Café Royal, London 1903 Sizes:50x76cm (20x30 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) regarded as the original maestro

regarded as the original maestro of haute cuisine

a showman at his roots

This beautiful and interesting menu marks a dinner at Windsor Castle in England in 1894 when Queen Victoria was on the throne

It was all thanks to American engineer and industrialist George Pullman who

These tiny birds—captured alive

Café Royal, London 1903 Sizes:50x76cm (20x30 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) regarded as the original maestroThe Caf Royal, once one of London's most famous restaurants, first opened its doors in 1865. The owner, Daniel Nichols, was fleeing bankruptcy in France and had arrived in London two years earlier with his wife Clestine and her savings of just 5. Daniel suffered from diabetes and died in 1897. By the turn of the century this restaurant was the most famous in London. Clestine Nicols took over the management of the Caf Royal after Daniel's death and ran