Mike Pence may love Chili’s, but the only candidate the Tex-Mex chain is backing comes shaken and served up.
“In case you were wondering, we exclusively support the Margarita Party,” Chili’s tweeted Saturday night, following the Republican vice presidential pick’s now famous feast.
The restaurant’s definitive endorsement put an end to hours of internet jokes and occasional outrage at the Indiana governor’s selection for his post-VP speech meal.
Pence and his family chowed down at a New York City-area Chili’s Saturday afternoon, just after he wrapped up his first appearance with Donald Trump, where the bombastic businessman formally introduced the Indiana Republican as his running mate.
“Busy weekend in NY! Enjoying a quick dinner with the family at @Chilis,” Pence tweeted alongside a photo of him, his wife and one of his daughters sitting in a Chili’s booth, plates of half-finished food sitting on the table in front of them. “Looking forward to getting back to Indiana.”
Critics quickly slammed Pence’s restaurant of choice, suggesting that he should have picked a local favorite instead of a national chain.
Others questions why he wasn’t dining in Trump Tower — which allegedly makes “the best” taco bowls.
Pence has yet to reveal which Chili’s outpost he visited. There are only three locations in New York City — on Staten Island, in Queen’s Glendale neighborhood and in John F. Kennedy International Airport — but plenty more in New Jersey.
At least one Twitter user suggested Pence dined at the East Rutherford Chili’s — which is less than two miles away from the Teterboro, N.J., airport he flew into Thursday. He likely used the same airport to fly back to Indiana Saturday.
The phone at East Rutherford Chili’s was not picked up when the Daily News called early Sunday.
