Gruber, Paris 1889 George Pullman We have not yet been

We have not yet been able to identify exactly where this menu came from – there were several Mayflower restaurants during this era

charcoal broiled fish of various types

Glorious menu cover art by Jaro Fabry

Eventually the rail line expanded past Allentown to Buffalo

the new terminal was opened

Gruber, Paris 1889 George Pullman We have not yet beenHungry visitors who attended the World Fair in Paris in 1889 would have been presented with this lovely menu when they dined at the Brasserie Franaise, one of many restaurants established on the fairground. The restaurant was originally opened in 1816 in Melun by Walter Cyriaque and was bought by Brasserie Gruber & Cie de Strasbourg Knigshoffen in 1888, a year before the fair opened. The Eiffel Tower was erected as the entrance arch to the 1889 World