Restaurant Collection (page 11)

Luncheon at the Empress Club 1900
The Empress Club, sitting between Dover Street and 13 Berkeley Street, W1, London. One of the very first Ladies Clubs, The Empress Club was founded in 1897. Date: 1900

Couple dining at a restaurant Date: 1900

DODGY RESTAURANT COOK
Tricks of the food trade: one cook explains to another how to cheat customers by lying about the weight of mutton legs. Date: 1834

PLACE DU TERTRE DINING
People eating out in La Place du Tertre, Montmartre, Paris. Date: 1933

VICTORIA ROOMS C20
The J.P. Restaurant at Victoria, London offers breakfasts, luncheons and freshly made tea. Date: early 20th century

FOREIGNER ORDERS FOOD
A foreigner struggles to order a meal in a restaurant. Date: 1849

EATING LOTS FOR 1S 6D
Three hungry customers get their moneys worth with a cheap lunchtime restaurant meal. Date: circa 1835

STALE EGGS IN RESTAURANT
Confound it, waiter! How long do you keep eggs? Till theyre ate sor! Date: 1877

SOCIAL / FEMME 3 OF 10
A young French couple dining out in a restaurant Date: 1906

SOCIAL / PARIS RESTAURANT
People enjoy the evening in a Paris restaurant Date: 1910

PARIS / PARK / BOULOGNE 1909
BOIS DE BOULOGNE Elegant men and women at an open-air restaurant Date: 1909

Tango Demonstration
A professional couple, Clayton and Marquis, demonstrate the tango - still an exotic novelty - to supper guests at the Savoy Hotel, London. Date: 1914

HARDING, HOWELL & CO HARDING, HOWELL & CO
The 1st department Store was opened in 1796 when Harding, Howell & Co converted a London townhouse into a departmented shop which even included a restaurant. Date: 1809

CHAT NOIR CONVERSATION
Conversation between man and woman in the restaurant Date: 1894

A customer with a complaint
A man complains in a restaurant about his plate being cold

Football Writers Association - 1st Annual Dinner, held at The Hungaria Restaurant
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The Old Chelsea Bun House, Chelsea, London - exterior. Date: 1810

Mural decorations in the Stockwell British Restaurant during the Second World War, on the theme of scenes in Stockwell and carried out by Derek Crowe

Mural decorations in the Vauxhall British Restaurant during the Second World War, on the theme of Vauxhall Gardens and carried out by E. K. Edney

Mural decorations in the Beckenham British Restaurant during the Second World War, on the theme of Wind in the Willows and carried out by the local art school

Scene inside a British Restaurant, one of a number of communal restaurants during the Second World War providing a cooked meal, with dessert and a cup of tea, for around the cost of 1s.2d

Interior of a British Restaurant, one of a number of communal restaurants during the Second World War providing a cooked meal, with dessert and a cup of tea, for around the cost of 1s.2d

Exterior of a British Restaurant, one of a number of communal restaurants during the Second World War providing a cooked meal, with dessert and a cup of tea, for around the cost of 1s.2d

Scene inside the first British Restaurant, one of a number of communal restaurants during the Second World War providing a cooked meal, with dessert and a cup of tea, for around the cost of 1s.2d

The cash and carry entrance of an unidentified British Restaurant. British Restaurants were set up during the war to provide nutritious and economical meals for the population. Date: 1946

Col de Sanloup, Montreux, Switzerland - mixed luge racing
Col de Sanloup, Montreux, Switzerland - mixed pairs luge racing - The Start. Date: circa 1904

Bandstand at Ocean Park, California, USA
Bandstand with band playing at Ocean Park, California, USA. Date: circa 1904

Chef prepares a Peking Duck - floating restaurant, Hong Kong
A chef, stripped to the waist, prepares a Peking Duck in a floating restaurant kitchen on a sampan boat in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Date: 1982

Restaurant interior, Old Delhi
The interior of a restaurant in Old Delhi, India. A customer sits at a table, a boy stands on a platform and washes dishes, and staff chat and laugh Date: 1986

Curry shop, Delhi, India
A chef squats by a huge cooking pot and cooks curry in an open air curry shop and restaurant in Old Delhi, India Date: 1987

The Clock road house, Welwyn, Herts 1920s
The Clock at Welwyn, Hertfordshire, one of a number of so-called road houses established along major road routes out of London during the inter-war years that variously offered swimming, dining

La Place Bresson, Algiers, Algeria. Date: circa 1907

Madame Fillioux - Lyon, France - The Queen of Chickens
Madame Fillioux (1865-?) working at her sons (D. Frechin) establishment where she appears to specialise in the sale of wine, asparagus and chickens! 73, Rue Duquesne, Lyon, France

Paris, France - Avenue des Champs-Elysees Date: circa 1940

Switzerland - Lucerne - Hotel Restaurant Gutsch & Furnicular
Switzerland - Lucerne - Hotel Restaurant Gutsch and the Furnicular with a distant view of the snow-capped Alps. There has obviously been a little bit of artistic license invoked in the construction

A British Waitress in a restaurant or teahouse
A British Waitress working in a restaurant or teahouse - delivering a tray of hot drinks. Perhaps her slightly downcast expression is in part due to the fact that gratuities to serving staff were

Rinaldo Grosvenor Restaurant - 15 Wilton Road, Pimlico, London. Date: 1924

The Atlantic Restaurant - Empire Exhibition, Scotland
The Atlantic Restaurant - Empire Exhibition, Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, Scotland, 1938. Date: 1938

Granville, Normandy, France - Hotel Houllegatte
Granville - Manche department and region of Normandy in north-western France - superb photograph of the Hotel Houllegatte on Rue du Docteur Letourneur and facing onto (now) Place General de Gaulle

Cafe Restaurant des Oudaya at Rabat, Morocco
Patrons and Musicians in front of the Cafe Restaurant des Oudaya at Rabat, Morocco Date: 1910s

Nicks Fishing Station, Whaleneck Drive, Merrick, LI
Aerial View, showing the location of Nicks Fishing Station at the end of Whaleneck Drive, Merrick, Long Island, New York, USA. Date: circa 1930s

The M1 Motorway - 3 Service Stations - Dunstable turn-off
The first section of the M1 Motorway (55 miles in length, spanned by 134 bridges) - 3 Service Stations (Fortes Restaurant)

The exterior fa硤e of Le Select, American bar, Paris, 1920s
The exterior fa硤 e of Le Select, American bar in Paris on the Champs Elysees, 1920s Date: 1920s

A sketch of the interior of Le Rat Mort night-spot in Paris, 1920s Date: 1920s

The interior of the Resi Ballhaus, Berlin, 1930s Date: 1930s

The restaurant Bayernhof, Berlin, 1920s Date: 1920s

Mikes Ship-Ahoy Sea Food Grotto, New York, USA
Mikes Ship-Ahoy Sea Food Grotto, Columbus and Broadway at 66th Street, New York, USA -- Visit the ship that never goes to sea, Captain Mike always on deck

An interior view of the Larue restaurant, Paris, 1920s Date: 1920s

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