"a Restaurateur's" 1793; "The British Restaurateur" 1785 etc.

[Stephen Goranson]

Classified ads .
Morning Chronicle and London Advertiser (London, England), Friday, February 11, 1785; Issue 4913., p. 3 , col. 2
The BRITISH RESTAURATEUR
....kind Protectors, who have expressed a wish to see London accommodated with one of those places of reception, which, at Paris,
are styled Restaurateurs [possible typo? Restautateurs?], a name which implies, that whatever species of provision it may supply
to the publick, should be, at the same time, wholesome, nourishing, and even restorative.

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(And others at British Newspapers)

The European magazine, and London review, Volume 23 for January, 1793,  p. 6 footnote:
*A Member of the National Convention, who was that day assassinated at a Restaurateur's, where he had dined,....

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An unconfirmed GB snipped claimed to be 1782
The Monthly review, or, Literary journal, Volume 66
 By Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths
 Item notes: v. 66 - 1782  p.296
The scene of the [...?] at {?] a restaurateur's at St. Cloud.

Others at GB plausibly dated 1801, 1802, etc.

An 1802 from British Newspapers (British Library)

FRIDAY'S MAIL .
The Derby Mercury (Derby, England), Thursday, February 4, 1802; Issue 3646. p.1. col. 1 [about a duel]
They immediately left the Restaurateur's , and went, accompanied by seconds, to the Bois de Boulogne.


Stephen Goranson
http://www.duke.edu/~goranson

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