But don’t bother them — celebrities on both coasts have to eat, too
Remember that “I Love Lucy” episode when the always star-struck Lucy eats at Hollywood’s Brown Derby and finds William Holden sitting in the next booth? Hilarity, of course, ensues, with Lucy making a fool of herself trying to get Holden’s attention—not the first fan to try interacting with a celebrity trying to have a quiet dinner at a restaurant.
It has always been that way, since the days the French aristocracy used to line up at the dining room at Versailles just to watch Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette eat. Things became far more proletarian when grand restaurants like Delmonico’s and Rector’s opened in New York in the 19th century, drawing everyone from Diamond Jim Brady and Mark Twain to Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde. People gawked.
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