Politics dominates N.Y. power lunch
Washington Examiner
Yeas & Nays headed to the Big Apple Wednesday to break down the Super Tuesday results on “Fox & Friends.” Afterward, we headed to Manhattan’s premiere lunch-time hot spot — Michael’s Restaurant — on its hottest day for power dining. Accordingly, we present you with a Big Apple version of our signature “Meet and eat” feature.
CBS senior political correspondent Jeff Greenfield rubbed elbows and discussed election results with his standard lunch mates: Plastic surgeon Gerry Imber (Jeff: You looking to get some work done, buddy?!?), Daily News columnist Michael Kramer and Jerry Della Femina. The foursome (which included Joel Siegel until his death) have been meeting at Michael’s for lunch for decades.
Also with D.C. connections: Ned Brown, senior adviser at BKSH Associates, lunching with New York Social Diary’s David Patrick Columbia, “60 Minutes” reporter Bob Simon, Capitol File Publisher Jason Binn and his colleague, Cristina Greeven Cuomo (yes, of those Cuomos.)
But the big star of the hour was actor Javier Bardem, who at every turn was stopped by folks laying thick the accolades for Bardem’s recent performance in “No Country for Old Men.”
The VIP crowd reminded us why a D.C. power spot (such as our regular table at Georgetown’s Four Seasons) can’t always compare to its New York counterpart (as excited as we are to see, say, Madeleine Albright...). Other VIPs at Michael’s included Michael Eisner, director Joel Schumacher, actors Lorraine Bracco and Bob Balaban, and Kerry Kennedy.
