The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-17
ATE CHILE CON CARNE.
NEW SPANISH RESTAURANT START
ED IN THE TESDERLOIN PRECINCT.
Peppers and Onions In Every Dish-The
"Tsmsle" Man Goes at Night I'm Search
OF yictims-An her Castle for Sale.

Have you dined at "The Tamale" yeti
| No? Well. II you want TO eat some OF the
hottest. spiciest. oilest stun that free
/ born American ever threw into his inner
man find the place and order Spanish or
Mexican dishes only. says writer in the
New York Herald. II you like II and
/ desire 10 apprise me OF the fact drop me
/ a line. | tried It once. and that's enough
/ for me. who for years has partaken OF
I the plain beef and beans purveyed by
Park Row restauranteurs. But hen de
gustibus. etc
Find the place. you will please take no.
/ tice | say. do this advisedy. for | don't
! propose 10 incur your displeasure should
pou not like the victuals.
Ask any OF the men who know every
/ thing that is new In the tenderloin pre-
cnct. They have known OF it for the last
half-dozen weeks, and so. the proprietor
says, they find an agreeable change In
the dishes he serves.
Indeed. he names among his patrons a
wel-known judge, a young actor who Is
starring in a theatre close TO his restaur-
ant. and also tells how the head OF what is
undoubtedly the best restaurant I'm the
city. tired OF the cloying delicacies his own
chefs perpare, rushes out nightly and
dashes madly into the little room where
the dynamite material Is hiding I'm it's lair.
and there allays the pangs OF hunger.
| didn't verify this statement, but II II be
true there is one man In this big city who
has my profoundest sympathy
Right In the heart OF the gayest section,
In one OF the side streets, between Sixth
avenue and Broadway. you viii find THE
Tamale." little shop on the ground
floor of what was once a dwelling-house
you will be warned by a glance into the
windows. There right before your eyes.
are hanging several punches Of those big
red peppers from which the ordinary man
recOs In terror
Inside IL is unpretentious II has nothing
In common with the regulation Spanish
eating-house. such as the sanded floor
Instead there is oil-cloth; there are abou.
ten tables, at which two may sit; there
Is also an ice-box, hut for what purpose
Is mystery, for there is nothing cool I'm
the viands.
As you may imagine, II would ne o:
little use 20 patronize the place II you
did not Intend TO partake Of the Spanish
specialties. IL you are ignorant OF these
specialties, or Of the language, you must
take your chances.
was fortunate enough 10 have with me
ence in this line. SO. when the waiter
handed me the bin Of fare. l threw myself
upon my friends mercy. and told him to
go ahead and do his worst. / think he
filled the bill
Chile con carne con frijoles," was his
first order.
II came and I found the chile con
carne' was a sort OF a stew, I'm which
dlherent meats were hashed, a kind OF
lima bean vas mixed. and added to this
was an indiscriminate mixture OF onions
tomatoes and peppers. the last-named
being disproportionately I'm the prepond-
erance. The "frjoles" are black bean.
and there is nothing particularly warm
about them, but they are as salty as
barnacles.
! tried 10 give n realistic imitation of a
man who enjoyed such a mess, but | am
AFRAID my taste IS not cultivated Next
came a Spanish omelette. and this. too
was plenufully interlarded with onions
tomatoes and the eVer-present peppers
Enchelladas' was my friends next
order He evidently had me lust where
he wanted me and was about to take a
sweet revenge for all the wrongs / had
Internationally done 10 him.
These. | found. were simply corn cakes.
In my poor, weak way / thought they
would have been all right with a little
maple sirup. But when I lifted one OF
them on my fork there were the onions
and tomatoes by which ! seemed fated 10
be pursued. and on the top / found some
red powder. which on investigation proved
10 be grated red pepper
IL IS needless TO go through the whole
bill Of fare, but there were always those
seemingly unnatural accomplishments.
You know Of the man who drank some
Jersey whisky and said his throat felt as
though torch-light procession was parad-
ing down H. my throat could discount his
on the burning sensation and win. IL sim
ply drove me 10 drink
or the other things which tickle the
Spanish and Mexican tongue. but which
j was not disposed 10 investigate. were
the ia males supposed TO be the breast
Of chicken. hashed and mixed with the in
evitable peppers: "olla podrida" which is
a little Of every thing under the sun:
'gaspacho" peculiar salad; "tortillas."
the plain corn-cakes. with the onions and
tomatoes, but with the same old peppers;
'tassajo," which. I'm other words. is South
American goat-beef "garbanzos" bean.
which is az hard as a rock and has 10
be soaked in water for twcnty-four hours
ana then boiled with a piece OF salt fish
before being edible. and "habichuelas' or
string beans.
All these dishes are cooked I'm oil. I'm
stead OF butter. as would be used by
American cooks.
The best business Is done In the place
between II O'Clock at night and I'm the
and IL may be that I'm these
hours an added zest may be had for
these dishes, but what nightmares NAV
follow only those who have tried may tell.
Il Is then that all Bohemia is AZ its best.
and this would just suit the members OF
that tribe.
II II IS your misfortune 10 be abroad
ater than that hour you may have en-
a white iacketed white-aproued
Individual parading the streets. with a
arge can I'm one hand and I'm the other "A
lighted lantern. He Is employed by the pro-
)rietor 10 walk the streets and visit saloons
where he may inyeigie other nighthawks
nto buying his ''tamales" They are
nicely wrapped in corn husks and are
probably the best OF the Spanish dishes.
| have had castles I'm Spain ever since
was youngster. Any one who wants
% purchase one cheap with % per cent.
III for cash may ind bargain II he can
ind me.
Took Her Nap Standing Up.
Janitor Eastman OF the new school.
In,