Show KITCHEN RUN BY CITY at grenoble france an association serves good food at cost housewives who think the co opera tive kitchen is so far in the future that it would be absurd to look forward to it for relief from daily drudgery will bo interested to hear that a kitchen with the same end in view operative has been in successful operation for nearly 60 years the association aliment aire of grenoble Gren france is a purely municipal affair the city owns it and supplies meals at cost in its own restaurant or delivers them at private homes everything at the association ali men tairo is as good as money can buy the cooks are as clever as any in france which is saying a great deal the provisions are bought in the best markets and are carefully selected the service is excellent the dining rooms are of several grades according to the furnishings and tho attendance so that all tastes may bo accommodated one may dine there for 8 cents on bread and soup and be satisfied or one may pay 13 cents and havo a full course dinner in the best rooms which are marble floored and decorated with much elegance there are waiters who look for tips as naturally as though they were in the swell est of parisian cafes pure wines which have been properly aged are served at about 8 cents a liter there is no financial profit to tho city in running this huge restaurant which serves some meals a day tho charges are based on the cost of tho materials used the employment of help and the amount spent in keeping tho utensils machinery and building in repair new york press |