First Couple Ducks Out For Dinner At State Road Restaurant, Obama Says He's Been Reading 'A Lot' (PHOTOS)

After going out to dinner at The Sweet Life Cafe on Monday night, the Obamas stepped out to eat again on Tuesday night. This time their destination was State Road restaurant in West Tisbury. Their dining companions were Valerie Jarrett, Eric and Cheryl Whitaker (who had joined the first couple on Monday night) and long-time Clinton friends Vernon and Ann Jordan.

The group emerged after spending two hours and 45 minutes inside the restaurant (on another dark and foggy night), and the president told the pool "I'm having a great time -- doing a lot of reading."

It's been a low-key vacation as the weather hasn't exactly cooperated. The president went book-shopping with his daughters on Friday, but over the weekend only emerged from the farm the family is renting to play golf and basketball.

According to State Road restaurant's website, the dinner menu includes dishes like artichokes frites, braised Berkshire pork belly, a grilled hamburger, pan roasted day boat fluke, and wood grilled lamb tenderloin.

The pool also notes that the voice on the restaurant's reservation line is Vernon Jordan's.

See what Michelle Obama wore here.

See the outing below. Photos of State Road restaurant from the restaurant's website.

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President Obama prepares to leave State Road restaurant after having dinner with First Lady Michelle Obama and other friends in West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard on Tuesday night.

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President Obama prepares to leave State Road restaurant after having dinner with First Lady Michelle Obama and other friends in West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard on Tuesday night.

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[rogersma]

12:24 AM on 09/08/2010

Did MO leave any lobster for the rest of the folks on Martha's Vineyard?

[bulbul2]

10:12 AM on 08/29/2010

Nerve of the Obamas, eating again ??

[JasonBong-Waters]

01:04 PM on 08/26/2010

The President ate out AGAIN? My lord, this conspiracy runs deeper than I thought. If they eat out a third time, well, I don't want to think about what might happen to this nation.

[AudacityOfHype]

12:58 AM on 08/26/2010

When are they going to tour the food desert? My community is actually a bit of a golf desert. Sad, really.

[soulbrotha]

02:00 AM on 08/26/2010

Try Ex Lax. It may help your constipation.

[Scentedflower]

07:14 PM on 08/25/2010

Nice family. Prez reads a lot.
Very soon, he may have to read to the repubs-Boehner, Mitchell

[nymodern]

05:43 PM on 08/25/2010

So funny...I wore this same dress (different patterns) to State Road resaturant the night before!

[gardengranny]

06:30 PM on 08/25/2010

Michelle's dress is so retro - I love it.

I had one like that more than 30 years ago, and I made it from a pattern. Still have a picture of myself in it.

[AudacityOfHype]

12:55 AM on 08/26/2010

Did you hear snickering?

[soulbrotha]

02:01 AM on 08/26/2010

No, must be coming from the 'roid in your butt...

[soulbrotha]

02:02 AM on 08/26/2010

You should really try preperation H for that...

[j-tho]

05:05 PM on 08/25/2010

wow ~ Morgan McCarthy has more than one left foot???

[natturnerx]

05:04 PM on 08/25/2010

they have the audacity to eat dinner while the country is in a recession? this is outrageous !!!

[LadyTee]

07:27 PM on 08/25/2010

natturnerx, I sincerely hope you are joking. If not, your comment is completely outrageous! Would you prefer that the President and the First Lady starve in order to make point about the recession? I'm almost certain you've eaten dinner every night since the country has been in recession.

[ILB]

09:58 PM on 08/25/2010

Sarcasm.

[Candid One]

04:41 PM on 08/25/2010

To be fair, no POTUS is ever on "vacation". They're in the biggest bulls eye that the world has ever known. Working vacation? More like it. Our POTUS is always on duty, unless he goes under anesthesia for surgery.

[CaliTLC]

10:42 PM on 08/25/2010

Fanned for truth.

[santiago sherwood]

11:40 PM on 08/25/2010

he sets a good example when he slips out it is with his wife

[DBtv]

04:13 PM on 08/25/2010

It is awesome to have a wonderful family in the White House.

[Osmona]

03:52 PM on 08/25/2010

I hope the President's and his family is having a GREAT time.

[EuroYankee]

04:22 PM on 08/25/2010

So do I.

[jwoww]

02:34 PM on 08/26/2010

me too I hope they stay away longer ... a lot longer

[ILB]

10:14 PM on 08/26/2010

Wow. So creative. How long did you spend on that one?

[hackerblaster]

03:45 PM on 08/25/2010

Hi trooooolz, thank you so much for bringing your misery here today. Some of us simply adore to see you crybabies come in and whine all day. It makes us feel good knowing that you are part of the group that helped destroy this economy. So keep on crying! ROFL Hugs and kisses little troollllz!!! MUAH!

[realpolitik78]

03:50 PM on 08/25/2010

"you are part of the group that helped destroy this economy." some pretty powerful tro//s in here, wow!

[hackerblaster]

04:01 PM on 08/25/2010

Come now, you can do better than that!

[seedoubleyou]

03:32 PM on 08/25/2010

Dinner?! Didn't he and she JUST eat dinner yesterday? With people suffering from tooth decay in the Appalachians, should the President be taking all this time for meals EVERY single day?

[nikky]

04:51 PM on 08/25/2010

their tooth decay was going on for the past eight years were you worried then

[independenttp]

03:23 PM on 08/25/2010

I can't wait till I can go on vacation. All I need now is a JOB to vacation from.

[EuroYankee]

04:21 PM on 08/25/2010

And yet here you are wasting time commenting. Get a job.

[guesswhosback]

06:01 PM on 08/25/2010

You must not have heard, we are in a deep recession with sky high unemployment. There are five people for every job.

[gardengranny]

06:32 PM on 08/25/2010

Take your vacation now.

Then you won't have to complain about not having one when you go back to work.

Though I have a feeling you will complain regardless.

[KathrynKate78]

10:18 AM on 09/03/2010

Wtf? Judging by your moniker, sounds like you're on a permanent vacation, gardengranny. What an excellent position from which to judge a man bombarded with some of the most terrifying dilemmas of our time.

[Enroh Mot]

03:04 PM on 08/25/2010

Obama has been reading Noam Chomsky now he's going to end the wars and not attack Iran.