'I'll have what Joe had': DC restaurant sees spike in sales after presidential visit

[soothsayer]

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For the crew at Taqueria Las Gemelas in Northeast D.C., Wednesday morning was anything but normal — new or otherwise.

‘I’ll have what Joe had’: DC restaurant sees spike in sales after presidential visit | WTOP
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Outside of the holiday, the president also dropped in to inform the restaurant’s owners that they were the first to be approved for the revitalization fund, in this case a $677,000 grant.

Co-owner Josh Phillips told WTOP that the pandemic’s effects on the restaurant were brutal — they were forced to lay off dozens of their staff, and revenues fell by seven figures in 2020....

Plus, Phillips said Biden’s visit created a lot of buzz for the restaurant the rest of the day and into Thursday. And almost everyone asked for the same thing.

And for those who are curious: “He got an al pastor taco, carnitas, barbacoa, lengua and then he got two quesadillas — one mushroom hongos and then chorizo and potato,” Phillips said.

[elleng]

1. Was thinking about that, but

I now live 60 miles away!!!

[Dream Girl]

2. All my favorites...Sounds delicious! But tat's a lot of food...

[soothsayer]

3. 4 tacos and 2 quesadillas sound manageable

Well not all at once probably. Shareable!

[Retrograde]

6. Tacos here in CA are often made with small tortillas

that is, if you get them at an actual taqueria rather than Taco Bell*, so it may not be that much. I'm surprised he got lengua, one of my favorites.

*I have to confess that I sometimes get cravings for Taco Bell's bean burritos and basic tacos. They fill a niche that isn't quite TexMex, isn't quite Mexican, and isn't quite Middle American: it's my guilty pleasure

[Dream Girl]

7. I'm in the Bay Area so was thinking mini tacos, but I'm a woman and not a big eater. Mt son

Could polish off 8 of those small ones. All that tortilla dough gets so filling. I will somethings just eat the meat toppings and skip the tortillas. Langua is my favorite.

[Initech]

4. Nice to have a president who supports local businesses again!

As opposed to a president who only ate at his own restaurants and McDonalds.

[brooklynite]

5. This is ridiculous.....

Who puts toppings inside a quesadilla?

[left-of-center2012]

10. Apparently a lot of people put fillings inside quesadilla

https://www.google.com/search?q=quesadillas&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi6186C2rbwAhXVLs0KHZQlAVIQ_AUoAXoECAIQAw&biw=1236&bih=568

[Celerity]

13. The Mexicans who invented them.

[Bettie]

8. I would totally eat every one of those things

Yeah, I'll have what he had too!

[soothsayer]

9. Exactly! I might have to swing by

[jmowreader]

11. And he can still move?

[LisaL]

12. He got takeout, so might have been enough for several people.

NT