President Elect Obama was just an Illinois state senator when he agreed
to be one of three layman restaurant critics to appear on Amanda Puck's show to discuss their favorite restaurants.
Obama offered up a Hyde Park eatery called Dixie Kitchen. And though the 15-year-old restaurant didn't benefit from any free publicity years ago, it no doubt will wind up on the radar screen of a lot of restaurant patrons when the lost episode finally airs twice on WTTW on Jan. 16, again Jan. 18 and once more at 4 a.m. Jan. 20, the day Obama is sworn in as president.
In case you're wondering, a WTTW spokeswoman couldn't tell us exactly why the "Check, Please!" episode with Obama never aired. But for its belated debut this month, the show's producers have apparently re-edited the episode and added more existing Obama footage to enhance the show's appeal just a bit more.
Here's a small bit of the video. It's hilarious: Barack is just as calm, cool and collected as ever, as he intensely discusses the perils of eating too many Johnny Cakes (fried cornmeal cakes) and not saving room for the amazing peach cobbler. Take a look:
