PALAIS ROYAL. 



We hare now gone over the whole circuit of the 

 palace, on its new plan, above and below; fomewhat 

 haflily to be fure, but what I have yet to tell you of the 

 whole, will enable you the better to form a judgment 

 on the charadteriftic of all its parts, and furnifh you by 

 degrees with a complete reprefentation of the whole, 

 Farewell 



Paris, Sept. 8, 1789. 

 1 MUST^now proceed to give you a more ample 

 defcription of fome inftitutions which principally ferve 

 as points of confluence to the multitudes of walkers in 

 the Palais Royal. The mpft remarkable are the re- 

 Itaurateurs and the cofFee-houfes. 



That clafs of victuallers who are termed reftaurateurs* 

 have only been in vogue for a few years paft ; that is 

 fince the new erection of the Palais Royal. They have 

 this peculiarity, that they furnifh a table at any hour 

 of the day, from nine in the morning till after mid- 

 night. This circumrrance already implies, that one 

 muft pay more for eating at their houfes than' any where 

 elfe. They muft keep a fire conftantly burning for 

 their pots and kettles. 



The reilaurateurs in the Palais Royal, are by far the 

 moft famous and moffc frequented ; their larders are the 

 choiceft, their bill of fare the longeft, and their dining- 

 rooms the moil elegant in all Paris. They are three in 

 number, all that now remain of the fix that opened 

 houfes here at firft. One of'thefc three, that kept by 



Hure* 



