The Hotel Restaurant du Chapon Fin, under the management of MM. Dubois
and Mendionde, is perhaps the best in the town. Here an excellent dinner
_a la carte_ is to be had and the service is _tres soignee_. The cellar
comprises the finest wines of the Gironde, Lafite, Haut Brion, Latour,
Margaux Leoville, etc., with Pommery, Mumm, Cliquot as champagnes. But
to my idea, any one asking for champagne at Bordeaux would order a pork
pie at Strasbourg. The Chapon Fin is fairly expensive, but good food and
good Lafite are not given away. The appointments of the hotel are
excellent.
The Cafe de Bordeaux is a more popular establishment with brilliant
decorations, and if you do not wish for an _a la carte_ dinner, you are
provided with a very good "set" _dejeuner_ for 4 francs. Dinner can be
had for 5 francs, with a concert thrown in.
Another good hotel and restaurant with fairly moderate terms is the
Bayonne, also boasting of a fine cellar of wine and service _a la
carte_. In fact many people aver that at the Bayonne one can get as
good if not a better dinner than at any other restaurant in Bordeaux.
The Hotel des Princes et de la Paix has the Restaurant Sansot attached
to it, which is quite good.
The Restaurant de Paris, situated on the lovely Promenade des Allees de
Tourny, is a first-class establishment with very moderate prices, where
a capital _dejeuner_ can be obtained for 2 francs 50 centimes, or a
dinner for 3 francs.
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