Vice President Joe Biden went out for lunch today, but not just to any old place: he went to the famous Florida Avenue Grill.
According to the White House Press Pool, Biden ventured to the Florida Avenue Grill to praise the restaurant and its owner, Imar Hutchins, for paying workers above the tipped minimum wage.
“In this battle here about some kind of wage equity, I don’t want it to go unnoticed that there are a lot of restaurant owners around the country think that the wage being paid should be raised and that it’s good for business overall. When you raise the tipped wage, the tip minimum, or the overall minimum wage, all of that money goes back into the economy,” Biden said, according to the Pool report.
During his visit, the Veep sat down at a table next to a small boy in a high chair and gave him a stuffed dog, which the boy then bopped on Biden’s face. Biden then ordered the last four slices of apple pie and went on his merry way.