The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-01
SUPER MARKET
Of OLD DUTCH
CHAIN AMARVEL
e. >ad Beef and Coffee =
Sai I'd to Suit Custom
ers' Taste.

Tne I'D Dutch 'laatfr MARKET
o. grDu sylvania aven '-, Uetween
e.. ID Seventh streets north.
w. ,,aich will open tomorrow,
pr"gHlsrs to become the mnster OF
mar faNaiiy budgets. The h rage
ac-srC will get q mean VIC g,
once ~" party that rules the kit
cr--aad ,ocSstbook-sstsI a chanc.
a. 10 cup Of the merchandising
.alryiaui being established in the
he&da4arters building Of tho Old
Dutch Market system.
The scenery was already 70 in
viting yesterday when a Times re.
porter stepped in behind the closed
doors that he almost felt like de-
handing that he be permitted to
tpend. When a newspaperman Ii
thus afflicted. it's a good show.
To one whose contact with gro
berries and meats and vegetables
and things to eat ad finitem is con-
tined to Cardboard menus and paper
shecks. the trip through the new
plant was as good as doing Coney
Island for the first time.
The reporter learned how corned
beef and coffees can be made con-
Estently good and Of unvarying
quality. II that isn't knowledge,
who wants to be educated!
In the center Of a floor space OF
Il, 900 square feet, devoted exclusive.
b. to retail sales, the Old Dutch Mas
ter Market has a counter given over
10 the production OF corned beef 20
suit the taste Of all. From the fresh
meat counter one may purchase N"
sxact cut desired. At the Corued
beef counter the meat will be put Ia
3 brine chilled by an electric refrtC
erating plant. The cut gets tag
with the purchasers name thereon,
and eight or ten days later the es-
becially corned bit is ready for the
hash and poached eggs. OF course,
ready made corned beef Is also stock
ID in abundance.
At the coffee counter one may pur-
phase green coffee-any style bean
that grows. Twenty minutes In an
yours, still hot.
Assured of these two menu es
bentials, an appetite can then get
IS fancy as It likes.
There are fifteen departments In
the master shop. A self-service
Erocery, stocked to the ears with
farities ranging from calves foot jel.
Nv to the next rarest grocery Item
you can imagine, Is only an incident
h a mart Of many. There's a bak-
kry, provided with fresh cooked
bread and pastry from bakeshops
overhead. A candy department 10
likewise supplied from a spotless
randy kitchen on an upper floor.
Dried fruits are given as much
mace as an entire average grocery
store Of the old school. Crackers
another small store there. Delica-
lessen shop, getting Its trick dishes,
bot, cold, and medium. from a spe-
eial delicatessen plant upstairs. Sea
food department, featuring frogs
legs, shrimp, crabs, or what will you.
from the Atlantic, Pacific, and in
and by.stations. Poultry-what
kind Of game do you want? Picked
meats, smoked meats, fresh meats,
Ill prepared by a staff of butchers
n an upstairs meat shop.
The 200.foot meat counter 10
model for service and display.
Basket racks are provided for Gus.
TONER'S. Electric showcase refrig-
kration keeps all meats chilled and
resh.
A feature fthis Master Market,
which. incidentally. sells anything
IN quantities ranging from a case to
! carload. will be the hotel and
boarding house supply department.
Here stewards may order anything
able in any quantity at wholesale
rfces.
The market is so large and will
handle such u quantity OF meat be.
Ing smoked, in special smoke houses
In the building, cleaned and
putchered, that a Government meat
Inspector will be permanently sta
toned at the market. This will be
The only retail market in the city
and one OF only a dozen in the coun-
try TO have its own meat inspector.
Master market7
Take a look for yourself!