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

[fabhell]

Why go to 21 when there is an Arby's down the street?

[Leslib]

Count your blessings that he didn't show up. I'd mark that up as a plus.

[texasrodeoqueen]

omg, look at the photo with him in his fake cowboyy hat! There should be a LAW! We call those guys "Rexall" in TX. - wanna be cowboys Cheerleader outfit much more real.

[marymansour]

Probably can't read the menu.

[sonoffestus]

What are they complaining about? At least they don't have to fumigate, besides rats don't belong in a restaurant.

[Machun]

Bush hasn't visited San Francisco in his 8 years as president either and we're thrilled about it.

[texasrodeoqueen]

Machun- salute to SF for voting to rename your sewage treatment plant in honor of GW! Perfect.

[richchaplin]

How did that not pass in San Francisco?

[lisakaz2]

Did they change the name of the sewage plant or not? It's unclear to me.

I was for it if they invited him to a ceremony and used that as an excuse to push him in.

[alguien]

i guess he found out they didn't serve happy meals.

[MovingtoNorway]

I don't think they serve peanut butter and jelly sandwiches

[tedmore123]

Unless they have those placemats you can color on and a menu
with phonetic spelling, Dubya will take a pass.

[jfor]

be a u ti ful

[DrJohnnySkeptic]

"21" should consider themselves lucky and count their blessings.

[jfor]

Bush likes chicken nuggets shaped like dinosaurs and mac n cheese. Does 21 serve that?

[ihavehope]

Now if had been Mel's Diner he would have been all over it.

Alice!

[happycat]

Great reference to a great show!

[joycehelene]

Bush goes to sleep before the restaurant is opened up for dinner. They should be happy that he has never eaten there as he only eats Tex-Mex and he can get plenty of that when he goes back to Crawford, TX to work on cleaing brush.

[christopherflynn]

Actually, "21" should be proud of this fact...

[Mac18]

well that's easy to understand....this is a restaurant for grown ups.

[BabsfromKansas]

And you have to use utensils to eat your food.

[happycat]

That's funny. As was pointed out to me by an ealier poster, Bush looks like a P I G when he eats. I guess he didn't go to a proper finishing school.