Add Ray’s Hell Burgers to the growing list of places where one or both of the Obamas have been spotted dining since arriving in Washington in early January.
Yesterday the president and Vice President Biden paid a surprise visit to the Arlington, VA, burger joint, waiting in line like everyone else and refusing the offer of free grub. Here’s a tidbit from Ray’s owner Michael Landrum on his encounter with POTUS. The momentous meal was also captured on the video seen above.
Holding true to a promise that he’d get out in the community, the president has sampled various eateries, both high-brow and, well, not so high-brow. On May 2, he and the First Lady had a date night in Georgetown at Michel Richard’s acclaimed Citronelle, where a special meal was prepared for the First Couple. Shortly before the inauguration, the president-elect popped into Bobby Van’s Steakhouse on 15th Street Downtown for a cocktail reception, and caused a stir during a meal with DC Mayor Adrian Fenty at the landmark Ben’s Chili Bowl in the U Street Corridor. Several days later, he and a group of friends gathered to celebrate Michelle Obama’s 45th birthday at Equinox, Todd and Ellen Gray’s New American steps from the White House.
For her part, Michelle Obama has been sighted noshing at the Dupont Circle Five Guys with her staff and, more recently, at Capitol Hill’s Art and Soul, Art Smith’s midpriced American.