Obama dines out

A look at some of the places President Obama has dined in recent years.

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Aug. 3, 2011

President Obama eats a hamburger and fries with members of his staff who have been working on resolving the debt ceiling issue, at the Good Stuff Eatery on Capitol Hill in Washington. With Obama are, from left, Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew, Director of the National Economic Council Gene Sperling, Director of Legislative Affairs Rob Nabors and Chief of Staff of the Vice President, Bruce Reed.

Jason Reed / Reuters

Dec. 4, 2009

Obama eats a cheeseburger at the Hamilton Family Restaurant in Allentown, Pa. At left is Rolf Schlake of Applied Separations Inc.

Susan Walsh / AP

Jan. 30, 2010

Obama eats popcorn with Vice President Biden at the Duke-Georgetown basketball game in Washington.

Nick Wass / AP

April 22, 2008

Then-Senator Obama eats a cheese-steak sandwich at Pat's King of Steaks in Philadelphia.

Jae C. Hong / AP

June 3, 2011

Obama and Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) eat during an unannounced visit to Rudy's Hot Dog in Toledo.

Charles Dharapak / AP

Nov. 14, 2010

Obama eats green tea ice cream as he visits the Great Buddha of Kamakura with Michiko Sato, temple director, and Takao Sato, the 15th chief monk of the temple, at Kotokuin Temple in Kamakura, Japan.

Charles Dharapak / AP

May 9, 2008

Obama, then a Democratic presidential hopeful, eats his lunch at Luis's Taqueria in Woodburn, Ore.

Jae C. Hong / AP

Dec. 27, 2010

Obama, his daughter Malia Obama, standing second from right, and family and friends eat Shave Ice at Island Snow at Kailua Beach Center while on vacation in Kailua, Hawaii.

Carolyn Kaster / AP

Jan. 10, 2009

Then-President-elect Obama eats at Ben's Chili Bowl in Washington. Sitting across from Obama is former Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty.

Gerald Herbert / AP

July 16, 2010

Obama eats a coconut ice cream cone as he visits Mount Desert Island Ice Cream in Bar Harbor, Maine.

Charles Dharapak / AP

June 24, 2010

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and Obama eat burgers at Ray's Hell Burger in Arlington, Va.

Mikhail Klimentyev / AP/RIA-Novosti

Nov. 27, 2010

Obama eats popcorn, while his oldest daughter Malia looks on, as they attend the NCAA college basketball game between Howard and Oregon State in Washington.

Cliff Owen / AP

June 30, 2010

Obama stands with Mayor John Dickert and eats Kringle at O&H Danish Bakery in Racine, Wis.

Charles Dharapak / AP

July 4, 2008

Obama eat a hot dog at an Independence Day picnic in Butte, Mont., as his wife, Michelle, looks on.

Jae C. Hong / AP

Nov. 23, 2010

Obama and Vice President Biden eat lunch during a visit with firefighters in downtown Kokomo, Ind.

J. Scott Applewhite / AP

June 30, 2011

Obama eats a lemon water ice at John's Water Ice in Philadelphia. Standing right is Rep. Robert Brady (D-Pa.), and left behind Obama is Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.).

Carolyn Kaster / AP

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