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Senate Privatises Cafeteria
In a story rich with irony the Senate, led by Democrat Diane Feinstein, has voted to privatize its restaurants and food services. The House privatized twenty years ago. The result? Sort of like East and West Berlin.
"Food Fight," by Alex Tabarrok, Marginal Revolution, June 10, 2008
In a masterful bit of understatement, Feinstein blamed "noticeably subpar" food and service. Foot traffic bears that out. Come lunchtime, many Senate staffers trudge across the Capitol and down into the basement cafeteria on the House side. On Wednesdays, the lines can be 30 or 40 people long.
House staffers almost never cross the Capitol to eat in the Senate cafeterias.
"Senate Votes To Privatize Its Failing Restaurants," by Paul Kane, The Washington Post, June 9, 2008
More
- "Financial Audit: Senate Restaurants Revolving Fund for Fiscal Years 2007 and 2006," GAO Report GAO-08-463, March 7, 2008 (23-page pdf
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- "Financial Audit: Senate Restaurants Revolving Fund for Fiscal Years 2006 and 2005," GAO Report GAO-07-462, March 13, 2007 (20-page pdf )
- "Financial Audit: Senate Restaurants Revolving Fund for Fiscal Years 2004 and 2003," GAO Report GAO-05-297, March 10, 2005 (also available as a 19-page pdf )
- "Senate Dining Room: Where the elite meet," by The Hill Staff, July 16, 2003
- Senate Bean Soup
- The Members' Dining Room
- Capitol Dining Areas Open to the Public: House | Senate
- Restaurant Associates
- Capitol Hill: Map, Buildings, Hotels, Restaurants - from TheCapitol.Net
- Tyler Cowen's Ethnic Dining Guide
- Some of the places our faculty and authors like in "Faculty Favorites" on Hobnob Blog
- Washington Post restaurant reviews
- Washington City Paper restaurant finder
- Washingtonian magazine restaurant reviews
June 11, 2008 07:37 AM Congress ~ Dining ~ Senate
