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Midtown Lunch Celebrity Sightings
Posted: 4:55 pm, August 7th, 2009 in Miscellaneous
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Not necessarily seen them eating, but having worked on 57th btw 5th & 6th, I've crossed paths with:
Jackie Mason
Tony Bennet
Queen Latifah
P.Diddy
David Ryan Harris (I actually introduced myself to him since he's a favorite of mine)
Matt Pinfield
Scott Speedman (Felicity)
Tyler Florence
Eric Ripert
Tony Bourdain
Geoffry Chodorow(the last 3 are very easy to run into since they have restaurants in the area)
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Well, at least I recognize 4 names on your list. I guess "celebrity" is a term open to broad interpretation.
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You saw Tyler Florence??? I think he is HOT!!
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I saw Dena from the Real Housewives of NJ! More info here - http://whatrebeccaateforlunchtoday.blogspot.com/2009/06/day-21-even-more-famous-lunch.html
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Harvey Keitel (in front of two boots on 9th)
The guy who played "the plague" in hackers on 8th at 43rd
Harvey Fierstein in Europan (yuk!) on 8th at (42nd?)
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Damn! I walk by that Two Boots all the time and have never seen Harvey Keitel.
I saw Lewis Black coming out of Xie Xie on 9th Ave. a few weeks ago.
Though the best celebrity sighting I've ever had (possibly in my entire life) was not exactly Midtown... but kind of. Al Pacino on 10th Ave. in the 40s a few months ago. Amazing.
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saw Hung from Top Chef walking up 7th ave a month ago.
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I ran into that Ham on the Street dude while I was in Union Square. or maybe it was a look-a-like because this dude had a yarmulke-style bald spot....
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That Au Bon Pain is actually on 55th & 6th. I've seen him there a few times.
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i saw bobby flay filming his show in that new times building restaurant on 41th street.
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I saw Christine Baranski last week going into her trailer at corner of Goveurners Lane and Water Street. The trailer was in the spot where the Mobile Chicken cart usually parks. And yesterday and today, I saw the pastry chef Will Goldfarb in his PickNick BBQ trailer in Manahatta Park :) ... yum, eating the peach pie right now.
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Forgot to mention, I saw A-Rod once. I worked in the building that also houses the MLB headquarters. Apparently he was there to sign a new contract. I was at the elevator trying to go down to the street to get my lunch. He was about two feet from me, in the elevator while I was trying to enter it. He looked me right in the eyes and held the gaze while he pressed the door close button. I didn't care about him, I just wanted my sandwich ...
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He pressed the door close button on you? Sounds like a great guy...
Actually, I bumped into him once, but not in Midtown. It was pretty funny - my boyfriend said "Look it's A-Rod" and I said "No one cares" (I'm a Mets fan) as he walked by with his then-wife and a kid in the stroller. This was in Las Vegas. Monday or Tuesday, we get back to NYC and the Daily News front page story is about underground poker games for big money are busted and A-Rod had a gambling problem, visiting them too much... lol
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My wife just phoned to say she saw Jackie Mason at an Au Bon Pain at 6th and 56th. (That can't be kosher.) Anyone else seen anyone famous eating lunch in Midtown?