The latest restaurant to be opened in the West End of London is called L'Abri clu Ritz, which sounds more attractive than the English translation: the Ritz Shelter, As its name implies, the restaurant is underground and fully bomb-proof. Upstairs a notice invites customers to partake of a snack or a meal in an air-raid shelter, as a "seasonable novelty,"
Incidentally, how West End diners have been hit by the. war is indicated by an announcement on the Ritz Hotel menu: "Owing to heavy increase in cost, caviar can no longer be included in fixed price meals, and by Rev. E. A. Sadler. Sunday School at 3 pun. Young Ladies Bible Class at 44 pin. Evening at 6 o'plockyby Ware. Se dibsing pre ple's Meeting.
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