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[Diago]

From http://sonsoftherepublic.blogspot.com/2005/08/kennedy-dodd-waitress-sandwich.html :

Friday, August 05, 2005

 

The Kennedy-Dodd Waitress Sandwich Information Clearinghouse
by Bonjo


Chris Dodd, recalling the good old days.

One of the search terms that frequently brings visitors to the SOTR is "kennedy dodd waitress sandwich". Somehow our lowly blog has become the Internet repository for information on Ted Kennedy, Chris Dodd and an unsuspecting waitress at La Brasserie (a restaurant near Capitol Hill in Washington, DC). Some accounts put this event at The Monocle, another DC restaurant. For all we know, it happened at both establishments--and who's to say similar antics didn't occur at many others. Therefore, let it be established that the two senators were at a restaurant.

So to satisfy everyone's curiosity, we offer the following, compiled from various sources:

In 1985, Dodd and fellow Senator Ted Kennedy were out (with dates) for a night on the town at La Brasserie. Much liquor was consumed--that will come as a shock to those of us familiar with Ted Kennedy--and the two Senators were at one point unaccompanied by their dates. The Senators made a "Waitress Sandwich" out of some poor, unsuspecting waitress.

If you're not entirely sure what that means, let's just say you wouldn't want to be the waitress.


Article clip, from the Hartford Courant:

"Dodd and Kennedy were also reported to have made a 'human sandwich' with a waitress at La Brasserie, another Capitol Hill restaurant. The report had it that Kennedy threw the woman on Dodd, who was slumped in a chair, and then jumped on top of her. She was said to have run screaming from the room."

Summary of 1989 Penthouse magazine article, summarized by the Washington Times:

"When she put in an appearance in their private retreat - 'The Teddy Kennedy Fun Room' - the Massachusetts senator picked her up and heaved her onto a table. The crystal candlesticks and champagne glasses shattered as he grabbed her again and flung her on top of Dodd.

"Then Kennedy threw himself on top of the woman. The waitress implored Mr. Kennedy to 'Get off me!'

"Another waitress entered to find 'things all tipped over and Kennedy was on top, [the waitress] was in the middle and Dodd was on the bottom.' At that point the sandwich was disassembled."

Related: DC "Waitress Sandwich Shop" Shutters Doors
Washington Post, August 5, 2005

La Brasserie, a French restaurant on Capitol Hill, closed last month, after a 27-year history of catering to political bigwigs and Hollywood A-listers.

"It was quite a Hill institution," said Lynne Breaux, executive director of the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington, who has eaten there several times. "It was a lovely restaurant."

La Brasserie was located in a town house on Massachusetts Avenue Northeast. It served such politicos as the late Sen. Daniel Moynihan, New York Democrat, former Vice President Al Gore and the late Rep. Sonny Bono, California Republican, as well as actors like Jimmy Stewart, Paul Newman and Jane Fonda, [and who could forget Ted Kennedy and Chris Dodd making unique contributions to our sandwich menu] said Lynne Campet, a former co-owner of the restaurant.

"A lot of important people dined there," she said.

Mrs. Campet and her husband, Raymond, bought the restaurant in 1978 with Gaby and Marie Aubouin. At the time, it was a Greek-owned restaurant called Maxim's and previously a cafe called La Ruche.

Mr. Campet and Mr. Aubouin, who worked at the French Embassy together, built the restaurant into a neighborhood favorite. The outdoor patio was "very special," Mrs. Campet said, adding that diners sought the tables under the property's big tree.

The 2003 Zagat Survey, which rates restaurants in different markets, said La Brasserie's terrace "transports one to Paris."

The French-inspired menu included such items as the cold three pepper soup, crabmeat and mozzarella lasagna, homemade tarts and creme brulee.

In 1992, the restaurant was sold to sisters Audrey and Karinne Dequeker, who could not be reached for comment yesterday.

- Posted by Bonjo @ 8/05/2005 04:15:00 PM | Permanent Link

[Diago]

BTW, “waitress sandwich” is on the move...up to #51.

[Domandred]

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Awwww yea

[Old Sarge]

The report had it that Kennedy threw the woman on Dodd, who was slumped in a chair, and then jumped on top of her. She was said to have run screaming from the room.

Sounds like a suitable reaction to me!

[madameguinot]

Wait a minute, why did she appear at their private retreat after the Brassierie incident? Glutton for punishment?

Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on me...

[Sir Clancelot]

This is why Dodd is crying over the loss of his “best friend in the Senate” and the other slice of bread.

[WestTexasWend]

The Old Media is calling these “misadventures”...

[choctaw man]

...just those fun loving, zany Kennedy boys at play...

[Diago]

“The Old Media is calling these “misadventures”...”

Yes, but if Teddy had been a Republican, the Old Media would be killing itself trying to get a comment from Carla Gaviglio, as well as the Kopechnes.

Maybe Rush or Glenn Beck will get a hold of Carla Gaviglio

http://www.google.com/search?q=Carla%20Gaviglio&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&tab=nw

[Diago]

“The Old Media is calling these “misadventures”...”

Yes, but if Teddy had been a Republican, the Old Media would be killing itself trying to get a comment from Carla Gaviglio, as well as the Kopechnes.

Maybe Rush or Glenn Beck will get a hold of Carla Gaviglio

http://www.google.com/search?q=Carla%20Gaviglio&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&tab=nw

[smokingfrog]

[devolve]

[smokingfrog]

[bigbob]

There’s a simple explanation for the uptick in Google searches related to Mary Jo Kopechne:

It’s all due to Obama staff members doing research on how to get away with murder...

[bigbob]

There’s a simple explanation for the uptick in Google searches related to Mary Jo Kopechne:

It’s all due to Obama staff members doing research on how to get away with murder...

[bgill]

Wonder where his testimony in nephew William Kennedy Smith’s rape trial is on the list.

[concentric circles]

I guess “debauched old communist” isn’t yielding the search results I would have expected.

[Big_Harry]

And all of this God would have forgiven if Senator Kennedy had made a decision for Jesus, even at the last minute. Odds are good that no Christian witnessed to the man or that he would have listned. Still, I don’t dislike anyone enough to wish them in Hell for eternity. I am glad that his influence is out of the Senate.

[omega4179]

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[omega4179]

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