In Videos: Barack Obama 'Check Please' Teaser
The folks behind popular Chicago restaurant review show Check, Please!, just released a video teaser for a show they taped in August 2001 with then state senator Barack Obama. He talks about visiting the Dixie Kitchen, where 3 or 4 pancakes are "pretty dangerous," he says because they'll give you a food coma. "I've learned from some past mistakes that I have to be cautious." He also says he prefers simple food that tastes good—and is a good value—to fancy-pants settings. The full episode will air Friday January 16. The video, after the jump.
Barack Obama 'Check, Please!' Teaser
[via MenuPages Chicago]
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7 Comments:
Nice. This guy just keeps getting more and more awesome. You wouldn't see Nixon on a show like this.
DanielJ at 8:35PM on 01/05/09
I love Red's BBQ in Loxahatchee, Florida. It is out of the way and near the swamp but the food is soooooo good. You can often get some interesting meals there like "gator stew" and other Florida Everglades specialties.
My wife and I started the new year by going to Red's and having a pulled pork sandwich with some fried sweet potatoes and cornbread. Heaven on earth.
So get your swamp buggy out of the barn, clean off the mud and drive it on over to Red's . You can buy us a beer and some gator tail.
David
Dfree45185 at 8:39PM on 01/05/09
Oh my goodness. I can't say how happy this clip made me. Check Please! is my favorite show on WTTW. I can't believe Obama was on it!
hmlicata at 9:29PM on 01/05/09
i trust pres. barry. but:
i was never that inpressed with dixie kitchen. or cafe medici which he also likes. there are better places in hyde park. i'll hand it to him on rick bayless though.
coolname at 9:59PM on 01/05/09
Check, Please! and Barack Obama--both are incredibly awesome!
runnereater at 10:20PM on 01/05/09
Ummm loved that. A lot.
ellis at 10:37PM on 01/05/09
Very nice.
Blue387 at 2:17AM on 01/06/09