Restaurant Collection (#33)

Receiving the Check
Entitled " We Have Met With A Slight Check in one Quarter" a man displays shock on receiving the bill after dinner with a rather glamorous companion

Dinners singing Auld Lang Syne at the Savoy Restaurant, 19
Illustration showing some of the thousand guests who had supper at the Savoy Hotel on New Years Eve, 1907, and sang Auld Lang Syne to see in the New Year

Paris Apartments 1 of 2
From the restaurant at the bottom of the building to the schoolroom near the top, the inhabitants of a Paris apartment house pursue their various lifestyles

Placing an Order 1929
A smart waiter takes the order of a seated couple

The Duval Restaurant, Paris, 1878
Engraving of The Duval Restaurant at the Paris Exhibition of 1878. This restaurant was a huge wooden building, capable of seating several thousand diners. Date: 1878

Christmas Dinner 1931
A jolly group in party hats hold out their plates for freshly carved turkey during Christmas dinner at Antoines restaurant, Charlotte Street, London

A kitchen in a motor car
An eight horse-power car used to transport piping hot meals from a well-known Parisian restaurant to people in their homes

Restaurant Scene 1980S
A group of friends, colleagues or relatives eat out at a rather tawdry restaurant with interesting lino. Note the dour looking waiters and waitress!

Canberra: tourist class restaurant
Colour illustration depicting the tourist class restaurant on board P&Os superliner Canberra around the time of her maiden voyage to Sydney, Australia in June 1961

Kissing over the Soup
An amorous couple kiss over their soup in a restaurant, to the embarrassment of the waiter

England / Romsey
The picturesque town of Romsey, Hampshire, England, gateway to the New Forest and also notable for its Norman Abbey

Tourists in Ratskeller
A party of tourists are led to a table in a RATSKELLER (a bar/restaurant beneath the City Hall)

Chez Quaglino
Scene at Quaglinos restaurant in Bury Street from 1932 showing diners in evening dress, at tables, chatting or dancing. Originally established in 1929

Christmas Eve at Maxim s
Christmas Eve at the Parisian restaurant, Maxim s. Maxims was founded by Maxime Gaillard on April 23rd 1893 becoming Paris most celebrated and fashionable restaurant

London Societys Latest Playground
Restaurant of the new Mayfair Hotel in Berkeley Square, London, London societys latest playground, inspected by their majesties

Chestnut Sunday at Bushey Park
Chestnut Sunday, a day in May celebrated in Bushey, Hertfordshire. Many people would journey to Bushey Park to see the famous avenue of chestnut trees in their full glory

Crusty Old Bachelors Christmas
Humorous illustration showing two old bachelors taking their Christmas dinner while reading newspapers at a restaurant or eating house

Sketches of Life and Character in the City - The Luncheon Ho
Scene in an unidentified City restaurant showing City gentlemen at lunch. The chairs and sign on the wall suggest this is a French-style restaurant

Saving their servants and enjoying themselves with easy cons
Restaurant scene to illustrate the fashion among society to dine at a grand restaurant or hotel on a Sunday evening, to give their servants a rest

Restaurant scene
Evening in a modest restaurant showing diners at candlelit tables and a busy waiter carrying a plate of hot food and three bottles of wine

Japanese Restaurant 1870
A bustling Japanese restaurant scene Date: circa 1870

Crescent Restaurant
The Crescent Restaurant (Forte s), at the Festival Pleasure Gardens, Battersea, London, part of the Festival of Britain celebrations

Festival Gardens 1951
Visitors relax on deckchairs while a gardener tends to the flower beds at the Festival Gardens, Battersea. Note the Guinness Clock (behind) and Crescent Restaurant (left)

Victorian Street Lamps
Examples of old Victorain street lamps now converted to electricity. These examples grace the entrance to a restaurant in Bagshot, Surrey

Sequin Restaurant Gown
A decollete restaurant gown profusely ornamented with sequins, with short puffed sleeves, Swiss belt, floral corsage & bell shaped trained skirt. N.B hat

Berlin Restaurant 1930
ARTISTS CORNER Artists enjoy wining and dining with music in the relaxed atmosphere of a Berlin restaurant

Paris / Park / Boulogne 1909
Fashionable diners order their meal at a garden restaurant in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, while other equally fashionable guests arrive in their chauffeur-driven car

Presenting the Bill 1867
A waiter in restaurant presenting the bill to the customer

Restaurant Kitchen
A scene in a busy restaurant kitchen

Monsieur Luigi in his restaurant, with tables full of rich people behind him

Wwi / Lille Cafe Scene
German soldiers and airmen pose for a photograph outside a Lille (?) cafe. The sign reads German Beer Restaurant. Heil the Kaiser and the Reich

Greta Garbo / Mattino 1938
GRETA GARBO Swedish-American film actress with Charles Boyer as Napoleon in Marie Walewska

Chef / George Dolenz
The talented chef George Dolenz, former manager of the Trocadero restaurant in Hollywood, with an array of his culinary delights

Parisians at Restaurant
Gay Parisians in La Rue de la Paix

Plane Hits Train
An RAF fighter flies too low over the London to Manchester express, hits the roof of the restaurant coach : it comes down in a nearby field, but without serious damage

Paris Restaurant 1906
An immaculately dressed couple sit down to dinner in a Paris restaurant, the waiter helping madame with her shawl

Boeuf Restaurant Exter
Restaurant Boeuf a la mode, rue de Valois, Paris

Studying Paris Menu 1874
A rather portly customer studies the menu in a Paris restaurant

Electric Restaurant
An electric restaurant in Paris, where food is raised to table mechanically

Dinners and Diners 1902
A roomful of elegant diners eat in a restaurant

Two Men in Restaurant
Two seated men are served by a plethora of waiters in a restaurant

Drive-In Waitress
An all-American girl serves drinks at a drive-in restaurant

D-B Suit / Burton 1938
A businessman in smart grey, striped double-breasted suit with broad, long lapels & loose fit trousers

Social / Eating out 1933
People eating out in La Place du Tertre, Montmartre, Paris

Social / Paris Diners 1913
Fashionable diners at the Armenonville, Paris

Woman and Kitten at Meal
A young woman eats soup in a restaurant in the company of her fluffy kitten

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