Show ORIGIN OF RESTAURANT rime French author Maurice Cain reo Gently publlihcd In the Rcpubllque Irancalte eiiay about the reitauranti ahd eating houiei of Iarli relating puny Interesting Befall lilt story of how the term rettaurant was nut used li well worth repeating Fora long time Inn and eating house In France were only Intended for the benefit of traveling people for Ihe people took their meal at home and restaurant were unknown The first enterprise of the kind was Quoted I In Iarli In 1705 A clllien by the name ol Iloulanger opened op-ened In Ihe Rue Ira Ioullei an eating home where loup meat fowl and eggs I were trrred A chronicler relates that meals were served there on moll round I marbe table and everything was scrupulously clean Over Ine entry lo rr Ihe flat eating house the proprietor had t hung a sign upon which were Ihe LAlln words Venlte ad me oninci quae itomacho laboratti et ego reiaurabo oil Come unlo me all ye hoe I tomachi need attention and I will reo itore them Thli li a parody on the well known biblical quotation Come unto me all ye who labor and are heavily laden and I will glte you rest only In place ol labor and heavily laden he laid whole stomachs and attention The word reitaurabo from the Latin rciUu rare rtllorr or refresh wu the main chactlIlIc 01 the new citabllihment and gave It Iti name Doulanger amp eda I large fortune for ills entcrprlie proved cmlnenll iiicccitful but he was soon Imitated tonic of hit Imltatori be coming more famous than he like Do rel at I hoe place i jo years ago mall could be had for Iran 150 vans 30 a cocr r |