Posted on 08/01/2004 4:54:01 AM PDT by Peach
Apparently the restaurants they frequent are the five star kind. The Wendys and Burger King fast food joints are strictly for the great unwashed masses. I wouldn't spend such a huge tab on lunch. As aristocrats, they prefer to keep their contact with ordinary folks to the minimum possible. Upon reading stories like this, its amazing 40 percent of the country would still vote for a haughty eminence grise pair like Deadwards.
"Just give me a rack of ribs!" :-)
The gourmet meals to go included shrimp vindallo, grilled diver sea scallops, prosciutto, wrapped stuffed chicken, and steak salad. The meals came to about $200.
What a great article! Do you remember how much press the story about Bush Sr. got when he went through a supermarket checkout line and expressed surprise at the scanner being used?
Two days of saturation coverage of this story would probably destroy Kerry's campaign.
Reporter laziness, I guess. How hard is it to write Culinary Institute of America.
Credit where credit is due...Hubby found it. Slowly he is becoming a FReeper...lurker.
Slightly off-topic, I owned a carry-out pizzeria in Inkster, Michigan in 1980, and the Reagan campaign staff in nearby Dearborn placed an order one night when Reagan was to arrive for a rally to be held the following day. They cancelled the order when Reagan's plane landed early and they had to rush off to meet it.
They could have had the pizza free if I'd thought a slice would make its way to the Gipper. Extra cheese, too.
Yes... how can you live without a great chef? Now I know why the Cheris look down on the food most Americans eat: its not up to their exactingly high French culinary palates.
LMAO !
Well, give my thanks to your husband too! It's made my day to see this PUBLISHED vignette of what Kerry/Edwards are really like. In addition, it is the kind of news that regular people can relate to...BIG TIME.
Actually, CIA is the common acronym for the school. I guess you have to be a foodie to know that, though.
I just sent the story to CNN. I'm not holding my breath.
Given what we know about Kerry's staff shorting the Nantucket Caterer via the Nantucket Airport Authority, I'm not suprised that the total "bill" came to $200.
Now what the restaurant actually asked to be paid is an entirely different matter.
FREEPERS AND FRIENDS: WE MUSTN'T FORGET A VERY IMPORTANT ITEM NOT MENTIONED IN THE STORY. DID THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES LEAVE A LOUSY TIP OR DID THEY STIFF THE WAITERS???
http://www.pojonews.com/enjoy/reviews/nikolas.htm
NIKOLA'S
Rating breakdown
Overall **** (Very Good)
1 Park Place at the Newburgh Yacht Club, Newburgh; (845) 561-5255; international cuisine; serving lunch and dinner seven days a week: lunch, 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m.; dinner, 5:30-10 p.m. Call for hours because restaurant may close to accommodate private functions; children may be accommodated; smoking is permitted in the bar/lounge area; reservations suggested; handicapped accessibility; all major credit cards accepted.
Entrée price range — $16-$20.
Since you can't tip at a Wendy's, they did the next best thing and left their trash on the table for the staff to clean up.
Review of Nikolas at http://www.pojonews.com/enjoy/reviews/nikolas.htm
The lunch was prolly more like $2000 than $200.
I didn't mean Wendy's. I meant the fancy shmancy restaurant they ordered from
Well this explains what a billionaire does when faced with a forced fast food campaign.
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