“Every Christmas we get invited to the White House Christmas party, and she reminds the president of his promise,” the 31-year-old Boston native said while waiting for his wife to return from a weeklong trip with the Bush campaign shortly before the Republican National Convention. “And he laughs and says, ‘Well, I guess we’ll have to chalk that up as another broken campaign promise.’”
Even though the second restaurant Tracy opened — near the National Press Building, two years ago — is only a few blocks from the White House, Bush is unlikely to keep his promise before the November election. That’s too bad because he’d find a first-rate dining experience at either restaurant as well as plenty of prospective voters.
Both of the Chef Geoff’s restaurants — downtown and uptown — are worth a visit, especially since Jeffrey’s at the Watergate, the Austin, Texas, import that was a Bush favorite, has closed (it recently reopened under its old name, Aquarelle) and another Bush favorite, Peking Gourmet, is in far-off Falls Church, Va.
If the president is on a health kick, he could order the almond-crusted Atlantic salmon, as I did at a recent dinner with members of my college alumni association, including Rep. Mark Kennedy (R-Minn.), at the downtown Chef Geoff’s. The sea-fresh salmon was cooked medium rare, as I had asked, served with couscous loaded with sweet currants and apricots and bathed in a Tunisian sweet-pepper coulis.
Or Bush could sample two other piscatorial choices: pan-roasted halibut in champagne broth with roast potatoes, artichokes and haricot verts, and walnut-crusted trout with saut
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