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The Starlet

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The Starlet

Gypsy Music

On Thursday, bassist Mike Dirnt from Green Day dined at GITANE. He had the gambas salad, the chipirones, the lamb “cordero,” and he loved the prickly pear margarita.…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Starlet

Lunch: Possible

Robert Irvine, the chef on the Food Network’s “Dinner: Impossible,” dined at BISTRO BOUDIN last week for lunch. He had the crab cake appetizer and garlic flatbread with arugula (which he added pepperoni to—looks like someone wanted to “have it his way”), and was reportedly oohing and aahing…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Starlet

Betty White

Golden Girl February 23, 2010 Betty White came in to SCALA’S BISTRO and had the crab toast, mushroom pizza, and petrale sole. According to my source, “She was here for the Marine Wildlife Rescue in Monterey, she is super fun and sweet. She came in with a Monsignor, they…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Starlet

Golden Girl

Betty White came in to SCALA’S BISTRO and had the crab toast, mushroom pizza, and petrale sole. According to my source, “She was here for the Marine Wildlife Rescue in Monterey, she is super fun and sweet. She came in with a Monsignor, they went to the Starlight [Room]…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Starlet

Nice Play at Waterbar

Last Friday night, Mayor Gavin Newsom and wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom were at WATERBAR for a birthday dinner for her father, Ken Siebel, and seated right across from them was Troy Aikman, Hall of Fame quarterback from the Dallas Cowboys. According to my source, “Mayor Newsom wasted no time in…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Starlet

Power Brunching on Valentine's Day

A tablehopper reader noted quite the power scene playing out at the BALBOA CAFE: “Nancy Pelosi was having Valentine’s Day brunch at the same time Willie Brown was having it with his daughter, and Gordon Getty was doing a V-day brunch too. Oh yes, so was I…” I wonder…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Starlet

Tyler Florence

TyFlo on the Town February 23, 2010 A couple tablehopper readers wrote in some Tyler Florence sightings around town: he was spotted at FRANCES, and another reader writes, “My friends and I spotted Tyler Florence at TAYLOR’S REFRESHER at the Ferry Building today. And he seems to have lost…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Starlet

TyFlo on the Town

A couple tablehopper readers wrote in some Tyler Florence sightings around town: he was spotted at FRANCES, and another reader writes, “My friends and I spotted Tyler Florence at TAYLOR’S REFRESHER at the Ferry Building today. And he seems to have lost a few pounds!” Good for him, that…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
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