LARGEST IN THE WORLD

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 36, 11 August 1923, Page 14

LARGEST IN THE WORLD

NEW RESTAURANT,

London has a new wonder restaurant—

i'—.the largest in the world. The new Gor'•Z i^ner House in Coventry street, Leicester £-'=jSquare, which is the latest addition to £-^tfje establishments of Messrs. Lyons, it^stands 150 ft above the street level, and !££3L??i:end6 70ft below it. ■ It adjoins the : *.'•• "tofd Corner House, which has long been !U,_JS6e of the brightest of London's ren!ji2.£§2;vous. Tt« Cafe of Little Repasts, ■ •^-otherwise "snacks," is an innovation will probably make a very special ;jui;appeal. Light entrees, cold fish dishes, -\~ «ggs served "with a difference, will be 'S:" special features of this cafe, where cus.:'tomersjean. tf. course, also en-joy the: ; -usual % ''cakes ;and r beverages. i'-'.The' last. ..word in daintittess,\wa6 shown to" a "Daily "Chronkle" representative who inspecte'S, the new premises. This is 'the snack counter, which is a 40ft length of glaBS, beneath which is an arrangement of re--—frigerators. Here Customers can choose

their own dish from its position beneath the glass, with thp knowledge that it -Tias-.--b«eii; kept .delightfully, fresh up to of .serving. Four thousand fi\Te hundred diners can be accommodated at one time in this.new restaurant. Xneie are'nine floors, of which five will be open to the public. It is a particularly interesting fact that the whole of the building, with the exception of the «teel framework, has been, erected by Messrs.; .Lyons's own construction and

engineering departments. The carry-your-service, which has proved so -''•^popular at" Messrs. Lyons's other es■vj£blishnrenis, .has a' :smnptuou6 home in the main hall- of the new establishments. On the same floor, in addition to the Caf&'of. Little Repasts and the snack counter, are the oyster bar and the soda fountain. The floors v.ill be known as the :Pergolese, the Louis XIV., the Empire', the Adams, and the Louis XVI. The sumptuous decorations are in each case appropriate to the period chosen. Paul Specht.. the famous American band

leader, has been engaged at a salary of £350. per week. There will also bo. an —--•orchestra of women, and L'Oonie, the acrobatic conductor, who is well known to diners' afr the Trocadero, is to conduct yet another.'orchestra..