It says age 20 and she did meet him in 1960 at a restaurant, but evidently not for the first time - she previously met him while in high school:
... my father and my mother would always be going out, he as Mayor and she would accompany him. One night Senator Kennedy -- Senator mind you -- Senator Kennedy, how long ago was this, was speaking at an event in Baltimore, the United Nations Association, so my mother knew I really wanted to go so she said she wasn’t feeling well. So I went in her place and her place was sitting next to the guest of honor, Senator John F. Kennedy. Well, the nuns were out of their minds! [laughter] I could do no wrong, and while I was there sitting at the head table talking to Senator Kennedy, some young people from high school, my age, came over to me and said, “We’re from the United Nations Association of High School Students” -- of which I was a member. “We’d like to invite you to sit at our table.” What do I do? I’m usually so courteous and accept that lovely invitation but, Teddy, it just wasn’t going to happen so I said to them, “I’d be so honored but I’m taking my mother’s place tonight, and I couldn’t possibly leave this empty seat. “
The restaurant encounter (this picture?) happened later:
So in 1960 when we went to the convention -- I went with my parents to the convention. It was the most exciting thing. Here we bring out the first Catholic presidential candidate, nominee for president of the United States. It was very thrilling in every respect, and I'll go into more detail if you want later. But one of the things that happened that night -- which speaks to my family situation -- is we went to the L.A. Coliseum to see President Kennedy deliver his speech, and it was so fabulous -- tens of thousands of people there. I see the great Chairman Johnson of the Massachusetts Democratic Party is here. You read about this in the history books too, but I was there. I was there. Anyway, the speech is fantastic. So I said to my father and mother -- we’re doing all this political stuff when we’re over there-- I would like to go to a Hollywood spot when we’re there so I found out that I wanted to go to this place called Romanoff’s, which is a very expensive restaurant in Hollywood or someplace in Hollywood down there and that would be my treat, that would be my special occasion, in addition to the politics. So we go to the restaurant after the L.A. Coliseum, the stadium and we’re sitting in the restaurant. They bring the menus.
My father says, “Wow, look at these prices. How did you ever find this place? Why are we here?” And I said, “Well, this is Hollywood, and it costs a lot of money here.” But it was very expensive. And my friends to this day say, “You really did take them to an expensive restaurant.” But the point being that the door opens and in walks John F. Kennedy and his entourage and all of a sudden this place was perfect. It was perfect.
[laughter] He came right over the table. “Mr. Mayor, how are you? Thanks for all you’re doing to help and all the rest.” I had on this big pin that said “Youth for Kennedys.” Oh, it was so exciting. We could hardly … and the prices just seemed to melt. They just seemed to melt. But it was pretty exciting.
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