Miscellaneous
PRUNIER
(Simone B., d. after 20 Nov 1985, French Restaurateur & Writer on Fish Cookery)
Typed Letter Signed to John M. Gwynne Hughes
of Maidenhead, confirming a table for 2 at the entrance of the restaurant on the left of the door and that a cheque... will be quite in order, 1 side 8vo, Maison Prunier, printed heading Huitres, Caviar,... Poissons de Mer for which the family was famous, 72 St James's Street, S.W.1., 28th March
Item Date: 1960
Background
Also listing 'In Paris... 9 Rue Duphot', the restaurant opened in 1872 by her father Alfred (1848-1925), frequented by Oscar Wilde and Sarah Bernhardt, and his second at 16 Avenue Victor Hugo, frequented by Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway.
Stock No. 56537