In 1874 they had built, and owned, the Criterion Theatre and Restaurant in London's Piccadilly Circus.
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While looking to seek his fortune in Australia he met Felix William Spiers, and the pair rented a room at the Melbourne National Hotel in which they created their first restaurant called "The Shakespeare Grill Room", catering for gold miners.