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recalls how 2020 hopeful Kamala Harris asked for a cup of ice so she could drop cubes into her white wine.
The obvious safe space for a Trump loyalist is the President’s hotel. According to former server Badger Russell, who worked at its steakhouse for nearly a year, through February 2018, any high-level people connected with the White House were waited on by the hotel restaurant’s most experienced servers and fussed over by managers. As soon as a Trump VIP sat down, staff protocol called for delivery of a complimentary glass of bubbly. The kitchen would prioritize that table’s food orders ahead of everyone else’s, so they’d never wait too long for a tuna tartare—no matter how busy the restaurant might be.
THAT EVERY PERSON IS TREATED THE SAME IS THE GREAT LIE ALL RESTAURANTS TELL.
“There was a certain level of stress that was put on you based on management,” Russell says. “It was a higher level than just a standard guest. It was like ‘Don’t eff up. Make sure everything’s on point.’ ”
Russell says Eric Trump liked to sit along the mezzanine rail with a view of the lobby below, while Donald Trump Jr. typically held court in the hotel lounge. Rudy Giuliani often entertained a group in a private dining room—starting with whiskey and moving on to bottles of wine—but was happy to schmooze with anyone who approached him. Kellyanne Conway, on the other hand, preferred to retreat to a more private table. The President’s adviser was “one of the more finicky customers,” Russell says. “She was more demanding than any of the others. She was the one who wanted to be treated like she was special.”
The President was the one person managers waited on personally. He pretty much ordered the same thing every time: a shrimp cocktail to start, followed by a boneless New York strip with fries. Russell says all the talk about Trump eating his well-done steak with ketchup has been overblown. As far as he could tell, the condiment was for his fries.
On his way out, the President liked to hand out $5 or $10 bills to employees. “I do recall one time he pulled out his money clip and he didn’t have any small bills, and he was hurting when he gave out a $50 bill,” Russell says. “Everybody was looking, so he still gave it out.”
. . .and with fucking French fries. What a goddamn toddler.
Strip is probably the worst cut to get well done. If you're scared of rare meat, I'd go with a ribeye that might still have some semblance of flavor left.
Now you've got him!
The only thing you show up to defend is his food choices. That is very telling.
There's no steak that's best medium well
There's no steak that's best medium well
Still isn't good all dried out and tough.Luddite opinion. I love it when people sneer and think all steaks are best rare. A ribeye is significantly different than a filet.
Still isn't good all dried out and tough.
Luddite opinion. I love it when people sneer and think all steaks are best rare. A ribeye is significantly different than a filet.