Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-09-12
outdoor Restaurants in Paris.


the smart restaurants in the Bois.
The Pre- Catalan used to be a farm
where children and a few fashion
able ladies used to drink milk In
! the early morning, and there always
had been been q chalet restaurant
at its entrance. The proprietor OF
one of the most popular Paris news
: papers saw that the children were
monopolizing one of the most charm
ling Enclosures in the Bois, and he
lobtafned the right to build restau-
rantand lay out garden there.
The restaurant is great banquet
Ing hall with a cupola in the center.
Large mirrows on one side reflect
the long windows on the other, and
the big room, all white and orna..
mented with great taste, might well
have been copied from some palace.
The servants wear quiet handsome
llveries, and the carte du jour has
the prices marked against the vari-
Gus dishes, information which some
OF the restaurants do not give to
their clients until the bill is present.
ed. The Pre- Catalan has a lawn,
which is a favored spot at tea-time
on race days.
The Pavilion d'Armenonville, an
other OF the Bois restaurants, has
always been in high favor with smart
Paris. It has been the custom since
its building that men shall wear
dress clothes when dining at this
restaurant, an unwritten rule which
has not been enforced in any other
restaurant.
When the very broad glass shelter
which runs around the house is filled
with diners, the ladies in dinner
dresses and plumed and feathered
hats, the men in their evening black
and white, when the tables are heaped
with flowers, when the trees outside
are garlanded with colored lanterns,
when the two bands, playing alter
nately, make gentle music which
does not interfer with conversation,
then Armenonville forms a scene
brilliant enough for any theater to
stage. The luxurious surroundings
have, of course, to be paid for, but
though the prices at these little pal
aces in the great wood are high,
they are not eXorbitant.
AT the Chateau de Madrid the
tables are set in a lawn in a great
courtyard, and there Is pleasant
feeling OF mystery in the dark sur
Toundlngs of big trees and dimly
seen buildings. The Pavilion Royal,
at the near end OF the lake in the
Bois. used to be a bourgeois restau-
rant, where one might breakfast and
dine in comparatively humble com
pany at n comparatively humble rate !
II now aspires to be smart, and with !
the advent of the haute cuisine its |
prices have shown a corresponding |
rise.
The Cascade Cafe restaurant is a
gay little pavilion near the Long
champ race course. It's lawn is dot
ted with innumerable little tables.
Other little chalets restaurants there
are In the Bois, but / have written
of the principal ones.
The Pavilion Bleu at st. Cloud, at
the foot of the terraced slope, is a
very cheerful restaurant, and some
OF the grand wins of the Maison
Doree were bought by NJ. Moreaux
at the sale and sent to the ST. Cloud
cellars. The Pavilion Henri Nv at
81, German is owned by the pro-
prietor of the Restaurant Cham
peaux, and / have always found the
food excellent there.
There are other restaurants be-
sides the Porte Jaune in the Boise
ie Vineennes. one on an island In
he Lac de Saint-Mande being anus
ng on Sundays and holidays. There I
IS little restaurant on the Isle de !,
a Jatta which acquired a reputation
Tor good breakfasts when the island
VAS a favorite ground for duelists
20 settle affairs of honor; and any
'ne who wishes to see the Partisan
counterpart OF our Hampstead can
line on platform amidst the foliage
II the big trees at Sceaux-Robinson ]
md can pull up to his eyrie the
'asket, containing cold fowl and /
'ottle of red wine and yard of |
'read by a rop..-London Pail Mall
Gazette.