New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-12
MANY FINE RESTAURANTS.
WEST srpERs FAVORED IN THIS RE
GARD.

But THERE ARE CHEAP AND GOOD ONES Too
ATTRACTIONS OF POPULAR DISTRICT
Among New-York's most interesting attrac-
lions arc the number and excellence OF us
restaurants. and no part OF the city OUTSIDE VI
its very centre is better supplied with 'heS
aids to comfort and stimulants to extravagance
than is the West Side 1t Is pecuiari'y OIL
West Side people, which has been often COM
mented on with sorrow by caterers In the the
atre district that for their little suppers after
the play many OF them show a decided prefer
ence for the restaurants near their own doors
over those Of any other district
One of the Leading West Side restaurants
which make a specially of after-dinner suppers
Is Hams at Seventy ffthst and Columbus
ave. There the gourmet finds he can order any
dish he can get elsewhere. cooked In any style
he ever heard Of Fifty walters stand ready 10
do his bidding A band of eight pieces plays
softly in a balcony. Two private dining rooms
also in balconies. give privacy and at the same
time overlook the main floor. One OF these pri-
vate dining rooms seats sixteen persons. the
other twenty-five.
The main floor Is 10Ox100 feet in size. Small
ia bes dot It's surface. All around the wall runs
a broad and cushioned dvan. Mr.. Ham Is the
man who is soon 10 have the highest restaurant
in New-York. 1t will be on the twenty-sixth
and twenty seventh floors Of the new Park ROW
Building He has signed lease for twenty
years. and his aggregate rent for that period
will be 100000. delightful part OF Hams
West Side restaurant, especially in summer. is
the rathskeer II Is as cool as an icehouse
and as finely fitted up a palace-car. The
cafe Is no whit behind. Hams is open till :
a. m, and everything il served la carte.
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of the Hotel Majestic. at Seventy second ct and
Central Park West. This has the unique ad-
vantage Of commanding from it's windows fine
view OF Central Park. which at this time or
year is enough to give the most confirmed
dyspeptic an appetite for all green things that
are good to eat. 1t is big enough to seat 800
guests without crowding, and 1Oo walters are
employed to make the service az near perfec-
ton as possible. graduate of the Hotel wal
dorf is caterer here. Edward Tappert. and he
frequently gets up dinners for as many as 2oO
guests at IS a plate. without wine. The Ma
jestic is favortc place with West Side brides
for wedding feasts. Hot meals are also served
on the roof garden. which will open on June 1.
An orchestra Of ten pieces plays from $50 untii
midnight In addition to the a Ia carte service
a. table dh6te dinner is ready from to 8 o'clock
for 81 80 without wine
Further uptown, just opposite Manhattan
Park. and close to the Eighty hrst-st. station or
the elevated road. stands the Endicott. It's
restaurant is well patronized. Here are served
a table d'hote breakfast for 60 cents: luncheon.
so cents and dinner, 81, without wine. But 1t
IS the Endicott cafe that is the best evidence or
what n growth the West Side is enjoying.
special effort has been made here this spring to
provide business mems luncheon that will
hold customers like a grappling-iron, and as
that part of the city is now claiming the atten-
ton of very large number of contractors.
builders architects, etc, the Endlcott cafe has
become a. sort Of rendezvous for this class or
men, to the mutual advantage Of the contrac-
tors stomachs and the cafe proprietors pocket.
No attempt to describe the West Side restau-
rants could afford to leave out beautiful Clare
mont. with its wonderful views Of the Palisades.
the Hudson River and Grants tomb But this
resort is so we'll known that no repetition or
its attractions is needed here 1t should not be
thought for a moment that this sketch covers
all the West Side restaurants worth mention
BY no means. The very multiplicity or them
precludes giving such list. The others range
all the way fromnthe pretty little places in Dig
APARTMENT houses where dainty breakfasts
and luncheons are served 10 we-to-do women
down to the open all-night "beanery, which
furnishes nourishment in big chunks for a small
consideration. 1t would seem as IL no one, from
the pampered millionaire TO the almost penniless
nod carrier need go without food just suited 10
his appetite and his means In this favored sec
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