The Q&A Cafe

 The set of The Q&A Cafe at The Ritz Carlton Georgetown 

THE Q&A CAFE WAS CREATED IN OCTOBER 2001
AT NATHANS RESTAURANT IN GEORGETOWN.  
 HERE ARE PHOTOS AND THE NAMES OF SOME OF THE MORE THAN 275
 NOTABLE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED:

 

 

DAVID RUBENSTEIN

ERIC RIPERT

SEATON SMITH

OLIVER STONE

C.Z. GUEST

KEN GORMLEY

DAN RATHER

FRED SMITH

THEODORE SORENSEN

DOUGLAS FEITH

TIM RUSSERT

ERICA JONG

MARION BARRY

ALEXANDRA WENTWORTH

GWEN IFILL

SPINAL TAP

SIMON VAN KEMPEN

JOHN HEILEMANN

MARK HALPERIN

LETITIA BALDRIGE

MAYOR VINCENT GRAY

BOB WOODWARD

COKIE ROBERTS

DR. ANTHONY FAUCI

TOM BROKAW

DEB JOHNS

DAVID VISE

JACK EVANS

DAN TANGHERLINI

JOHN RIGGINS

LESLIE COCKBURN

CHRIS MATTHEWS

DR. TINA ALSTER 

MPDC CAPT. PETER NEWSHAM

JACK EVANS

SALLY QUINN

MICHAELE AND TAREQ SALAHI

OSCAR-WINNING FILM DIRECTOR OLIVER STONE 

AT THE RITZ: SIMON VAN KEMPEN OF "THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK"

 

THE Q&A CAFE AT NATHANS, HOLIDAY TIME, JUST BEFORE TAPING THE PROGRAM.

 

 SUSAN LASALLA AND DAVID GREGORY AT THE Q&A CAFE

CHRIS MATTHEWS AT THE Q&A CAFE

MICHAEL MCKEAN, HARRY SHEARER AND CHRISTOPHER GUESTS (AKA SPINAL TAP)
 AT THE Q&A CAFE

 

 

MAYOR ANTHONY WILLIAMS

ADRIAN HIGGINS

CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

C. DAVID HEYMANN

SOPHY BURNHAM

SKIP NEWCOMB

HARRY SHEARER

BOB BALABAN

MICHAEL McKEAN 

MARK PLOTKIN 

SEATON SMITH

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON

KATHLEEN MATTHEWS 

CHRIS WALLACE 

ANA MARIE COX 

DR. RICK LEVY 

BILL PLANTE 

SEPTIME WEBRE 

DR. WAYNE CALLAWAY 

 

MARTHA KUMAR AND CARL CANNON AT THE Q&A CAFE

VERNON JORDAN AT THE Q&A CAFE

AMBASSADOR H.E. DEVINDA SUBASINGHE 

DAVID HUME KENNERLY 

TONY TAVARES 

FRIDA BURLING 

EDITH SCHAFER

MICHAEL ISIKOFF 

DR. WILLIAM HASELTINE

MATT COOPER

KENNETH FEINBERG

BARBARA CHILDS-PAIR

DAVID GREGORY

CRAIG CRAWFORD

TORIE CLARKE

SANFORD AIN

MARION BARRY

ROXANNE ROBERTS

GEN. BERNARD E. TRAINOR 

KATHERINE (KATIE) TARBOX 

 

THEODORE SORENSEN AT THE Q&A CAFE

 

WASHINGTON DC MAYOR ADRIAN FENTY AT THE Q&A CAFE

 

DAVID PATRICK COLUMBIA

FRED THOMPSON

GEORGE STEVENS, JR.

SUSAN ISAACS 

GORDON PETERSON 

DR. MICHAEL HOCKSTEIN 

ANN HAND

DC Police Chief CATHY LANIER 

JEFF GANNON

HARLAN K. ULLMAN 

DEBORAH JEANE PALFREY 

MARK SHIELDS 

DAVID BURD 

HOWARD FINEMAN 

MARK WARNER 

SHEILA JOHNSON

MICHAEL HERRRALD 

AMY HOLMES 

SAM DONALDSON 

CARL CANNON 

JONATHAN ALTER 

PHILIPPE COUSTEAU 

STAN KASTEN 

SCOTT SIMON 

CHUCK TODD 

MICHELLE RHEE 

ROBERT BENNETT 

BRENT GLASS 

ROBIN GIVHAN 

TED LEONSIS AT THE Q&A CAFE

DAN RATHER AT THE Q&A CAFE

 

C..Z.GUEST

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS

MALCOLM “MIKE” PEABODY

ANDREA MITCHELL

WALTER ISAACSON

EPISCOPAL BISHOP JOHN CHANE

MICHEL RICHARD

DAVID CORN

TERRENCE SMITH

BOB SCHIEFFER

JACK VALENTI

LLOYD GROVE

DR. MARILYN BENOIT

HELEN THOMAS 

ANDREW COCKBURN

ELLEN SANFORD

DAVID KELLER

MARK BUSCAINO

CHUCK VANCE

ADEL AL-JUBEIR

AMBASSADOR  JAN ELIASSON

RABBI BARRY FREUNDEL

MPDC LT. PAT BURKE

JANE LYNCH 

JOHN ZOGBY 

JOHN MICHAEL HIGGINS 

DAN SNYDER 

DEBORAH JEANE PALFREY, AKA "THE DC MADAM" WITH HER LAWYER,
 MONTGOMERY BLAIR SIBLEY, AT THE Q&A CAFE

TUCKER CARLSON AT THE Q&A CAFE

GEORGE MICHAEL AT THE Q&A CAFE

 

SALLY BEDELL SMITH 

TINA BROWN 

BOB COLACELLO 

JOSEPH WILSON 

FRED GRAHAM 

KITTY KELLEY 

AMBASSADOR H.E. KASIT PIROMYA 

ARUN GANDHI 

NANCY TAYLOR BUBES 

SHELDON COHEN 

JOHN DEGIOIA 

MARSHA J. EVANS 

ANTHONY LANIER 

JANE STANTON HITCHCOCK 

ANDREW KOHUT

RICK KAPLAN

CAROLE RADZIWILL 

PATRICIA DUFF

DAVID C. LEVY

LINDA FAIRSTEIN

NEIL LIVINGSTONE

JAMES CANNON

MAURY POVICH

CONNIE CHUNG 

AMY ARGETSINGER

VERNON E. JORDAN 

DC SCHOOL'S CHANCELLOR MICHELLE RHEE AT THE Q&A CAFE

MAURY POVICH AND CONNIE CHUNG AT THE Q&A CAFE

 

JIM ARSENEAULT

CHARLIE COOK 

JIM LEHRER

CARLY FIORINA 

JIM VANCE

DR. PETER LEVIT

KENNETH ADELMAN

GEORGE MICHAEL

JONATHAN TISCH

JOHN F. HARRIS 

MONTGOMERY BLAIR SIBLEY 

PETER GREENBERG 

FRED GRANDY 

CONNIE SCHULTZ 

ROBERT FRANK 

VALERIE PLAME WILSON 

ROBERT NOVAK 

AMB. PIERRE VIMONT 

DAN GLICKMAN 

MARTHA JOYNT KUMAR 

DAVID BALDACCI 

BOB RYAN 

DR. MICHAEL JACOBSON 

LEONARD DOWNIE, JR. 

RICHARD MOE 

TUCKER CARLSON 

MARK PENN 

TED LEONSIS 

KATHERINE KALLINIS

SOPHIE LAMONTAGNE

LT. ANDREW BALDWIN 

QUINN BRADLEE 

JONATHAN CAPEHART 

HUGH NEWELL JACOBSEN 

KIMBERLY DOZIER

TIM RUSSERT AT THE Q&A CAFE

MARK WARNER AT THE Q&A CAFE

CONNIE SCHULTZ AT THE Q&A CAFE

CHUCK TODD AT THE Q&A CAFE

PHILIPPE COUSTEAU AT THE Q&A CAFE

VALERIE PLAME WILSON AT THE Q&A CAFE

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS AT THE Q&A CAFE

BEN BRADLEE, QUINN BRADLEE AND SALLY QUINN AT THE Q&A CAFE

MARK PENN AT THE Q&A CAFE

HOWARD FINEMAN AT THE Q&A CAFE

JONATHAN CAPEHART RECEIVES HIS GEORGETOWN CUPCAKE, 
 GIVEN TO ALL GUESTS, AT THE Q&A CAFE

Photos: Barbara Gary and Ellen Schreiber