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The Cafe Voisin, one of the most famous of the old Paris restaurants*, haT cLed its doors for the last tune.: It was one of the select Second Empire restaurants which survived the tall ot the Napoleonic dynasty and the scattering; of the brilliant society which used to throng the Tuileries Palace and so often assemble in its dining rooms and salons. For many years nobody, without a title or outside the clusive society of Faubourg St. .Germain was allowed to enter the innetf rooms. Its patrons included King Edward, princes, artists, statesmen, and. the nobility of half a dozen countries of Europe. ' The restaurant’s. cellar was at one time second to none in Europe.? The Cafe Voisin was the property /or a well-known Bordeaux wine-growing family, and no time or expense was snared by them in keeping the cellars stocked with the best vintages available.
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Evening Star, Issue 21013, 29 January 1932, Page 1
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