of Ed. Stokes, at his famous
Hoffman House place, in New York city.
The firm who have cvinced so liberal a
spirit of enterprise in supplying this insttu
ton for the pleasure OF our citizens, person
ally watch every Patrons needs, and their
untiriug hospitality surrounds them with Il
constant throng of our representative business
men. They buy and serve only the best Of
everything, their foreign liquors being i'm
ported direct by them and all their WHISTLES
are bought in bond. 4 specially OF supply
Ing families has been adopted, aud gentle
men in want Of goods for their private cell
lars will find them prepared to sell them the
best goods in the market. They refer with
pleasure to the excellent work which has been
done in fitting up their establishment, and
recommend the gentlemen in every depart
ment who have been employed by them. On
the woodwork, Mr.. james Rayson and MIR.
James Z. Harris have proven most concus-
lively their excellence as workmen, and the
finish of the wood has been In the hands OF
Mr. George Jones The decorations by Adix
Bros. are wonderfully rich and artistic, and
have never been equallcd in any like insu-
tuition in our city.
We suggest visit from every gentleman
who has not been there, and once seen, we
prophrsy-well, no use in that, for II is a
settled fact that everybody who has been
there once has gone regularly since.