Eating on the Hill
June 14, 2008
Senate Votes to Privatize its Failing Restaurants. Apparently the Senate Restaurants have only turned a profit in seven of of their 44 years in business. “In the past 10 years, only 20 new items have been added to the Senate menus.” They only just got sushi!
I swear, the Longworth Cafeteria was one of the highlights of my time working on Capitol Hill (on the House side) earlier in the year. The choices! The International Food counter! The cheap cheap prices! And all the containers were biodegradable. I got a packed lunch once on the Senate side, at a briefing, and it was terrible. A packed lunch at a briefing on the House side was something to celebrate – a huge roll, little container of pasta salad (with fetta and pesto!), cookie (the oatmeal and raisin ones were incredible), an apple, packet of chips… so good.
