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Illustration of the first state dinner at the White House. David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii meeting with President Ulysses S. Grant.. A state dinner in the United States is a formal dinner held in honor of a foreign head of state, such as a king, queen, president, or any head of government.
Mary Todd Lincoln's refurbishment of the White House in 1861 led to historic changes in the room. Mrs. Lincoln purchased two armchairs, [e] a rosewood center table, [f] a chest of drawers, four side balloon-back [g] side chairs, [h] a sofa, and—most importantly—a 6-foot (1.8 m) wide, 8-foot (2.4 m) long rosewood bed frame for the room.
Barberian's Steak House - Toronto; Barclay Prime - Philadelphia; Bear Creek Saloon and Steakhouse - Bear Creek, Montana; Bern's Steak House - Tampa, Florida; The Big Texan Steak Ranch - Amarillo, Texas
California: Ma’s House. Anaheim ... Great Taste is an upscale, white-tablecloth experience for the Chinese food connoisseur. The staff is as professional as any you'd find in a fine dining ...
Vice President Cheney and David Addington at lunch in the White House Mess George W. Bush White House state china. The White House Mess is now a small wood-paneled dining facility. It is located in the basement of the West Wing, adjacent to the Situation Room. [9] It seats 50 people at 12 tables. [9]
Elsewhere in the tour, a new 3D model of the White House’s 18-acre complex is on display alongside four other models that portray the White House as it evolved from 1792 to today.
The first Smith and Wollensky steakhouse was founded in 1977 by Alan Stillman, best known for creating T.G.I. Friday's, and Ben Benson, in a distinctive building on 49th Street and 3rd Avenue in New York, once occupied by Manny Wolf's Steakhouse. [2] Many of the restaurants have a wooden exterior with its trademark green and white colors.
The White House kitchen had been dominated from 1966 to 1987 by Henry Haller, a Swiss-trained chef who emphasized French cooking.His successor, Jon Hill, lasted just five months before being replaced by long-time sous-chef Hans Raffert, but Raffert retired in October 1992, [7] and French-born and trained chef Pierre Chambrin, who succeeded Raffert, was asked to resign in March 1994 after ...