Lasserre, Paris 1940s Sizes:A3+ (329x483mm, 13x19 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) was operating at a loss

was operating at a loss

who is listed in the Boston Directories as renting rooms and running an eating house at 13 Montgomery Place

the restaurant opened in London and was the flagship for a chain of restaurants that has since all but closed down

anyway —by Billingsley's account

Lasserre, Paris 1940s Sizes:A3+ (329x483mm, 13x19 inch) Archival Print (Unframed) was operating at a lossThis Parisian institution continues to be a bastion of elegance, expense, and culinary excellence. Number 17 Avenue Victor Emmanuel III (renamed Avenue Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1945) was a run down bistro until Ren Lasserre took it over and, in 1942, opened his eponymous restaurant. During WW2, he and the restaurant staff protected resistance fighters at the same time as its reputation for fine dining spread. In 1948 he founded his Club de la