Here's the quintessential Washington political restaurant. The limited partnership that owns it includes a Democratic super-lobbyist and a former Republican National Committee chairman. The dark wood and rich leather within make it perfect for business lunches or dinners, and the many private dining rooms are popular for political fund-raising events. The menu changes about three times a year,...
Washington's powerful people like steakhouses. See for yourself. At lunch and dinner, the dining room is a true Washington scene, with all that this entails: a sprinkling of congressmen and -women, television newscasters, and corporate VIPs throughout the main dining room; lots of backslapping and shaking of hands; and meetings taking place behind closed doors (the restaurant has a number of...
Billing itself as a nonpartisan restaurant---two of the principals are Democrat Tom Boggs and former RNC Chairman Haley Barbour---The Caucus Room proves yet again that Washington can accommodate another high-brow destination for the kind of folks whose faces turn up regularly on C-SPAN and the nightly news. It's reminiscent of an old-time Washington restaurant: dark woods and leather-covered...