Chapter 35

Paris the most melancholy abode in the world for a man without money --_Restaurateurs_--In 1765, _Boulanger_ first conceived the idea of _restoring_ the exhausted animal functions of the delibitated Parisians--He found many imitators--The _restaurateurs_, in order to make their business answer, constitute themselves _traiteurs_--_La Barrière_--_Beauvilliers_, _Robert_, _Naudet_, and _Véry_ dispute the palm in the art of Appicius--Description of _Beauvilliers'_ establishment--His bill of fare--Expense of dining at a fashionable _restaurateur's_ in Paris--Contrast between establishments of this kind existing before the revolution, and those in vogue at the present day--Cheap eating-houses--The company now met with at the fashionable rendezvous of good cheer compared with that seen here in former times--_Cabinets particuliers_--Uses to which they are applied--Advantages of a _restaurateur's_--_Beauvilliers_ pays great attention to his guests--Cleanly and alert waiters--This establishment is admirably well managed.

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