Horn and Hardart
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Bartholomew d’Larette, prop.
Description
Bartholomew d’Larette is a short, round little man, with thick grey hair and a moustache. He wears a tasteful, but not gaudy tunic, and hose and a cheerful smile. His family has managed the Horn and Hardart for four generations, and he is very much a traditionalist. Serving the inn’s patrons is his life, and he allows nothing less than perfection in that service. Knows most of the elite by sight and name.
Exterior
A handsome 3-story edifice of stone and half-timber on upper stories, with heavy oak shutters and colored glass in first floor windows. The inn is set within a small courtyard with a stone wall around the entire property and an iron gate. A large shield shaped sign is on the outside wall next to the gate, bearing the name of the establishment and a picture of a hardart wearing a crown.
Interior
The front door opens to a lobby with a high desk. Doors lead to the common-room, where meals and drinks are served, and ta comfortable sitting rooms. Stairs leads to upstairs rooms. Interior has smooth wood floors, with well-woven rugs in rooms. Walls are half-timber and plaster, with hanging tapestries. Magically glowing balls set in ornate iron wall sockets provide light in hallways, similar lights in rooms can be covered for darkness. Furnishings are not overly lavish, but are beautifully crafted and in excellent condition.
Hours
Technically, the inn is open 24 hours a day. Major activity 4:00pm to 2:00am 6 nights a week (the nights Theaters are open)
Price Range
Expensive
Quality
Excellent, especially the food.
Cash Box
Contains [roll:2d10*10]gp. Kept in secret panel in d’Larette family quarters (ground floor, back wing of building).
Staff
Dona Amelia d’Larette is Bartholomew’s wife. She is a plump and matronly woman, is a lover of music and theater, having grown up on The South Corridor. She is involved more in running the inn than in direct contact with the guests. She spends a good deal of her time in the kitchen gossiping with Brisla Stoneaxe the cook. She knows everyone on The South Corridor. She is the daughter of Artemis Guisto, the Drum maker. She and Bartholomew have five children - Branden, Ophelia, Andrio, Carmen, and Petrio.
Branden d’Larette is a chunky youth of 19, he is trying to learn the business of running the inn, but lacks his father’s drive for perfection when he feels his service is not appreciated. He is in love with Felitia, a singer/actress who occasionally performs at the Horn and Hardart. He has an intense dislike of Paul de la Riis, for the latter’s flirting with Felitia, and will be less than gracious to any other offender.
Brisla and Torvik Stoneaxe - Brisla is the chief cook. A tall, hefty woman who speaks the Common tongue with an odd accent. She is bright and original with spices and herbs, adding to the Horn and Hardart’s reputation for fine food. Torvik, her husband, tends the stable, grounds, and any other necessary manual work. Once a fine warrior until severely injured, he now walks with a pronounced limp, but has been known to disarm and bodily remove two of the Young Stallions when they were causing too great a disturbance for even Bartholomew to bear.
Customers
4 nights a week, there is a 75% chance that all rooms are taken. There is a 90% chance of the inn being full on weekends, without making reservations.
One night a week, when Theaters are closed, the rooms will be only 10% taken, although the common room will be as busy as ever.
Clientele are usually from well-to-do families of mercantile and nobility - although the two groups never mix.
NPC Encounters
Boccaccio de Kammeron | Rael Gavotte | Portia Maggia | Anson Blackbourne | The Young Stallions (not overly welcome)
Outstanding Items
Room price is 5gp per family member, and 2gp per retainer. Music and dinner are provided in the sitting rooms as requested, and in the common room.
Special Options
Every evening there will be a performer in the common room, and these performers may be one of the following: Felitia (a lovely girl who performs a cappella from legendary epics, and plays lute). Robin O’Leary. Magda Cordovan, Melisandre
Note: Both this name and the original name as published (Horned Hardart) are historical food and musical references. In the early 1900’s, Horn and Hardart was a chain of automat restaurants on the American east cost. Concerto for Horn and Hardart, S. 27, is a composition by Peter Schickele aka PDQ Bach.
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Inn (Inns & Taverns)
Owner: Bartholomew d’Larette
District: The Street of Harps
Grid (Key) Ref.: G07 (MX)
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Ruler/Owner: Bartholomew d’Larette
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World Anvil Metadata
Id: 4bebd228-9482-45ed-8753-23962694809d
Entity Type: Article / landmark
Category: Places: Street of Harps
Tags: fcoh,street-of-harps-location,cat-shop,type-inn,guild-of-the-hearth-location,inn
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