[SamAdams76]

You are taking this way too serious. New Yorkers are always going to rib out-of-towners for being touristy. There are some definite dos and donts and Pence committed one of the more egregious tourist blunders by dining at a casual eating chain when there are thousands of authentic NYC restaurants.

Not all of them are fancy either. Just last week, I took my son to O'Hara's Pub at 120 Cedar Street, just a couple blocks from ground zero. The walls there are covered with fire department badges from all the departments that helped out during 9/11. Would have been cool for Pence and his family to have been seen there. I'm surprised Trump didn't steer him to a place like that. I think once the convention is over, Trump will have a little more influence over Pence's schedule.

Anyway, no major harm done. Doubt it's going to affect anybody's vote. Might actually play well in his neck of the woods - hey, a VP presidential candidate goes to NYC and eats at Chili'!

[Tax-chick]

I'm taking it seriously? All I saw was the prospective VP candidate minding his own business. However, these sentences, as well as the earlier "bad optics" comment, suggest that the poster thinks Mr. Pence's dining reflected poorly on the Trump image:

Pence committed one of the more egregious tourist blunders

Would have been cool for Pence and his family to have been seen there.

[COBOL2Java]

Be cool if Trump and Giuliani take Pence to Vince's Clam Bar in Little Italy sometime. That was my favorite spot when I was a young'un. :-)

Plate of hot shrimp and a Heinekin...