Tortoni's

At the Cafe Riche and Tortoni's I have seen extravagances in ordering expensive wines and viands by my countrymen that made me regret that the fools who were being served were not forced to toil for the mere necessaries of existence.

Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude Austin Bidwell

Enduring all this torment, I must yet meet my daily comrades, eat ices at Tortoni's, stroll on the Boulevards, call on my acquaintance, with the same equanimity as before.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 Various

Tortoni's Café, a place that we looked upon as the last link with civilization: Tortoni's, with its blaze of light, looking-glass and gold paint -- its popping corks and hurrying waiters -- made a deep and pleasant indent on one's mind, for "to-morrow" meant "the Front" for most of those who sat there.

Bullets & Billets Bruce Bairnsfather

"And he takes his vermouth at Tortoni's with Lagrene, Scholl and Pertuiset, the lion-hunter," added Moncharmin.

The Phantom of the Opera 1911

Balzac, who had been duly informed of the good news, hastened to the office, and led the publisher off proudly to dine with him at Very's, and to finish up the evening at the Porte-Saint-Martin Theatre, with ices afterwards at Tortoni's.

Balzac Lawton, Frederick 1910

Three hours later the bride and bridegroom were finishing one of the distinguished Tortoni's most elaborate dinners.

Hugo A Fantasia on Modern Themes Arnold Bennett 1899

I saw little children stabbed to death with bayonets, I saw the heaped slain lying before Tortoni's, where the whole street was flooded crimson and the gutters rippled blood!

Lorraine A romance 1899

Tortoni's while Mr. North and the chief of the MacMorroghs got away on a special train for New York.

Empire Builders Francis Lynde 1893

They went to Tortoni's, and to a private room; and the luncheon was an epicurean triumph.

Empire Builders Francis Lynde 1893

That some wretched farmers and miners should refuse to starve, that I may not be deprived of my _demi-tasse_ at _Tortoni's_; that I may not be forced to leave this beautiful retreat, my cat and my python -- monstrous.

Confessions of a Young Man 1892