Show SENATE RESTAURANT Restaurant Manager Says Most Senators Are Potato Men Washington When a moment of leisure hits Capitol many members of congress automatically head toward the restaurants In the capitol building for food and On the house side the restaurant Is one of the most and Informal spots In all of the Its counterpart across the the senate dining Is much more The house restaurant runs smoothly under the supervision of William A. and Edith G. They and know every member of the and employee in the since the patrons are limited to these three groups and their Working under some the lack of space and the fact that invariably everybody wants to eat at one Brockwell and and their staff of ore able to serve and satisfy their with only It Is not at all unusual for them to learn at 10 or 11 a.m. that a congressman Is planning a luncheon for as many as 50 that These parties are generally limited to 50 because that's the capacity of the speaker's dining which is separate from the Provisions are kept on hand at all times for any of these short notice In addition to the restaurant and the speaker's dining there is a large cafeteria in the house office building across the and another one in the senate office building where hundreds of employees in these buildings generally There are alro two small snack one on each side of the When the house is In the restaurant is open from 8 a.m. to and when the house has it closes at p.m. SOME CONGRESSMEN have frequent many never Representative Frank W. Boy-kin of Alabama has the largest and most frequent The Texas delegation has lunch en masse every Wednesday in the speaker's dining room when congress is In The Iowa delegation makes a point of a breakfast once a week when congress is In The Republican members of the Ohio delegation meet as do the delegations from and To bring a home town flavor to the representatives in the restaurant Imports special food from many parts of the country for parties held on the hill or for general For they bring in salmon from the west muskrats from strawberries from and a special rice from Arkansas to make into a The favorite dessert of the congressmen is apple they are and apple pie Most of them like substantial and as Brock-well points none of them are trying to lose Only about a dozen of them ever ask about fads or such as the recent yen for yogurt or black strap molasses and whole wheat In such a place where many personalities funny incidents such as the two ladies who had secured passes to the visitors' gallery of congress and stopped at the restaurant to ask If they could get Ridgely told them that in order to be served they would have to be accompanied by a member of They held a whispered then turned brightly to Ridgely and that will be all we don't The relaxed atmosphere of the house restaurant makes a pleasant retreat for the legislators of the |