George Bush To Become First Sitting President To Skip "21," Swanky New York Restaurant, Since FDR

The New York Post reports that George Bush is close to becoming the first sitting president since FDR to skip out on New York's famed "21" restaurant:

GEORGE W. Bush is about to destroy a cherished tradition at '21.' "We've hosted every sitting president since FDR, but GWB hasn't been here in his eight years," a source at famed eatery told us. "Everybody around him - Dick Cheney, Laura Bush, Barbara and Jenna, Karl Rove, Condi Rice and George H.W. and Barbara Bush - has made it." Dubya did eat at '21' when he was governor of Texas, but that doesn't count.

John F. Kennedy famously ate at "21" the night before his inauguration, and the restaurant's website shows that both Bush's father and Richard Nixon enjoyed Table #7 in the bar room, while Laura Bush and her daughters preferred to hold court at Table #55. Bill Clinton, along with members of the Kennedy Family, prefers Table #31. See below:

Comments

[mapleaforever]

The rat in the hat.

[Girlforaction]

That restaurant should be happy Bush hasnt come into their restaurant.

[b-rad81]

who cares. I wouldn't eat there either. The place is a dump

[MarvBitesBack]

"John F. Kennedy famously ate at "21" the night before his inauguration, ..." Egads, who the f&^*&% "famously" eats anywhere?! Atta boy W! Don't sell your soul to be "seen" at 21. It's only a bunch of pathetic New York elitists getting their bowels all in an uproar over this! Maybe he should go to the place Polanski ate at in Hollywood. I think it was called 13 or 14.

[MarvBitesBack]

LOL, I just read the cut and paste in my comment about Kennedy eating 21 (vs. eating AT 21). I'm guessing that Marilyn and 20 of her friends were there that night!

[ThirdSection]

Then there was the skier who famously ate it in Vail.

[MarvBitesBack]

Don't forget the one who made a quick stop to eat it off of Martha's Vineyard.

[NoSillyName]

He looks like the Complete Id*ot that he is.

Big phony.

[protagonia]

Oh no.

He is a REAL cowboy!

See, he has the hat and everything!

Yee-Haa!

[Fremon]

Good for 21. They didn't need Shrub to soil a cherished institution. I loved the place for my 20+ years in Manhattan. When I get there again from my retirement in CA I will be happier than ever to go there knowing that Bush never set foot in the place.

[Ray46]

At first I thought it might be because "21" had barred him because of some minimum standard; but obviously they do not have a minimum standard as they allowed Rove and Cheney in.

[Redbull6]

re: Hat.
You know what the ol' addage is... "All hat, no cattle" (akin to "the lights are on, but...")

[protagonia]

More Cow than Boy?

[solarian]

this dog can't hunt

[medici]

Congratulations 21. Lucky for you, dubya prefers Mickey D's.

[NoSillyName]

Georgie probably has terrible table manners. 21 should count their blessings.

[Chopin]

Better count the cutlery after.

[VivaZapata]

silly ass concerns by silly ass people

[separatingwheatfromchaff]

welcome

[Colmore]

Where the HELL did they find that huge cowboy hat? Baseball caps never fit him, they sit on top of his head, since it is a strange shape, and too big. Maybe this was made to order, with the presidential seal on it. Everything Georgie owns has to have the seal on, to remind him who he is. He seems as puzzled as the rest of us that he actually made it into that office.

[1201SLD]

Have we nothing better to worry about? 21 should be honored to have missed this special opportunity.

[JohnFromCensornati]

I second that. There are PLENTY of things to criticize the Chimp for. This isn't one of them.

[JohnFromCensornati]

I second that. There are PLENTY of things to criticize the Chlmp for. This isn't one of them.

[Mahi Joe]

Bush gets easily confused in a restuarant when there is more than one fork next to his plate.

[alanposting]

He probably can't chew...I'm sure it gets in the way of his intellectual dinner conversation.