Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-05-14
DELMONCO'S CAFE.
SoNE SNAPSHOTS AT TIE FAMOUS RES
TAURANL.
Msn Who Made Ii-Sccial history OF New
York Written Thers-NOyd Rules
That Are Enforced In This
Popular Resort

With the closing of the doors OF De-
monico's famous cafe and restaurant on
Broadstreet, hard by the Stock Ex-
change, a few days ago, a gastronomic
landmark Of New York was ooliterated'
For many years il has been the noon
time rallying place for the gilded deni-
zens of Wall street, a meeting place OIL
men of millions, as it were. Almost
every man who has achieved fame or
fortune In the world Of finance has eaten
and drank within It's walls; deals aggre-
eating untold millions Of dollars have
been consummated; hundreds OF thou
sands of dollars have been paid over Its
counters for eatables and drlnkaoles. In
a word, Delmonico's downtown place"
was fully as notable as his uptown
place." More could not be said OF any
restaurant in America.
And vet the founder Of the house OF
Delmonico was by no means born 10
greatness, nor was greatness thrust upon
him. BE achieved 1t.
When DR.. Thomas Adds Emmett, the
brother OF the great Irish patriot and
martyr, came to this country early In
the century be brought with him q Swiss
attendant who had already proved him
self invaluable to the family, not only
as an accomplished cook, but also as a
thoroughly faithful and trustworthy
man.
This man was a native OF 'Faido,
which Is situated In Italian Switzerland
in the little canton OF Ticino, to which
81. --a,s cfanFafan nf fhA
world can trace their origin. The name
of this valet Of DIR. Emmett was Del
monico. He il was who founded the
house of Delnonico.
He had not been long in this country
before he invested his earnings in a lit
tie downtown restaurant, which soon
gained a widespread reputation for the
excellence of it's cookery and the fas-
tidious way In which every dish was
served. Presently the high liver's OF
the town began to favor Delmonico's
place with their patronage, and from
that time right down TO the present time
OF grace the high liyers OF the town con-
tinue so TO do.
From the time Of the first named
Delmonico. Peter to-wit. the house has
remained in the hands of the Delmonico
family, but, curiously enough, the de-
scent has always been not from father
to son, but from uncle TO nephew.
Peter. who took his brother John into
partnership with him, was succeeded by
his nephew, Lorenzo, and the latter by
his nephew, Charles, whose tragic death
in the Orange Mountains a few years
I'm So, l.. thaV Nhlfn mind FHhn
present head OF the house Is Charles
CrisU Delmonico, 4 nephew OF the last
named.
IL was during the reign OF Lorenzo
that the uptown restaurant was re-
moved from the corner OF Fifth avenue
and Fourteenth street TO its present To-
cation, between Broadway, Fifth avenue
and Twenty-sixth street, where it has
become the nucleus for u score or more
OF the best eating houses in the city.
Notwithstanding vigorous competition
It has steadily maintained its world
wide name by a careful attention to de-
tail, q thorough knowledge or the bust
ness, and o close adherence to the ira
ditions which have been handed down
from one generation to the other OF The
family of restaurateurs.
The name OF Delmonico has, during
the last half century. always proved a
magnett that has attracted whomsoever
rose, either permanently or for the mo-
ment, to fame or notoriety In the city's
life. One may say, without much exag-
geration, that the history OF the COM
merce Of New York has been written
within the walls of the Beaver street
restaurant, and that Of its finance 10
the Beaver street branch, while the
silent walls Of Fourteenth and Twenty
sixth streets-walls which luckily can
tell no tales-have looked down upon
the loves, ambitions, disappointments,
follies and intrigues OF New York's So
clety for a generation or more.
Besides the places which, have
named, various branch establishments
on lower Broadway have been main
tanned at different times since the found
ing of the first Delmonico Hotel near
Bowling Green, but these have been
discontinued, and now there are but
two houses which bear the old name.
OF these the uptown place is, ~ofcourse,
the most interesting, because II Is there
that the great banquets, dinners, balls,