1893 - Restaurants

Restaurants

New York's new Waldorf Hotel engages Swiss chef Oscar Tschirky, 26, formerly in charge of private dining rooms at Delmonico's, as mâitre d'hôtel. Oscar of the Waldorf will be credited with creating the Waldorf salad, made from bits of apple, lettuce, and mayonnaise (see 1931). Respectable New York women can now eat in the public rooms of restaurants without causing gossip, but the only proper way for a gentleman to entertain a lady is to take her to dinner, to theater, and, afterwards, to supper, and the only way for a man to make a splash is to spend money on food. Escorts are judged by the quantity and quality of food that they supply.

Maxim's opens May 21 at 3, rue Royale, Paris, where Reynolds Bar waiter Maxime Gaillard has taken over a location operated until 3 years ago as an ice-cream parlor by an Italian named Imoda, who for some reason hung out a German flag on Bastille Day, causing such a furor that an outraged mob tore the building down. Having dropped the "e" at the end of his name to make it more English, Gaillard has borrowed the money to buy the place from a neighborhood butcher and wine dealer; he attracts only fiacre and hansom-cab drivers and coachmen at first, and Gaillard will be nearly bankrupt by next year (see 1894).

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