Place Saint Etienne

Overview

A square named once, to tell two tea-rooms apart: on 29 November 1874 Marie goes with her mother to the new Rumpelmayer at the Cercle de la Méditerranée, «pas celui de la place Saint-Étienne, mais celui du cercle de la Méditerranée, j'y suis entrée avec maman. C'est très gentillement arrangé, manque le monde quand on le connaîtra on viendra j'en suis sûre» (027.0076). So the Rumpelmayer of the place Saint-Étienne is the older, already known confectioner's of Nice; the square itself is named without a city, and nothing else is said of it. See Rumpelmayer, Cercle de la Méditerranée.

Identity uncertain

We are not sure where this square is. The paragraph is written in Nice and the comparison implies the first Rumpelmayer is also known to Marie's readers in Nice, but the diary does not name the city and the Mon Journal indices we checked give no further description. If you know the square, we would be glad to hear from you.

In Marie's diary

• 1874-11-29 (027.0076, Nice): the only mention.