New-York tribune., 1901-08-04

accommodations Of this kind for their customers
ana these little patches are called summer gar
dens.'
NO matter how cool We keep our places.
said the proprietor of one Of them. our custom
crs would rather sit outside Wh h're there are no
fans than in the saloon and I've seen men sit
down and say This is fine and comfortable.
when really the air in the garden was hot while
In" room MAS cool
But the outdoor dining room and restaurant
is popular in other parts of the city. and the list
# such places is greater tins year than ever
before Aside from thu roof gardens viii have
b.en arranged on many of the large hotels.
ther. are outdoor dining places in all parts OF
the civ and they are AN wcll patron.zrd. Their
ar. several places in the downtown business dis
triot where large balconies ia the tops of huI4
iugs have been fitted up as restaurants. ana
there men and women zine after busins h"uts
and enjoy the cool ocean hgcszes and a Vie" oi
the bay \ short distarc" uptown there ar" s'N-
ctal restaurants which have no back yards. no
roof ana no balcony hut th.y have patrons who
want fresh air." and 10 accommodate these
temporary platforms have been erected outside
tn, rear windows and these the guests TAX"
their meals which are served through The win
do,>s of the regular dining room some OF the
-rnau table d'hutc restaurants in the lower resi-
doncc part of tho city would be- compelled to
close their doors or content themselves with Il
CRAFTY reduced business if it were not for the
open air dinners which they serve in hastily
arranged backyard gardens. Many OF these are
planned with good taste and are so comfortable
that guests from the large hotels in the neigh
borhood 20 to them for the evening meal.
II matters li,tle what mans tastes are or
now much or little ne wishes to spend for his
dinner if hc knows where to 20 he can be ac-
commudated with an outdoor dinner. There
many places in Hoboken and Staten Island
which strictly German ard where guests take
five courses Of beer with a four course dinner,
and from those points To the heights overlook
ng the Harlem lnd into Westminster County
roofless dining places may toe found
Several hotels in the Ffth-ave. district have
50 many patrons for outdoor dinners served ON
balconies and verandas shaded 10y potted palms
and other plants that the space is inadequate
pnd overflow dinners must be served in the
regular dining rooms whore the tables over
looking the VeTandaS at premium
In addition to these outdoor dining places
there the resorts where the attractions are
beer, fresh al. ard music Here finds as
regular customers the men whose families are
away in the country, and liberal sprinkling Of
family rArt'es IN, n, women ana children. who
seem to be much at hcm" in the crowded gar
dcns
We can't ans - u go into the c1untry." said
the host II t.niiy tab:e in one of these
places, but tvo..r tnI". times week my wife
makes hou-e.old mat, rs easy for herself by
having dinner at home and then We come
here. Afraid of The ir"a uce the children?
Nonsense. Thee are people he.e every evening
who think that l. place where liquor is sold
rhoud be avoided. Bu' durne the hot weather
"a while the rest of the family is away they
me here ard enjoy it, and they the
..u- Sc for it,"