Folks at Pete’s Apizza on Irving this Friday evening had a surprise: Vice President Joe Biden was eating there with two granddaughters. A buddy texted me about it at approximately 7 pm and a few folks started posting pictures to Twitter: @sethnotshep and @jmerzie have a couple good shots of the VP, Secret Service, surprised patrons, and more.
Of course, Pete’s is kind of a popular place with the Obama administration: the President mentioned it in a speech (“everybody go there”), and later invited the owners to a meeting.
And previously I speculated that Columbia Heights was the Obamas’ favorite DC neighborhood, since in the past few years President Obama signed a bill with Michelle at Tubman School, visited the Columbia Heights Youth Club with the First Lady, visited a charter school, also with Michelle, the First Lady went to the Upper Cardozo health center and jumped rope at Bell, and the President worked out at the DCUSA Washington Sports Club. And of course there’s Pete’s.
I guess sometimes the White House (or Naval Observatory, in Biden’s case) gets boring. Might as well go eat somewhere you are familiar with.
Photo by @sethnotshep
