The Cheyenne Leader

Cheap Restaurants.

The New York Evening Post, in commenting upon the extravagant prices and the wretched food of the New York restaurants, contrasts with these houses Mr. Corbett's experiment in Glasgow. This gentleman has been at work for half a dozen or more years solving the question whether plain, nutritious food could be furnished, well-cooked and in neatness, for a much more moderate rate than is commonly charged by keepers of public restaurants. He has now twenty-six cooking depots in Glasgow, with each of which is connected a spacious dining hall capable of accommodating several hundred persons, all neatly kept, well furnished and ventilated, and attended by tidy waiters. At these establishments breakfast is served from eight and three-fourths to ten and one-fourth o'clock, at which a bowl of porridge, a bowl of milk, a cup of coffee and a roll of butter can be had for about six cents: or any of the following articles can be had for one penny (two cents) each: A bowl of broth, or of soup, or of porridge; a plate of potatoes, a cup of coffee or tea, bread and butter, or bread and cheese, a boiled egg, a glass of soda water, lemonade or ginger beer. Dinner is served from one to four o'clock, at which a bowl of broth or soup, a plate of beef, potatoes, and plum pudding, for four and a half pence; and at these prices the business is found even remunerative, the monthly expenses being about $18,000 and the receipts $24,000!