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[[File:grandohbuffet.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Photo courtesy: Paul Hemmer and https://www.facebook.com/pages/You-know-you-grew-up-in-Dubuque-Iowa-if-you-remember/130170407077838]]
[[File:grandohbuffet.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Photo courtesy: Paul Hemmer and https://www.facebook.com/pages/You-know-you-grew-up-in-Dubuque-Iowa-if-you-remember/130170407077838]]
[[File:ohbuffet.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Match safe. Once stocked with matches, the "safe" held them until one match was pulled out to use. The "safe" then reclosed]]GRAND OPERA HOUSE BUFFET. The license to operate a tavern was much more expensive than one to maintain a restaurant. The idea of operating a "buffet" allowed the sale of liquor with food at less cost to the owner.
[[File:ohbuffet.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Match safe. Once stocked with matches, the "safe" held them until one match was pulled out to use. The "safe" then reclosed]]GRAND OPERA HOUSE BUFFET. The license to operate a tavern was much more expensive than one to maintain a restaurant. The idea of operating a "buffet" allowed the sale of liquor with food at less cost to the owner.


The ''Dubuque City Directory'' of 1909 gave the address of this business as 289 8th.
The ''Dubuque City Directory'' of 1909 gave the address of this business as 289 8th.
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Match safe. Once stocked with matches, the "safe" held them until one match was pulled out to use. The "safe" then reclosed

GRAND OPERA HOUSE BUFFET. The license to operate a tavern was much more expensive than one to maintain a restaurant. The idea of operating a "buffet" allowed the sale of liquor with food at less cost to the owner.

The Dubuque City Directory of 1909 gave the address of this business as 289 8th.