[NewJerseyJoe]

The River Palm Terrace is a semi-swanky restaurant that is just minutes across the river from NYC. (I was there once for a corporate dinner for a previous job.) IIRC, it's actually a pain-in-the-neck to get to, as it is situated amongst a bunch of hilly and narrow streets near the Hudson River.

He probably wanted some place that met his "standards" but was conveniently close -- and also conveniently out of the eye of NYC photographers.

[Recon Dad]

When I googled it and saw the map that is exactly what I thought.
What a moron to think that he would go undectected. He’s blind and probably had his security with him.