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Article: Bidding Adieu at Le Pavillon Auction
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- The Washington Post
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- March 5, 1991
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They auctioned off the crumbs of Le Pavillon restaurant
yesterday, touching off a bidding riot for the saucepans that once
brought forth such gustatory minuets as beet ravioli and lamb brain
mousse.
Effete palates throughout Washington were in mourning.
"These aren't restaurant people," said auctioneer Ron Rasmus in
wonder as the gavel fell on a $200 stainless steel bowl. "Restaurant
people wouldn't pay anywhere near these prices. These people are
consumers."
That may have been appropriate for Le Pavillon, the Connecticut
Avenue temple of nouvelle cuisine where - until it closed Dec. 18 -
dinner checks could reach $4,000 a couple.
"There's a certain amount of nostalgia about this," ...