The Starlet

Kirk Hammett July 24, 2009 Lead guitarist Kirk Hammett of Metallica had dinner at Ozumo San Francisco. He preferred mainly sushi and was reportedly very interested in the origin of each cut. He drank Kubota Manju and also seemed quite knowledgeable about sake. Rock!…

Sean Penn July 24, 2009 Chef Alex Ong of Betelnut had quite the night last week: Sean Penn, and Chuck Williams (of Williams Sonoma) and culinary doyenne Cecilia Chiang were all in the house on the same night. A tablehopper reader spotted Penn at the “chef’s bar just at…

I heard Ms. Sally "You like me, you really like me" Field dined at Venticello. She was reportedly one of the sweetest and truly humble stars my tablehopper spotter has ever encountered.…

(Anyone want to play six degrees of Kevin Bacon with this lineup? It's quite the hodgepodge.) A tablehopper reader spotted Jeffery Self from Logo Network's Jeffery & Cole Casserole having drinks in the lounge at Jardinière last Thursday. Matthew McConaughey had dinner with five friends at…

A tablehopper reader was at brunch at Foreign Cinema on Sunday and saw Neil Patrick Harris. He was brunching with his partner, a producer, and another female. Another reader wrote in: "Gavin Rossdale of Bush and married to Gwen Stefani fame was having dinner at Orson this past Saturday…

Lead guitarist Kirk Hammett of Metallica had dinner at Ozumo San Francisco. He preferred mainly sushi and was reportedly very interested in the origin of each cut. He drank Kubota Manju and also seemed quite knowledgeable about sake. Rock! John O'Hurley, AKA King Arthur in Spamalot (and the…

The fabulous Patricia Clarkson was spotted dining at Bar Jules. Over the weekend, Sean Penn was at Piazza D'Angelo restaurant in Mill Valley with a party of 14 to celebrate a birthday. Peter Coyote and Phil Bronstein dined at Poggio. Ludacris had lunch at ThirstyBear on Saturday. He…

Robert Redford had lunch yesterday at Spruce—he dined with two others and enjoyed a panino from the café. It was overheard that he would like to come back for dinner. We shall see… A Dogpatch reader writes in: "Filmmaker John Waters (and his VERY tiny moustache) were dining…

Urban myth, or fact? A tablehopper reader writes in “I heard Drew Barrymore was at the Phone Booth again last night.” Star Jones and her new chef boyfriend, Herb Wilson, who was formerly the executive chef at the Soho Grand and Tribeca Grand, were having lunch at RN74 with gents…

The lovely Julianne Moore dined with two women at Lark Creek Walnut Creek. She had the steelhead trout and the three shared a dessert. Molly Ringwald and her daughter, Mathilda, were at MacArthur Park in Palo Alto last night—her daughter lost her first tooth there. Last Tuesday night, Pink…