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Which four features did Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin associate with an elegant restaurant?
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Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin identified four essential features that define an elegant restaurant:
- An elegant room
- Smart waiters
- A choice cellar
- Superior cooking1
These criteria were used by Brillat-Savarin to describe the establishment of Antoine Beauvilliers, who founded La Grande Taverne de Londres in Paris in 1782 and is credited with establishing the model for the luxury restaurant.1