I have a habit of picking on Joe Tecce's Restaurant as the emblematic site of political fundraisers and dinner meetings. But is it really number one among pols? With the new campaign-finance reports in, we can find out -- or at least, we can see where the campaign committees and PACs spent the most money in 2009.
A quick search shows a whopping $95,968 paid to Joe Tecce's last year from committees that file with OCPF. That easily tops the roughly $65,000 I found for Anthony's Pier 4, and a similar amount for Swansea prime-rib mecca Venus de Milo. The Boston Harbor Hotel was well behind, with less than $50,000, and Davio's was under $25k.
Can anyone think of a restaurant that I'm missing, or does Tecce's remain my default reference for Massachusetts's stereotypical political eatery?
While you try to answer, chew on this comendium of who spent how much on what at Tecce's in 2009:
speaker Robert DeLeo, catering: $27,442
sen. pres. Therese Murray, fundraisers +various: $16,362
Committee for a Democratic Senate PAC, fundraisers: $6989
sen. Anthony Petruccelli, fundraiser: $6954
sen. Fred Berry, fundraiser + meals w/ colleagues: $6430
rep. Ronald Mariano, fundraiser: $5503
rep. Aaron Michlewitz, senior breakfast + unspecified: $4245
PAC for Better Government, meetings: $4000
sen. Benjamin Downing, fundraiser: $2439
Norfolk treasurer Joseph Connolly, catering: $1993
rep. Michael Costello, event: $1986
sen. Karen Spilka, campaign event: $1808
sen. Steven Baddour, meals w/ colleagues and supporters: $1653sen. Stephen Buoniconti, fundraisers: $1403
sen. Marc Pacheco, fundraiser: $976
sen. Michael Moore, fundraiser: $830
sen. Joan Menard, staff dinner + catering: $767
rep. Stepen DiNatale, fundraiser: $615
rep. Ted Speliotis, meals w/ legislators: $218
Suffolk register Richard Iannella, meetings: $141
sen. Steve Tolman, dinner meeting: $97
Suffolk civil clerk Michael Joseph Donovan, lunch w/ constituents: $78
rep. Thomas Petrolati, parking: $20
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