# Do all Restaurants in Washington DC Still Offer Bean Soup? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 19, 2011, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-restaurants-in-washington-dc-still-offer-bean-soup/582402 "2011-05-19T02:59:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![mac\_bolan00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-restaurants-in-washington-dc-still-offer-bean-soup/582402/41 "2011-05-23T00:22:09Z")
anything you say… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-restaurants-in-washington-dc-still-offer-bean-soup/582402/42 "2011-05-23T01:01:29Z")
> [@mac\_bolan00](#): > > “by congressional act, bean soup is always served at the house cafeteria, precisely to serve poor people going to congress. i have the recipe.” First of all, it’s served in the Senate dining room, not in the House cafeteria. And that stuff about serving poor people sounds like a bunch of hogwash. I think your sister has been bamboozled. > [@](#): > > “it came with virginia ham hocks. true enough, it was the only thing poor fulbright scholars on tour can afford.” The only thing Fulbright scholars can afford are ham hocks? What? > [@](#): > > “i notice people are born, live, work and die in a city without really understanding it. oh well, can’t say i’ve mastered chicago.” There might be a lot of strange things about Washington that are hard to understand, but I’m pretty sure this isn’t one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-restaurants-in-washington-dc-still-offer-bean-soup/582402/43 "2011-05-23T02:41:45Z")
I read somewhere that every restaurant in Chicago has to serve haggis. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-restaurants-in-washington-dc-still-offer-bean-soup/582402/44 "2011-05-23T02:45:19Z")
To feed all the mad Scots that wander the streets looking for sheep. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-restaurants-in-washington-dc-still-offer-bean-soup/582402/45 "2011-05-23T02:48:45Z")
Yes, and the bagpipes! You sit there trying to choke down your haggis deep-dish pizza, and you have to listen to those stupid bagpipes. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-restaurants-in-washington-dc-still-offer-bean-soup/582402/46 "2011-05-23T02:49:56Z")
> [@mac\_bolan00](#): > > “it came with virginia ham hocks. true enough, it was the only thing poor fulbright scholars on tour can afford.” By the way, the Fulbright program began in 1947. Senate bean soup had been around for almost 50 years by that point. Not to mention that Fulbright scholars are sent _abroad_. The whole point of the program is foreign exchange. They aren’t wandering around Washington. ---
**Author:** ![mac\_bolan00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-restaurants-in-washington-dc-still-offer-bean-soup/582402/47 "2011-05-23T03:26:29Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > By the way, the Fulbright program began in 1947. Senate bean soup had been around for almost 50 years by that point. Not to mention that Fulbright scholars are sent _abroad_. The whole point of the program is foreign exchange. They aren’t wandering around Washington. maybe it’s because we’re not americans. our sister studied at the UI for masterals under the fulbright-hays program. she married and got a permanent residency but she retained her mother citizenship. she’s back in the old country after failing to fully understand chicago in 12 years (might have something to do with her failed marriage.) me, i kinda hop around. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-restaurants-in-washington-dc-still-offer-bean-soup/582402/48 "2011-05-23T04:09:53Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > …Fulbright scholars are sent _abroad_. The whole point of the program is foreign exchange. They aren’t wandering around Washington. Unless it’s to look for a really good bowl of bean soup. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-restaurants-in-washington-dc-still-offer-bean-soup/582402/49 "2011-05-23T04:17:54Z")
I’ve had the bean soup at the Senate a few times. It’s nothing special. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-restaurants-in-washington-dc-still-offer-bean-soup/582402/50 "2011-05-23T06:42:13Z")
Now, you are just baiting me. It is not good soup? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-restaurants-in-washington-dc-still-offer-bean-soup/582402/51 "2011-05-23T11:51:49Z")
I won’t say it’s “not good.” But it’s nothing special. I wouldn’t go out of my way to try it. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-restaurants-in-washington-dc-still-offer-bean-soup/582402/52 "2011-05-23T13:10:26Z")
The “Freedom Fries” story is, sadly, quite true however. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-restaurants-in-washington-dc-still-offer-bean-soup/582402.md?page=2)