April 8, 1912

BUSTANOBYS IN BUSINESS

Restaurateurs Open New Place In West Thirty-ninth Street

The brothers Bustanoby, Andre and Jacques, who founded the Cafe des Beaux Arts and owned it for ten years, opened a new restaurant last night in West Thirty-ninth Street, directly across from the Maxine Elliot theater. A French flag waved from the upper window, and a vigorous-looking French doorman in the uniform of Louis XVI, was placed at the entrance.

The place was named "Bustanoby's." Inside, 500 persons, which is the full capacity, were seated at tables which had been ordered in advance. Fully as many more sought admittance, but were told that there was no room. The new restaurant is cozey and replete with decorations of the 17th Century in France. There are mirrors on every hand, making the room seem larger than it really is. Jacques Bustanoby explained that he and his brother had sought to pattern the restaurant after some of the Parisian restaurants. Within a week, he said that the front of the dining room would be reserved for guests who wished to dance. A rug will be placed on the floor, and those who dance must be in evening clothes. Among those who had tables reserved Saturday night were Lawrence Webler, Williard N. Baylle, Augustus Heinze, Commodore Joseph Hoadley, Robert Jr., Robert W. Goelet, and William C. Blaine.