The mission at a restaurant where the Obamas dine: Remain calm.
By David Hagedorn,
WashPost
Tuesday, March 15
As a former chef-restaurateur, I always wondered what must go on in Washington restaurants when the Obamas come calling. Not just from the usual angles — What did they eat? Where did they sit? How did they tip? — but from an operations standpoint.
How and when does the management learn that POTUS and/or FLOTUS are coming? Who waits on them? Do they order off the menu? Is there an official food taster?
When I received a tip a few weeks ago that the first lady would be lunching at Equinox, Todd and Ellen Gray’s quietly chic farm-to-table eatery, I rushed downtown to see firsthand.
This was Michelle Obama’s second visit to Equinox. On Jan. 17, 2009, days before the inauguration, she celebrated her birthday there with the president-elect and 11 others. Restaurateurs hoped it was a harbinger that the Obamas, as they famously were in Chicago, would be very good for business here.
(More here.)
WashPost
Tuesday, March 15
As a former chef-restaurateur, I always wondered what must go on in Washington restaurants when the Obamas come calling. Not just from the usual angles — What did they eat? Where did they sit? How did they tip? — but from an operations standpoint.
How and when does the management learn that POTUS and/or FLOTUS are coming? Who waits on them? Do they order off the menu? Is there an official food taster?
When I received a tip a few weeks ago that the first lady would be lunching at Equinox, Todd and Ellen Gray’s quietly chic farm-to-table eatery, I rushed downtown to see firsthand.
This was Michelle Obama’s second visit to Equinox. On Jan. 17, 2009, days before the inauguration, she celebrated her birthday there with the president-elect and 11 others. Restaurateurs hoped it was a harbinger that the Obamas, as they famously were in Chicago, would be very good for business here.
(More here.)
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