President's Dining Room President's Dining Room The President's Dining Room is a dining room located in the northwest corner of the second floor of the White House. It is located directly above the Family Dining Room on the State Floor and looks out upon the North Lawn. The Dining Room is adjacent to the Family Kitchen, a small kitchen designed for use by the First Family, and served by a dumbwaiter connected to the main kitchen on the ground floor. The space was originally occupied by a bedroom suite known as the Prince of Wales Room. From 1929 to 1948, this suite was
Mrs. Wilkes' Dining Room tables. There is no menu; dishes are selected by the restaurant and change daily. "Travel Holiday" in 1993 recalled that the "tables were set with steaming bowls and platters of tasty Southern food". Jeff Gordinier of "The New York Times" noted in a 2015 article: "it’s no secret that visitors mad for 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil' make a beeline for Mrs. Wilkes Dining Room for fried chicken, candied yams and macaroni and cheese". The guests sit at the table and pass the dishes around to one another in the style of a family. There are usually