Pruitt complains that EPA headquarters has no cafeteria, private dining quarters of its own

[mahatmakanejeeves]

By now, this is no longer news.

It is somewhat of an oversight. EPA workers have to bring their own or leave the building?

There should be some federal building nearby where he can eat.

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Pruitt has been known to complain that EPA headquarters has no cafeteria of its own and no private dining quarters, and still often heads to the White House for lunch

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Or trump hotel restaurant

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Why is this American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers representative SO eager to meet with Scott Pruitt at Trump Hotel when the EPA building is right across the street? Is he trying to get the president’s attention?

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Another mess for Pruitt: Overstaying his White House welcome at lunch

Too many visits for lunch at the Mess earned a rebuke from the White House.

By EMILY HOLDEN, ANDREW RESTUCCIA and ANTHONY ADRAGNA 06/06/2018 10:17 PM EDT Updated 06/06/2018 10:59 PM EDT

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt loves eating at the White House mess, an exclusive U.S. Navy-run restaurant open only to White House officials, Cabinet members and other dignitaries. ... But apparently he liked it too much, and the White House asked him to please eat elsewhere sometimes.

In response to Pruitt's recurring use of the restaurant next to the Situation Room in the basement of the West Wing, a member of the White House’s Cabinet affairs team told agency chiefs of staff in a meeting last year that Cabinet members shouldn't treat the mess as their personal dining hall, according to three people with knowledge of the issue. ... The message was clear, according to one person close to Pruitt: “We love having Mr. Pruitt, but it’s not meant for everyday use.” Another person added that the White House asked Cabinet members to visit the mess only occasionally because there are few tables available.
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A billing statement from July 2017 offered a glimpse into Pruitt’s use of the mess, showing the EPA chief or people linked to him dined at the mess at least nine times that month, racking up a bill of $400, a relative bargain in downtown Washington. Pruitt and his guests dined on dishes like “cowboy” skirt steak, popcorn chicken and waffles, spinach strawberry salad and beer-braised brisket tacos.

While the food is considered to be top-notch, the prices are a real bargain. Skirt steak runs just $10.25, while coriander beef kabobs were just $11.95 each. And a cheeseburger runs just $6.35, according to his bill. The burger at another of Pruitt's haunts, French bistro Le Diplomate, runs $17. ... Records obtained through a Sierra Club Freedom of Information Act request also show Pruitt often sought to bring friends from Oklahoma to the White House mess.
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Alex Guillén contributed to this report.

[exboyfil]

1. There is a phonebook full of delivery options

or brown bag it.

[MyOwnPeace]

2. He should........

get an aide to pick up a McDonald's Happy Meal so that he can enjoy it and the free toy in his special top-secret phone booth!

He may be passing Betsy as THE WORST of the cabinet (only the best, right?)!!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

3. Grubhub, Doordash, UberEats...

[Sneederbunk]

4. Have Chick fil a deliver.

[zipplewrath]

5. If only

If only he knew someone who could, you know, do something about that. If he only could find that person who had the authority to make the necessary changes so there would be a cafeteria at/in/near the EPA. If only there was some way he could arrange for the necessary changes.

Ah, but what's a lonely little Administrator with Cabinet Rank supposed to do?

[tanyev]

6. That's why he wanted the missus to have her own Chik-Fil-A!

So she could send one of her servants, I mean staff, over to his office everyday with a chicken sammich.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. Visiting EPA Headquarters

Visiting EPA Headquarters

EPA's Campus at Federal Triangle

EPA's main campus at Federal Triangle consists of a cluster of adjacent buildings including:

• William Jefferson Clinton North, South (formerly Ariel Rios North and South), East and West, and
• the Ronald Reagan Building.

The main campus is located around the Woodrow Wilson Plaza between 12th and 14th Streets and Pennsylvania and Constitution Avenues NW. The White House, the Washington Monument, and the U.S. Capitol are within walking distance. See a complete map of the area.

If you click on the map link, all sorts of places serving food pop up on the map.