AL FRESCO MEALS.
. I. am afraid th> attempt to popular--ise-the'open-air cafe in London has not
met with much success. The idea has beeu tried out tentatively by some of the foreign restaurants north of . Oxford Street. Tiny tables covered with spotless linen are' arranged temptingly beneath gaily-coloured awnings. Whatever the cause may be they find very few' patrons. Perhaps the weather is to blame, for at - : glit even the fairy lanterns cannot make the tables look anything but chilly. The handful of diners who have the courage to sit out and be stared ( at all look as though they would be happier with rugs round their knees.. The fact is the open-air cafe will not 'bear translation, from Paris, Dijiard and Deauville. Even in France, and notably at St. Malo, they deemed it advisable to eke out the attractions of the al fresco dinner by giving patrons the benefit of an openair movie snow. 1
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 October 1930, Page 14
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