Who's Who and Featured Memorabilia
The official owner of Signatures was Livsar Enterprises, with Rodney Lane acting as the CEO. The registered agent was lawyer Yale Ginsburg; lawyer Jay Kaplan led the Signatures restaurant group. According to emails sent by Abramoff in 2001, Capitol Campaign Strategies transferred money to Livsar, which he planned to have under the control of his wife Pamela. Signatures was built by John S. Hillery & Assoc. Const. Inc of Sterling, Va. at a cost of $850,000.00.
The original chefs were executive chef Michael Rosen and sous-chef Jeff Ramsey. As of 2006, the executive chef is Morou Ouattara. The main dining room seats 104 (50 seats at the bar), and about 50 on the patio. The private dining rooms seat 15 and 25 people. Amenities included rentable wine lockers and an in-house humidor.
The restaurant features the rare document collections of Stan Klos and Edward Bomsey, as well as other political memorabilia. The documents on display feature, not surprisingly, famous autographs. Most of the items displayed were also for sale. Some of the memorabilia featured included a rocking chair used by John F. Kennedy ($495,000), a signed replica of Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon (sold for $5,000), and signed portraits, letters, and photos of Czar Nicholas, Winston Churchill, Gen. George Patton, Rocky Marciano, Harry Houdini, Thomas Edison and Meyer Lansky ($5,000-$10,000).
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