European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Landmarks the Interior of be train Bleu is decorated like a Belle epoch dining sacred Bleu Paris restaurant is pilgrimage for train lovers by de Reavis staff writer Nestle Garel visitors exclaim when they enter the be train Bleu if there fans of the Pun and be train Bleu is probably the most Beautiful train station restaurant in the world a Cathedral dedicated to the culinary named after the legendary express train rivalled in Fame Only by the Orient express of the turn of the Century that brought the moneyed classes from Paris to the Cote Azurle train Bleu restaurant is located on the Mezzanine level of the main building of the care de Lyon train station in tears Well in the eyes of train lore devotees when the name is dropped and emotion Wells in the breasts of aficionados of the Art of the 1900s when they View that Celebration of the Belle epoch that comprises be train former minister of culture Andre Malraux turned the Best conserved Interior of the Belle epoch into a National Monument in 1972 thus making it eternally unalterable for prospective Floggers of fast fare with the accompanying schlock parisians claim the food int what it used to be but its still a Good restaurant and Well Worth the tag on the daily at the bar the tender can mix a you an azure concoction of rum and Curacao train Bleu or a Reddish thing named after the French super train grand the opening of the restaurant in 1901 was deemed so important that the president of Emile Loubet attended and the event is recorded on a Tablet supported by gilded mermaids ensconced above the Portal on the station Painter Albert Maignan attended the opening and later executed the opulent Wall including the one depicting Sarah Bernhardt along with her famous Madame Bartet and the Edmond Rostand viewing some scene in the roman Arena of the town of a curious aspect of the parisian friends Point is that the various Golden nymphs decorating the Walls All have the same shaped which they interpret to mean Only one Model was used for them its neither a disturbing nor distasteful the Winfred leather seating is arranged and appointed As that of the dining Complete with brass Luggage holders and coat Racks but there Only for decoration since the restaurant became a National the electrified version of the train Bleu still runs from the care de Lyon punctually every arriving in Cannes at and Monte Carlo at july stripes Magazine 17