Donald Trump’s top GOP Senate allies dined at a fancy white-tablecloth French spot on Capitol Hill on night one of the shutdown as federal workers face potential famine.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso were spotted tucking in at Bistro Cacao, by Playbook’s Adam Wren.

The plush eatery—which this year hosted billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates—is known for its velvet drapery, antique lamps, and magret de canard or filet de mignon, both priced at $45 per dish. Bottles of Cabernet Sauvignon run up to $750, and a glass of Scotch is $60.

The two Trump loyalists did so as his failure to reach a spending agreement with the Democrats left hundreds of thousands of federal workers facing furlough and food banks, as they did during the previous governme

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