with a roaring lion as its symbol
Carte hired César Ritz as manager and Auguste Escoffier as chef de cuisine
Also on the poster were the words Le Pneu Michelin Boit L’obstacle – Michelin Tires Drink The Obstacle – this is roughly translated into: 'Michelin tires leave the competition in the dust
Like The Bird In Hand restaurant in New York which also depicted the chicken-sentenced-to-fry image on its menu covers
A hundred years ago
The Green Frog, Waycross, Georgia, 1955 Liner with a roaring lion asIn 1938, Bill Darden, just 19 years old, opened The Green Frog Restaurant. This 25 seat luncheonette, was located in his hometown of Waycross, Georgia. Darden promoted his expanding restaurant as providing "Service with a Hop." With a sense of subtlety, he encouraged his guests to return regularly by placing the phrase, "Enjoy Life, Eat Out More Often'', across the front of The Green Frog menu. Darden welcomed people without regard to race (not always