Dining-Drinking

April, 1974

Spend some time with Bob Roubian, the unorthodox proprietor of The Crab Cooker--a modest seafood house located at 2200 Newport Boulevard in Newport Beach, California--and he'll tell you about a recent phone call from the Western White House. "We're on a very tight schedule and we'd like to have dinner at your restaurant," said the efficient voice. "There will be several members of the President's staff and one of his daughters. We'll be traveling in limousines. Would you please ma...