the ceiling is painted, and the walls panelled. Herr Karl Giessing, the lessee, has brought these cellars into celebrity owing to the excellence of their wines. German Towns 191 The cafe restaurant Kunstler is in a new building on the ramparts, opposite to the Grand Hotel. You go along a terrace ornamented with Kunstler, on little trees and flowers in pots to reach the ramparts this restaurant. The walls of the rooms are adorned with antlers’ and stags’ heads, and the food served there are the usual simple German dishes. Of the restaurants of the hotels, the Fottinger Fottinger, has the interest of being very old. It Konigstrasse has a little terrace in front of it, sheltered from the street by creepers in boxes. Its rooms are panelled with wood painted green. The restaurant of the Rotter Hahn, which is in high favour with the towns- people, has a good deal of ornamentation on its walls, and its windows look out on to the Konigstrasse. The Wurtemburger Hof, in the Bahnhofplatz, has a little grove of trees in its inside court, Wurtemburger which is a pleasant place in which to Hof, BahnhoT sit at tea or coffee time. The Grand platz has a garden terrace, and the cuisine of all the hotels is much of a muchness. There are restaurants in the suburbs, both at the Rosenau and in the Stadt Park. At the latter the Cafe Maxfeldt, Maxfeidt, a large building with the usual wilder- stadt Park ness of chairs and tables and a bandstand before it, always has ready the sandwiches and cold meats which serve as supper for people with simple tastes, but if a hot meal is required it is well to order it beforehand by telephone. AFTER DINNER At the Stadt Theater you may expect to find grand opera, or opera comique, or classical comedy. At the Intimes Theater at the corner of Johannesgasse, the comedies are of a lighter order, and at the Apollo Theater, which is in the same building as the Hotel 192 j the Gourmets Guide to Europe Wittelsbach, variety and operetta seasons succeed each other throughout the year. A large Viennese caf6 is in the same building as the Apollo. Stuttgart There is no town in Germany, Frankfurt excepted, through which more British travellers pass on their way to other places than Stuttgart. The acquaint- ance of most travellers with the restaurants of the town begins and ends as a rule with the supper room Hotel and the breakfast room in the Hotel Marquardt Marquardt. They might go further and fare worse. At mid-day, at which time all the people from the suburbs are in Stuttgart, the pleasant room at Marquardt’s, looking out on to the Palace Square, is given over to those who lunch at separate tables, and who eat the very satisfying lunch of the day. At the room in the centre of the hotel, people who wish to lunch more cheaply sit cheek by jowl at six long tables, while in the centre of this room are small tables at which the overflow from the brighter room is accommodated. The room with a view is so much pleasanter than the interior hall that it is worth while securing a table beforehand. Meals a la carte can be had at mid-day, but they interfere with the business of the set lunch. For supper no choice of rooms is given, for that meal is served in the large interior hall at small tables, while the other room is being got ready for early breakfasters.

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the ceiling is painted, and the walls panelled. Herr Karl Giessing, the lessee, has brought these cellars into celebrity owing to the excellence of their wines. German Towns 191 The cafe restaurant Kunstler is in a new building on the ramparts, opposite to the Grand Hotel. You go along a terrace ornamented with little trees and flowers in pots to reach this restaurant on the ramparts. The walls of the rooms are adorned with antlers’ and stags’ heads, and the food served there are the usual simple German dishes. Of the restaurants of the hotels, the Fottinger, on the Konigstrasse, has the interest of being very old. It has a little terrace in front of it, sheltered from the street by creepers in boxes. Its rooms are panelled with wood painted green. The restaurant of the Rotter Hahn, which is in high favour with the townspeople, has a good deal of ornamentation on its walls, and its windows look out on to the Konigstrasse. The Wurtemburger Hof, in the Bahnhofplatz, has a little grove of trees in its inside court, which is a pleasant place in which to sit at tea or coffee time. The Grand platz has a garden terrace, and the cuisine of all the hotels is much of a muchness. There are restaurants in the suburbs, both at the Rosenau and in the Stadt Park. At the latter the Cafe Maxfeldt, a large building with the usual wilder- Stadt Park ness of chairs and tables and a bandstand before it, always has ready the sandwiches and cold meats which serve as supper for people with simple tastes, but if a hot meal is required it is well to order it beforehand by telephone. At the Stadt Theater you may expect to find grand opera, or opéra comique, or classical comedy. At the Intimes Theater at the corner of Johannesgasse, the comedies are of a lighter order, and at the Apollo Theater, which is in the same building as the Hotel 192 j the Gourmets Guide to Europe Wittelsbach, variety and operetta seasons succeed each other throughout the year. A large Viennese caf6 is in the same building as the Apollo. Stuttgart There is no town in Germany, Frankfurt excepted, through which more British travellers pass on their way to other places than Stuttgart. The acquaintance of most travellers with the restaurants of the town begins and ends as a rule with the supper room Hotel and the breakfast room in the Hotel Marquardt Marquardt. They might go further and fare worse. At mid-day, at which time all the people from the suburbs are in Stuttgart, the pleasant room at Marquardt’s, looking out on to the Palace Square, is given over to those who lunch at separate tables, and who eat the very satisfying lunch of the day. At the room in the centre of the hotel, people who wish to lunch more cheaply sit cheek by jowl at six long tables, while in the centre of this room are small tables at which the overflow from the brighter room is accommodated. The room with a view is so much pleasanter than the interior hall that it is worth while securing a table beforehand. Meals a la carte can be had at mid-day, but they interfere with the business of the set lunch. For supper no choice of rooms is given, for that meal is served in the large interior hall at small tables, while the other room is being got ready for early breakfasters.

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