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Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick March 13, 2012 Morley Safer (60 Minutes) came in to Venticello for dinner last week. No word if he was out of there in exactly an hour.…

Morley Safer (60 Minutes) came in to Venticello for dinner last week. No word if he was out of there in exactly an hour.…

A tweet from @fancysandwich mentioned Bill Cosby was spotted at nopa, and quipped, “I think he had pudding pops for dessert.”…

A tablehopper tweeter spotted culinary duo Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert at Bouchon on Saturday, and Bon Appétit editor-in-chief Adam Rapaport spotted The Ripper at Ad Hoc on Sunday. (Ripert and Rapaport were in town to judge the S.Pellegrino Almost Famous Chef Competition at The Culinary Institute of America…

Window Table for the Israeli President March 13, 2012 Israeli President Shimon Peres was visiting San Francisco and Silicon Valley, and last Wednesday had lunch at Sutro’s at Cliff House with a party of 12.…

Israeli President Shimon Peres was visiting San Francisco and Silicon Valley, and last Wednesday had lunch at Sutro’s at Cliff House with a party of 12.…

Ewan McGregor and a Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Both Hot March  6, 2012 A tablehopper reader let me know Ewan McGregor was spotted having a grilled cheese sandwich from Cowgirl Creamery’s Sidekick at the Ferry Building (he had the Cabot Toasties), and then he went over to Blue Bottle. This…

A tablehopper reader let me know Ewan McGregor was spotted having a grilled cheese sandwich from Cowgirl Creamery’s Sidekick at the Ferry Building (he had the Cabot Toasties), and then he went over to Blue Bottle. This tweet from Blue Bottle also mentions he was at SFMOMA “enjoying an…

Just moments ago, Will Ferrell came in to Zero Zero for lunch. He must have been in a hurry because his assistant made the reservation, picked out all the food in advance, and had the kitchen fire it when they were about five minutes away (I need to start doing…

A couple readers wrote in to tell me they spotted Mark Zuckerberg in the soft-serve line at Bi-Rite Creamery over the weekend. One spotter says, “He was chatting with a neighbor and had to introduce himself: ‘I’m Mark, by the way.’” Indeed. Another reader writes: “I saw Mark Zuckerberg…