Instead, the only restaurant the president and First Lady Melania Trump are known to have visited in Washington, DC, is the steakhouse at the Trump International Hotel, The New York Times reported.
"Mr. Trump, a proud and well-documented non-foodie, prefers fast food and overflowing bowls of ice cream to charred Brussels sprouts or shakshuka from Washington restaurants with wait-lists," The Times reports. "Mrs. Trump, who does not share her husband's eating habits she is partial to fruit and fish, with an occasional weakness for pasta has maintained Mrs. Obama's White House kitchen garden, but it has not been the focus of East Wing events."
Perhaps part of Trump's reticence to visit restaurants in DC can be linked to a number of incidents in which members of his administration have been confronted by other diners. For example, in June, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked to leave The Red Hen, a restaurant in Lexington, Virginia, because she worked for Trump .
Fast food over fine dining
The Times did not delve into whether Trump has continued dining at fast-food establishments.
Trump has previously applauded fast-food chains for their cleanliness.
"One bad hamburger, you can destroy McDonald's. One bad hamburger and you take Wendy's and all these other places and they're out of business," Trump said at a 2016 town hall. "I like cleanliness, and I think you're better off going there than maybe someplace that you have no idea where the food is coming from."
And, according to author Michael Wolff, ordering fast food allows Trump to dispel his fear of being poisoned, something that could play into his decision to avoid Washington, DC, restaurants.
SEE ALSO: A look back at Donald Trumps long and storied relationship with fast food