At last night’s pop-up dinner at Bar Tartine with Sarah Kirnon, there were a couple very special guests in the packed house: ~Dave Chapelle~, who is a big fan of Kirnon’s cooking, and ~Michael Pollan~, who was overheard saying it was the best fried chicken he’s had in his life. I’d have to agree.
February 14, 2012
This post on the nopa blog shares the story that ~John McEnroe~ tried to come in to nopa at the end of brunch service, but they were able to steer him to Nopalito instead, where he had the famed carnitas with a ginger lemonade.
A tablehopper reader writes in to tell me he was enjoying his first visit to Benu, and ~Mark Zuckerberg~ and his girlfriend Priscilla Chan came in for a quick dinner. Yes, quick. Ends up Zuck and his lady were really nice but also exhausted, so they requested the kitchen to speed up the 17-course meal (my spotter says the couple came in after him, and left before he did).

Chefs Eric Ripert and Laurent Manrique, and Anthony Bourdain. Photo from Twitter.
According to a tweet, chef ~Eric Ripert~ and ~Anthony Bourdain~ came in to Café de la Presse for a surprise lunch late on Friday. (Ripert was also spotted at nojo having lunch that day—did he double down?)
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