The Starlet

I got word that Maroon 5 partied at the Ambassador last Wednesday night. And then Tommy Hilfiger and his wife dined at Slanted Door last Thursday night. Last night, Eric Ripert dined at Picco. Ends up he’s in town for a show that he’s filming. Of course he…

I heard Molly Ringwald had a late dinner at Maverick. Dale Talde (AKA the locker puncher) from Top Chef was at Circa Thursday night. Justin Bobby/Justin Brescia from The Hills was at Mamacita over the weekend.…

Lars Ulrich (Metallica, yo!) was spotted eating and drinking red wine with his fam and nanny in tow at Taylor’s Automatic Refresher at the Ferry Building on Saturday night.…

A tablehopper reader spotted Aisha Tyler (from 24, CSI, Friends, and others) with a bunch of friends at Sotto Mare in North Beach last night. Now this is what I call a star sighting, whoa: Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel visited Bourbon & Branch last Friday. They took a full…

The annual Gumball 3000 race kicked off over the weekend, and spotted at the after-party at Temple nightclub were hottie Tyson Beckford, plus Jackass boys Bam Margera and Ryan Dunn, and Alfonso Ribeiro who played Carlton Banks on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.…

Her Perkiness, Rachael Ray, was at Spruce on Sunday. She was in town filming an upcoming episode of Rachael Ray’s Tasty Travels/Rachael’s Vacation. She dined with her hubby, and they enjoyed the branzino. A tablehopper reader said they saw Tiffani Faison from Top Chef entering Shanghai 1930…

Darling Bernadette Peters dined at Presidio Social Club, sharing the goat cheese and beet salad and the butter lettuce salad with her friend, and she then had the special of California white sea bass. Since the PSC is a big fan of playing The Jerk on their television screens, they…

Jackpot on star sightings this week. First, Sting was all over town. He was spotted having lunch at Balboa Café, where he ordered the crab cakes, and a Cobb salad. And a tablehopper reader saw him having lunch at Seasons at the Four Seasons Hotel with his entourage. He also…

This week's starlet is exactly why this city cracks me up. First, there was a little 90s grunge/alterna rock get-together at Bambuddha: the guys from the band Live were at the bar (Ed Kowalczyk, Chad Taylor, and Chad Gracey). A bartender mentioned that the bass player from…

Here's a blast from the past: Chris Isaak was spotted on Sunday at Pho Phu Quoc (AKA PPQ Restaurant) at 19th Avenue and Irving with his wife. I remember he was my very first concert in a club, the Stone on Broadway!…