THE MARINE CAFE.—The Café, built in an attractive semi-Gothic style, located just at the beginning of the east side of the strait, connecting the lagoons with the north pond was most attractive in appearance, while occupying a convenient situation for those who would eat. Naturally, the Marine Café became one of the popular institutions of the Fair. The building was a large one, and afforded rooms for the Bureau of Public Comfort in the lower story, where were telegraph offices, writing paper, note paper and many places of resort. The illustration above gives a good idea of the Café’s appearance. It was surrounded by a wide gallery, from which those who were dining could obtain a charming view of the lagoons or of the grounds about them. The title Marine was given to the Café merely because its specialty was of products of the sea, or lake, or river. Fish and shell fish were there served in attractive style, though necessarily forming but a portion of the menu. Situated close to the water, with its broad balconies and out-door tables, with music at hand, and with a service which was at least ordinarily good, it is not surprising that this particular resort for the hungry or the thirsty became known to almost everybody, and that with the experience there remains a pleasant memory to them. It is because of this that the view of the Café’s frontage is here presented. It is an excellent one, rendered no less attractive by the natural attitudes of the people whom the photographer has caught in the foreground.

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