An Old War Dogs Satellite Site
Proud Veteran-American? Please Don't Miss Veterans as an Ethnic Minority
Wednesday, 13 December 2006
Fran O'Brien's update (Updated and bumped)

Fran O'Brien's update
Michelle Malkin

Remember Fran O'Brien's? In April, milbloggers and my friend Buzz Patterson rallied to support the restaurant in Washington, D.C. that provided free weekly steak dinners to wounded soldiers staying at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

A reader sends a brief update reported in the Washington Post yesterday. They're moving to McLean, Va.:

Fran O'Brien's Stadium Steak House was a favorite hangout for Washington power brokers, but it earned its lasting reputation by treating severely wounded soldiers to steaks every Friday night. ...

In April the restaurant, which occupied the basement of the Capital Hilton at the corner of 16th and L streets NW, lost its lease after a disagreement with hotel management. Next month, it will reopen as Fran O'Brien's of McLean.

Owner Marty O'Brien, son of the late Redskins offensive lineman Fran O'Brien, plans to reinstate the meals for soldiers. The distance from Walter Reed Army Medical Center won't be a problem, he said. He plans to provide transportation for the soldiers and their families. ...

*** Update and bump. Original timestamp 2006.12.12.10:15

Thank you Margaret for the comment pointing out that the WaPo story is far from all you need to know about this. Andi has the rest of the story:

***

Michelle's post has been updated appropriately. Read it; she has an email from Andi with more information than the posts I linked to.

Posted by Bill Faith on December 13, 2006 at 02:35 PM in The American Warrior, US Air Force, US Army, US Coast Guard, US Marine Corps, US Navy | Permalink

Comments

Posted by: Margaret

The Fran O'Brien's opening in McLean VA is not affiliated with traditional Friday Night Soldiers Dinners that have continued through the efforts of Hal Koster (former co-owner of Fran O'Briens) and Jim Mayer (Dept of Va)...See Andi's World for "set the record straight..."
thanks

Posted by: Margaret | Dec 13, 2006 5:48:53 AM


Post a comment

Comments accept simple HTML for formatting and linking.

Comments are moderated and may not appear on the site immediately. Comments in violation of our comment policy will never appear on the site.






TrackBacks

TrackBack URL for this entry: http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d83451e4ed69e200e5506f383c8833

Trackbacks are moderated and do not appear immediately. Trackbacks from posts that do not link to this post will be deleted and will never be visible here.

Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Fran O'Brien's update (Updated and bumped):