The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-01

t...g.Dramore Tho news FNl oarry
,.tt, ,,tv r.r.4us mot only In and ahous
Gee y,fs liy Ut' in vIrlpIa places ~
,, ,~,,r,,, e...r q memory ~ . dinner
~ tu,str.t 4. un1 ~ t0o hnppirst reool-
l%sotl1pa aft witt ~ Tho u%'iroyobs
Pr fHyNri'5 s,sa rlpc" ~ good hurers
s~pi.yrl unUHr conditions 'lut n"v"r loat
their n,saiig, oy,u after tendy scceaa
o. the Iis brown houa" ON tho bin ~ RrH"s
hank. station leland brought thosa larger
,omf,uIra NJ dlrora Witch lraarn Tho cldsr
r,'f,ra feelings - -"ml. propr'c'orahip In
such a place.
f1s,lrI4 closrd last night H. the fun
,iyur ~ troauoriiy. II did not bat .ll
ia a11m, ln.kcd oll, 20 10 the smut ~
v.rrs.. ..Iu.4." no has bcen the fate u
tNo uf .. r,f,I table d'H6to foetaufants
~ tho metropolitan district, almost with
ont ~f.r.t.iu. There WIS no nIckrr of
,,nrirE ughrl no struggling patronaR,
dvirInrr ill t'' business failed. Papa
fnstIl closed tho doors 81 hhs WI house.
AS restaurant. and whom hc has disposed
rf NJ, furnishing, he will raas it, walls,
arl uu june vii turn tho land over 20
an industrial concern 10 which hs has sold
II. FOR himself? Para viii takc him with
hIs family about hun to tho Adirondack
Mountains and There enjoy an atmosphere
more hencnccnt - hia asthmatic affection
than tho air Of Staten Leland,
Cuo mrrk 81 the restaurant that made
that u,rt OF Stltcn Island n placo OF pill
uimnge will remain On thu Rosebank
hilltop whom u factory Trofnncs the haunt of
the nricuros.
"rhcy wanted me 10 sell my bust Of Carl
haldi'' La2zar, exclaimed in deep .
They want IT to keep here ard put up In
front of the factory
And did you sell it?'
-Np, / would never sell Garibaldi'
4 pun on the pipc-a soothing and con-
solJug puG-and thcnPapa speaks again:
I'm give them the bust TO keep here
So "the Garibaldi place the name by
which strangers have inquired for Lazzari's
restaurant for n generation, will still DO
marked by the name and features OF the
Italian Patriot, who has been q lifelong
object of honor hv Laaznri.
La2zari had his restaurant first down on
the shores of the Narrows, at RDsebank,
IN the house where Garituldi made tallow
candles, in company with Moucci. his fellow
countryman, whom many persons believe
No-iuy Wa ItsNiS N' "a - Wv W.
phone. Meucoi did invent or devise a
telephone at about the same time that Bell
and others did so, and his defenders have
insisted that ne was defrauded Of his honors
and lust dues when the patent was granted
to another,
IaZzari from the first WAS faithful to both
Garibaldi and McuCCi, and when his dinners
proved so attractive that business outgrew
the humble building by tine waters edge
-, ,I., lemon hpIsn md a lurpa
acreage up on the hilltop, named the new
place IN Garibaldi's honor, Caprera Park,
and removed to it the boiler which Carl
haldi and Meucci had used to make the
This boiler. housed in brick, visitors to
sthe Garibaldi place" used to go out and
look at, after looking up at the bust OF
Garibaldi over the front door, and arrang-
ing for dinner.
which Fate was powerless 10 harm, dis
turb or annoy! No hating, squeamish or
iaded palate but found in the variety OF
ante past a provocative morSel upon which
to nurse appetite, and the hearty eater wei
coined them all appreciativeIy IN an indis,
criminate meidnge. AND the small ana
tender Holsters which characterized the
place! Lazaari belongs TO u society for
the preservation of Holsters az a species,
SO OF course there could be no understood
ones sold there; but wonderfully success
Iul III was III Nul'Ni US wy 'N'' =.
and he certainly was u good gGesser az the
size limit. -,
niece de Resistance, was certainly the dish
Of the love and admiration OF tho epioure.
There il no English equivalent for Lag
yari's fritto-misto; the translation OF the
words means nothing, The preparation OF
this dish In itS various combinations maze
tho place worth Il visit in itself. The ten
der, young, green ASPARAGUS. iresh from
papa's brothers farm In Virginia and never
marketed; the carciotini, green peas, fresh
mushrooms, calves brains and veal cooked
30 that il was tender as sweetbreads, and
sometimes the tenderest of green summer
~sQuash-these prepared IA one table dlsh
by Mama La2Zari made converts OF the
Philistines.
But no man may tell Of all the courses
of the Lazzari dinner without cruelty to
the hungry. Indeed, 1t was II savage joke
that was played sometimes to watch ones
stranger guest feast on these earlier courses
and then struggle valiantly with each tooth
come succeeding one, torn between appe-
tito and a retrliutiNc conscience,
The Patronage of LaGIari'I was varied.
Some years ago people used TO go there
in carriages or on horseback, residents OF
the island often riding over there for re-
freshmentS, Small walking clubs, or a
few persona who enjoyed a walk, would
exerciEe pleasantly slerCngchen Ego
walking for pleasuro), as the Gernans
stop at the Garihhidi place for luncheon
or dinner. From the city the train was
the only way, and then tho elusive restau-
rant. hidden behind n hill from the station,
was difficult 10 find. NThe trolley came
after a while, and eventually-irony Of
fa,e-a new railroad station was made
200 feet from Lnazari's, not for the benefit
Of the CARL aid place, but for that OF a
brewery restaurant, and vet laZ2aris re-
NAMED hidden; no sign directed the trav-
,ll.r n, it, dol. rt nhI, DpTpl on tho ora say