New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-14
NETWORKS RESTAURANTS.
FROM MADISON SQUARE TO MorTsr.
ANY Dish 10 ORDER, sHoRT OF MISSIONARY PM
~woMEN's LUNCHEON ROOMS.

cWOAEN D LCNCnEoN hoonos
No matter what . mans tastes may b. in the wsy
Of esting II hs stops short of cannibasn, It would
appear that he can have them satisfied ct somc
restaurant in New-York provided that he is wiling
10 spend money enough ct those which come at the
top of the list of the city's eating houses and dare
experiment. far enough toward the bottom. Probably
good dinners Is can be had at any restaurant in
the world are served at several Of the fashfonaois
uptown resorts where dining IS brought to science
and verges sometimes . debauch. Tho cooking
here IS disnctivcly French. For Spanish. 90 into
Maiden Lane German, the East Side: Hebrew.
about Bayar-st: italian, in the Mulberry-st Bend'
Russian, about Heserst Chinese, In Mof-sf: English
chop houses. in sixth-avc: ard American. everywhcrs
from the expensive uptown ones In broadway
down 10 the tencent bcanery the nveccnt curbs'ons
| stand, or tho twocent soup kitchen Ncw-York shows
that It Is cosmopolitan much By Its eating houses
as b. any other one feature Of the streets.
In speaking OF OF their widely dnerens
Characteristic It would bs wise perhaps to begin ae
the top because It would be impossible 10 contnus
down to tho end, anyway. Dclmonico's reputation
is farreaching the OF cpicurcs, mionares and
people from the country who havc come 10 :" do
New-York They have made up their minds to spend
money freely and find Dcnonico's fine place to do
| it in BY ordering al the dishes that are out Of
season and plenty Of wine. one may spend twenty
dollars there for meal from the menu and eat no
and fare little better than the man at the next
table who orders dishes in season and pays three
dollars. II New-iork is cosmopolitan on a large
scale so Is Dclmonicos on a smaller Wide indeed
the range Of customers tastes and there arc nearly
| always more than two hundred dishes on tho menu
required TO satisfy all demands.
| When young man wishes particularly TO imprcss
a young woman with HIS ah,ucnce generosity he
takes her supper at Demoncos after the theatre
II he has never been there before, the anxious
no is to display familiarity with the place, the moro
he thinks every one watching him and the more he
stands In awe Of the solemn, dress-coated French
waiter, and would sooner poison himself than ina
fault with the viands tho service. II the woman
feels at all by her surroundings she seeks
to recover herself By getting and finding fault
with the whole thing
SITE PETRIFIED HER ESCORT.
what arc all the French names on the Dill OF fars
fort. one Of these was overheard 70 say TO her
| escort the other day. Aren't English names good
enough for themi Here, waiter, bring me piece Of
pie"
The young man closed his eyes and shuddered.
Had he brought her Delmonico's 10 huniliste him
by ordering pie But the end was not yet After
long delay the waiter returned with pie. He set IL
down with mingled look OF pity for all pic-eaters
and Just pride in the thought that his house could
respond to demand for almost anv article OF food.
"wafterlo snapped the woman, I" II you think I
amt accustomed to be waited properly. You're
mistaken You've forgotten 10 bring knife
The business Of carrying on restaurants with an
eye to female customers IS probably distnctivey
American and reaches It's climax in the great shopping
districts Of this city. Year by year these women's
restaurants become more numerous and moro cx-
pcnsivcly fitted up They are even extending down
town for tho use OF business women and they All
seem 10 make money There seems 10 be consderaoio
change too IN the quantity and quality OF luncheon
now thought to be sufficient for women and girls
who earn their own living. Years ago tin boxes or
anfu
a common and conspicuous feature OF the early
morning down town streetcars and their owners
ate bread and butter, sandwiches. CAKE fruit etc. az
noon without leaving their desks or counters Many
| do this STILL but the number is far below wnat ~
used 10 DO and grows rapidly loss even among inc
very DOOR, and the habit Of visiting restaurants ana
taking hot luncheons, moro or less substantial IS
growing in favor Indeed women whose noon-timc
vest is limited are often seen standing up at tho
regular luncheon counters, gulping down sohds.
lauids and scmi-solids pel-nel, IN the style VI
your true business Plenty OF these down town
typewrftcr girls spend fifty cents day on uncheon
and uptown about Fourteenth-st, whore shop girls
and millncrs' assistants abound, they spend about
t,uonfy five cents. Even factory girls send out at
noon for daintes from neighborlng COOK SHOPS ana
| among workingwomen generally what girl eats
for her luncheon has come to be fair gauge OF "nas
| she earns.
TABLES RESERVED FOR GENTLEMEN.
gives man queer feeling to see one or two ioneiy
IttIo tables IN dark corner marked reserved Tor
rsntlemenn This he feels is turning the tables on
him with vengeance and. as rule they are ra'no'
stunned By men who 20 10 restaurants LOT the par
poses OF eating only. Women HE them wen however
They are, as rule, more economical feeders" uia"
men and Ike TO 90 where thcy can order ten or
fifteen cent meal without feeling snubped some
of tho checks run higher, OF course, but not much
HIGHER as a rule. They feel at home in these places
and frequently TAX. of their hats as wen as wraps
and spcnd three-Quarters OF an hour over d cup vi
tea without feeling in the way. This Is one OF oor
most conspicuous failings from the propre'ors po''
NJ vfcw Whore 100 women VIII not o'uer noio
than half as much as 100 men, they VIII occupy
the tables twice as long. Still there Is more proul
n the food women buy than In MEMS Sch cav
mostly meats, In which there IS remarkably htuo
nrodt but women incline to icecream, CAKE cha'o''0
russo fruits pie tea, chocolate. etc. In WHICH ''ero
ia plenty Of profit to the dealer
A nccn into ono of the big uptown restaurants.
p.trcnizrd largely BY out shopping disrioses
the fac. that women at luncheon are either excess
,vsr economical or rather cxravagant She comes
IN sxnr breathless scans the bill OF fare Tor the
quickest thng to consume and the cheapest oi"eiS
a bouilIon or sandwich, a cup of tea or perhaps
lust water; eobbes II, and Is on on Inc tra'i Vi
bargain again In jihy. Or else she comes IN slowly
and calmly with an evident intention OF spending
isas.nt bour roads the bill OF fare through without
ksse calls the waiter to inquire II ms or tnat a.Sa
e. frrsh Though she does not intend to order II
inay calls f0r a salad an Ice cream an oyster ~
patty an eeiars. cheese cake, and perhaps one or
Two other varieties OF whipped froth and baked Tind
dips little into each while chatting WIN her ho
theatre her symptoms, her dentist, her scrV an,s
her drcssmaker and her children keeps s mo
puts on q tight pair Of gloves and buttons item up
with hsrpn; sure she has oeen 1uncr her 10
the contrary trips up to the desk to pay ana oniss
to count her change, and finally letters OUT ocan an,
NTH satisfaction 10 r~tUrn moment later IN uire
conservation, having left her parcels behind. ars
insists on opening them all then ana there 10 SEQ IA
they have not been opened and robbed
ABSENTMIEDED CUSTOMERS.
good place TO study absentminaedness Is IN
restaurant Nearly all OF them accumulate lttis
store of umbrellas, canes, gloves, oyercoas' wraps
hardkerchIefs eye glasses, pocketbooks, atch Keys
jewclry. hasrpins, NUTS, parcels handbags at" 10
fac, cv,ything that is not fastened 20 customers ny