The Starlet

~Julia Stiles~ was spotted at the bar at BIN 38; she had some snacks and drank a Ponzi pinot blanc.

There were a couple sightings of glammy gay singer ~Adam Lambert~, the runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol. A tablehopper reader spotted him leaving Blackbird, and says, “Confirmed by all giddy bar patrons and bartenders. He looked like a cockatoo—beautiful, well groomed, lots of eye makeup.” Grub Street also reports he had a late supper at Lafitte.

Sex and the City’s Mr. Big, AKA ~Chris Noth~ was on the town—he was spotted at Gitane. He was in town for Summer & the Symphony’s Grand Finale, narrating Copland’s Lincoln Portrait.

Both ~Conan O’Brien~ and ~Patton Oswalt~ dined at Andalu in the Mission before their Herbst Theatre appearance last week. They ordered the tuna tacos (no word if they made inappropriate jokes about them) and the crispy mac and cheese.

One of my buddies tweeted, “Just tried to buy ~Frances McDormand~ a coffee at the Ferry Building Blue Bottle. She just picked up some Chemex filters.” Stars… They buy Chemex filters, just like us!

According to a TyFlo tweet, ~Jonathan Cain~, the keyboardist from Journey, dined at Wayfare Tavern last Saturday.

A tablehoppin’ reader spotted ~Josh Brolin~ at Aziza, who “seemed very chill and laid back. No one approached him and [a few times he checked] out the food that was being delivered to our table since we ordered a lot of food.” Yup, my kind of readers.

Brolin also came in to Sociale last night for dinner with Ethan Coen and his family. New movie in the works? Hmmmm…

I got all kinds of updates about New York Yankee ~Derek Jeter~ on the town: he reportedly had some chicken parmigiana for lunch at Colosseo in North Beach (414 Columbus), and he also came in to FiDi’s Palio D’Asti late last Tuesday afternoon for some carb-loading pizza and pasta before the evening game against the Oakland A’s (he was with his close buddy and teammate, Jorge Posada). My spy writes: “Am sure they didn’t expect to have the tab picked up by a fellow diner who never even approached the table. Instead, the classy fan simply asked the GM to deliver a card, on which he wrote, ‘Thanks for the many great baseball memories.’”

And later that night, after their 6-1 win against the Oakland A’s, Jeter and Posada came in to the Redwood Room at the Clift. My Clift spotter says, “They were only at the bar for about an hour, but that was enough time for them to order some rounds of Clase Azul Reposado Tequila and Glenlivet 16yr Scotch.”

~Hideki Matsui~ of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim had a late-night dinner at Sauce in Hayes Valley, with a bottle of Silver Oak. Chef Ben Paula writes, “I had to calm down all the Jardinière line cooks with Jamesons to keep them out of the dining room. :) “

Fellow friend-about-town, Liam Mayclem of Eye on the Bay, tweeted: “At St. Regis SF. ‘A Rod’ [~Alex Rodriguez~] in the house. Mayor Willie Brown at the bar. All the ladies in the house just got a little excited!!”

~LeAnn Rimes~ was spotted with boyfriend Eddie Cibrian at Dry Creek Kitchen in Healdsburg on Saturday night. They were in a party of six people.

Awww yeah, two members of ~Van Halen~ were spotted at Mama’s on Washington Square on Sunday for brunch. They had Monte Cristos (the wise choice) and eggs Benedict. Rock.

~Willem Dafoe~ was spotted at The Stinking Rose on Columbus with his girlfriend. (Pretty on-point and funny choice of location considering his recent role in the vampire movie, Daybreakers.) They sat in a romantic booth all the way in the back of The Bagna Calda room and shared sizzling skillet mussels and steamed garlic clams. The waiter said he was the nicest guy (no comment was made on his breath, however).

A-Rod (known on his birth certificate as ~Alex Rodriguez~) had lunch at Scala’s Bistro yesterday with friends. He ordered shrimp Louis and the pappardelle pork sugo. He told the sous chef, “It’s always great here, that’s why I always come back.” Nice.

A tablehopper reader was happy to see ~Sammy Hagar~ dining at Wayfare Tavern (which is likely to happen again, since Hagar is a partner in TyFlo’s upcoming El Paseo project in Mill Valley).

A tablehopper reader writes in: “Saw ~Chris Robinson~ of the Black Crowes tonight at Puerto Alegre on Valencia tonight. He waited in line ‘just like the rest of us.’” (Ed. note: I think some margaritas are to blame for the two “tonights.”)

I’m not exactly up on my under-20 singers and actresses, but a reader wanted to let me know ~Demi Lovato~ was spotted at Ton Kiang.

How’s this for a pile up of talent? The members of ~Goldfrapp~ and ~Yo La Tengo~ both dined at Bar Tartine on Friday night last week.

Singer ~Jason Mraz~ celebrated his birthday at Café Gratitude, and tweeted about it.

~Nikki Giovanni~, the “Princess of Black Poetry,” was in town Saturday to speak at the Delancey Street Auditorium joining Gwen Mazer for her “Conversations with Wise Women” series. After signing copies of her new book, Bicycles: Love Poems, she slipped away for dinner with her partner at 1300 on Fillmore.

~John Madden~ came in to Mijita at the Ferry Building, and reportedly one of the kitchen guys “was dumbfounded just being in his presence.”

“Big Papi” ~David Ortiz~ of the Boston Red Sox was seen enjoying a steak at Bobo’s on Lombard on Saturday night with three of his teammates. They were reportedly “gracious guests and made a call to a couple of diners’ tables.”

~Tracy Chapman~ was spotted at CAV Wine Bar & Kitchen with a group of around 15 people (including her actress girlfriend)—my spy says they ate mostly appetizers, cheese, fries, salads, and shishito peppers.

~Cloris Leachman~ came in to Kuleto’s for a late dinner last Saturday after performing at the Rrazz Room. She ordered the seabass on a crispy risotto cake with pea shoots, and immediately ordered another risotto cake for her son to try. She reportedly surprised the waiter with a hug as she left.