CONTENTS

[FOREWORD]Page
The Difficulties of Diningxvii
[CHAPTER I]
Princes' Hall (Piccadilly)1
[CHAPTER II]
The Cheshire Cheese9
[CHAPTER III]
The Holborn15
[CHAPTER IV]
Romano's22
[CHAPTER V]
Simpson's31
[CHAPTER VI]
The Hans Crescent Hotel38
[CHAPTER VII]
The Blue Posts (Cork Street)45
[CHAPTER VIII]
Verrey's (Regent Street)51
[CHAPTER IX]
The Hotel Cecil (the Strand)59
[CHAPTER X]
Gatti's (the Strand)67
[CHAPTER XI]
The Savoy (Thames Embankment)73
Joseph at the Savoy82
[CHAPTER XII]
The St. George's Café (St. Martin's Lane)89
[CHAPTER XIII]
Willis's Rooms (King Street)95
[CHAPTER XIV]
Le Restaurant des Gourmets (Lisle Street)102
[CHAPTER XV]
The Trocadero (Shaftesbury Avenue)108
[CHAPTER XVI]
The American Bar, Criterion (Piccadilly Circus)116
[CHAPTER XVII]
The Hotel Continental (Regent Street)122
[CHAPTER XVIII]
The Avondale (Piccadilly)128
[CHAPTER XIX]
The Mercers' Hall (Cheapside)137
[CHAPTER XX]
In —— Street143
[CHAPTER XXI]
A Regimental Dinner (Hotel Victoria,
Northumberland Avenue)149
[CHAPTER XXII]
Dieudonné's (Ryder Street)156
[CHAPTER XXIII]
The Berkeley (Piccadilly)162
[CHAPTER XXIV]
The Ship (Greenwich)175
[CHAPTER XXV]
The House of Commons182
[CHAPTER XXVI]
Earl's Court189
[CHAPTER XXVII]
The Star and Garter (Richmond)196
[CHAPTER XXVIII]
The Cavour (Leicester Square)203
[CHAPTER XXIX]
The Café Royal (Regent Street)209
[CHAPTER XXX]
Frascati's (Oxford Street)218
[CHAPTER XXXI]
The Freemasons' Tavern (Great Queen Street)224
[CHAPTER XXXII]
Scott's (Piccadilly Circus)231
[CHAPTER XXXIII]
The East Room (Criterion, Piccadilly Circus)237
[CHAPTER XXXIV]
The Monico (Shaftesbury Avenue)247
[CHAPTER XXXV]
Goldstein's (Bloomfield Street)253
[CHAPTER XXXVI]
The Tivoli (the Strand)259
[CHAPTER XXXVII]
The Gordon Hotels (Northumberland Avenue)266
[CHAPTER XXXVIII]
The Queen's Guard (St. James's Palace)272
[CHAPTER XXXIX]
The Coburg (Carlos Place)279
[CHAPTER XL]
The Midland Hotel (St. Pancras)285
[CHAPTER XLI]
Kettner's (Church Street)291
[CHAPTER XLII]
Pagani's (Great Portland Street)297
[CHAPTER XLIII]
Claridge's (Brook Street)304
[CHAPTER XLIV]
Hotel de Paris (Leicester Place)311
[CHAPTER XLV]
The Walsingham House (Piccadilly)317
[CHAPTER XLVI]
Challis's (Rupert Street)324
[CHAPTER XLVII]
Epitaux's (The Haymarket)330

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[FOREWORD]

THE DIFFICULTIES OF DINING