In New York, [Vito Fossella] had an appetite for Italian - running up a $2,982 tab at Luigino's on Staten Island and $1,474 at another island haunt, La Fontana.

Fossella nibbled twice at the trendy Jaleo, a Spanish tapas style restaurant where the "atmosphere is electric," according to the Zagat Survey. His tab: $506.

The potential donors and gurus must have had small appetites when Fossella put in for a $12 meal at Thunder Grill restaurant in Washington's Union Station, or $17 at The Crown in Breckenridge, Colo., or $18 at Karl's Klipper in Staten Island.