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Best restaurants to spot a celebrity

Aug 8, 2008
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'We'll have what Madonna’s having' — top star-studded spots Nikolas Koenig / Chateau Marmont Stars like Charlize Theron and Keanu Reeves like the Chateau Marmont, in L.A. The food is refined but not fussy and the service the very soul of discretion about its clientele. Comedian Fred Allen once defined a celebrity as “a person who works hard all his life to become well-known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized." Which is why, when you enter a restaurant, the only people likely to be wearing sunglasses are either recovering from eye laser surgery or go by only one name, like Madonna, Angelina or Uma. Even if sunglasses don’t completely disguise a celebrity from view, they have a certain “do-not-disturb” effect in a restaurant, lest a fan wants to bound over for an autograph while the celeb is seasoning her Caesar... [read full story]                    

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