mother's day is still three weeks away, but michelle obama didn't need an excuse to treat her mom on saturday enjoying a perfect spring day in new york city, the first lady and 'grandmother in chief', marian robinson, had a mother daughter bonding lunch in greenwich village the two sat down for a meal at lupa, a small italian eatery on thompson street and were looked after by owner and restaurant mogul mario batali batali was heard telling the photographers waiting out of the trattoria that the pair had the 'chef's roman tasting menu' girls day out: michelle obama is seen leaving in an suv with her mother, marian robinson, after they dined  at lupa restaurant on thompson street in  new york's greenwich village on saturday  fine dining: the two enjoyed a sumptuous five course italian lunch at the restaurant, before getting into a waiting suv  happy mother's day!: marian robinson, 76, smiles as she leaves italian restaurant lupa in new york city on saturday with her daughter, michelle obama  on guard: white house security agents wait outside the eatery on thompson for the first lady and her mom to finish their lunch  crowd control: residents in the building above the restaurant scramble onto their fire escapes to try and grab a sight of michelle obama and her mom, marian robertson, on saturday  batali was heard describing michelle as 'a happy woman' the menu, priced at $65 per person, plus $49 with wine pairings, is a five course set meal it starts with a salad   puntarelle alla romana   and then two pastas   rigatoni alla gricia and strozzapreti with sugo finto next comes coda alla vaccinara, a rich roman oxtail stew the two then enjoyed a cheese platter, before tartufo, an italian ice cream dessert outside the eatery a group of bodyguards stood on the sidewalk waiting for the two as word spread that the first lady and her mom were dining inside, resident's in the building above the restaurant emerged on their fire escapes, keen to get a look his work here is done: mario batali, owner of lupa, jumps on his scooter after serving the two women he was heard describing michelle to photographers as 'a lovely woman' lunch: lupa is a tiny italian eatery on thompson street in new york's greenwich village it opened in 1999  the scene kept the bodyguards busy after lunch the two were escorted into a waiting suv with official duties over, batali was also seen leaving his restaurant, pulling out onto the street on his moped batali and his business partner, joe bastianich, have created a culinary empire together they own 10 restaurants in new york, four in las vegas, two in los angeles and two in both hong kong and singapore close: first lady michelle obama (l) applauds with her mother marian robinson (r) during the final day of the democratic national convention at time warner cable arena on september 6, 2012 in charlotte, north carolina  mrs robinson, who lives in the white house with the first family, is known as 'mrs r' around washington dc she is said to get about town relatively anonymously, according to the washington post, and keeps an active social the 76 year old moved from her home in chicago when barrack obama was inaugurated in 2009
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