. Chicago by day and night. o busi-ness there. The table d hote has become quite an insti-tution in Chicago within the past two or threeyears. It is presumed that every reader of thisbook knows what the term signifies, but it willdo no harm to explain it. The term is a Frenchone, signifying * the hotel table. The table dhote, then, is a course dinner, given at a fixedprice, upon payment of which the patron is en-titled, if he wishes for it, to a taste of every 191 dish mentioned on the printed bill of fare. Toso grade the courses of a big dinner as to pam-per the appQtite and leave, with the c
. Chicago by day and night. o busi-ness there. The table d hote has become quite an insti-tution in Chicago within the past two or threeyears. It is presumed that every reader of thisbook knows what the term signifies, but it willdo no harm to explain it. The term is a Frenchone, signifying * the hotel table. The table dhote, then, is a course dinner, given at a fixedprice, upon payment of which the patron is en-titled, if he wishes for it, to a taste of every 191 dish mentioned on the printed bill of fare. Toso grade the courses of a big dinner as to pam-per the appQtite and leave, with the con-sumption of each course, a desire for the ap-pearance of the next, is a splendid art, secondto none in the opinion of some people, and atleast one table cT hote in Chicago comes veryclose to perfection. This is the table d* hoteinaugurated by Mr. Leland and since main-tained by the purchasers of the hotel of that ^7,,^ name. The price ofthis dinner is , andin addition to thetwelve courses of eat-ables each person is. entitled to a bottle of excellent red or white orchestra stationed somewhere discoursessweet music during the meal, which is servedfrom 5:30 to 8:00 p. M. A very similar table cT 1Q2 hote, but without wine, is served at the PalmerHouse at the same price. A most excellentdinner may be had at a little French restauranton Monroe street, one door west of the Columbia theatre, for seventy-five cents. In one respect the table d hote is a most ex-cellent arrangement. Considering the lavish-ness of the spread a dollar is a very reasonableprice; the same dinner could not be purchasedin a first-class restaurant a la carte for less thanfive or six dollars, if not more. If a party offour or six people want to enjoy a jolly dinnerat a reasonable price, amid pleasant surround-ings, they should patronize the table cT hote,always supposing they have plenty of dinner takes an hour to serve who are rushed for time should go else-where. « A
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