Before President Barack Obama made his historic speech to the Illinois General Assembly in Springfield on Wednesday, he first stopped for some take out.
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President Obama grabbed lunch at The Feed Store restaurant in the Old State Capitol Square, located just a few blocks from the State Capitol. The eatery sells sandwiches, salads, and homemade soup, according to its website.
Back in Springfield, @POTUS greets very surprised kids here at the Feed Store before lunch with @SenatorDurbin pic.twitter.com/YIBmKZPmGJ — Eric Schultz (@Schultz44) February 10, 2016
President Obama couldn’t stay to eat his lunch, but he still met with central Illinois residents outside The Feed Store as he headed back to his motorcade. He told a group of people that he bought barley soup, according a White House official.
Curtis Means, a high school chemistry teacher, said he "skipped out to see him today,” according to a White House spokesperson.
Just about an hour before, President Obama stepped off of Air Force One at the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport and begun the farewell tour of his last year in office.
Wednesday’s speech made President Obama the fourth U.S. president to address the Illinois General Assembly. The last time another president did the same was in 1978 when Jimmy Carter spoke to state lawmakers.
