The Crime of the French Café

Excerpt: 'There is a well-known French restaurant in the 'Tenderloin' district which provides its patrons with small but elegantly appointed private dining-rooms. The restaurant occupies a corner house; and, though its reputation is not strictly first-class in some respects, its cook is an artist, and its wine cellar as good as the best. It has two entrances, and the one on the side street is not ...