The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-31
A OHM Err FOR A I NJ
Eplcurean San Francisco Bragg About Its
Cheap, Clean Eating Houses.

From the Washington Post.
SAN FRANCISCO, May lT.-What Is the limit
of the cheap eating house? 1t has been drop
ping in price for years, and seems to be still
going down. San Franciscans may not realize
1t, but they are living in the cheapest fed city
of the United States, and one that cannot be
beaten very much. oven by the world famed
cheap cafes of the Partisan Latin Quarter.
OF course. If one wants to live high in
San Francisco, he can do so. There is Moth
ing but his iinanGial standing to prevent ven his
English Eng sSSa phsqs al s' at S. p.S"i "afr. " or ssnu ias
e eaa@01 down by degSe eDo p Snd u not make t TIC e
contrast too sudden, he can get as good o
want for a "a Dollar iHo" or eTff he can a' dine @H su@ nGa1a
ously, with vile, for 30 cents. He can get
G. 69,l and msPl a for Clean a qu ss r a ana fair ,o %ss1 for ais IS
ing feed for a dime. or even an apology for .
S Tin . n,ct In not very elegant surroundings.
The ten-cent restaurant made its appear
anee about four years ago; Prior to that
but the hrst dime joint did such a business
that nearly az of the then lS;Ssns
or make considerable additions. to their bill
OF fare. But when some OF the lowest Of the
to advertise two schooners.forCa nickel. or
two glasses of native wine, with some sort OF
drop 'pef in iI meal pr pric sss s s1af' tie IL r fTseeen snG n !
house bloomed forth to a paying business.
no S9m mesriy all has ,ns I sss.o shar Is,n how sIys ts and
fee with the meal which latter IS Of sien-
economically minded may get in addition to
their wine or other beverage. two rolls and
ssS ball, or %" "bre aai' three K sssn SNAKES ,0 and COZ coz
fee" as one Of the lunch-room signs reads:
the chemical yins sold, hut IS oniy:Se Tsa 1-
his bread and coffee with q fair-sized plate OF
sven more doubtful origin, or doasbnuts.
The lower ends Of Pine, Clay, and sacra-
some regular FOUNDERS, but the most Of them
own-at-the-heei variety who in the inter-
vals OF .~rustling a nick" on which to feed
company. Of the fellow sufferers they are
sure to find there.
ton has been practically to close the kitchen
at TIE Mems shelter Of the Salvation Army,
wa. the only place In the city where a Ave.
cent meal me- could be had. Scores Of men
. big kitchen plant that has cooked a Christ
meals meas dinner ars, for $500 people, but the
those Of the nve-cent Joints outside, and In
spite Of considerable donations OF material
when the outside restaurants came down to
nve cents, the Army, which makes a prac-
tlee OF never entering trade competition. Z
gradually sp fh u closed down on its meal system.
To revert 20 the l0-cent houses, which ara
me minimum OF even comparative comfort.
and satisfaction, some OF them
go SO far as to give half a bottle OF wIna
WIN = lucent dinner. They say that such
as II Is, II Is cheap as milk or coffee, and Al
tracts a certain amount OF trade. The menu
OF the dime houses consists of bread and hnt-
yer, potatoes, coffee, and one sort OF meas
sither liyer and onions, steak, chops, or hash
10 THIS Is added oatmeal and milk for brsSL.
Iast, and soup fer dinner, that being The
the two meals. N"oeh
There are perhans a dozen IO-cent hopse-
the lower end of town, two on second
street, three on kea. ny, and the cross streets
OF Market are all well supplied. These
litlle cares cater to an immense numhar ~
sso opsrs S small n, Glerks mechanics, and la
way then 70 attempt light housokeepins '""'
ny huMLcr OF patrons is necessarily larve-
Tor me margin OF profit on a lO-cent' a"afs
iioiSF9 ot and 1t takes ,qnick sales and
hut il goes, and the fant pu1inSss
mat Sah Francisco is a cheap place 10 iIyel