Our hip Madam Speaker was spotted on First Avenue this week, enjoying herself at corner coffee shop Tarallucci e Vino, while Senator Schumer stocked up on groceries at the Brooklyn Costco. Meanwhile, Luke Wilson took a date to Nello, and Da Silvano’s heated sidewalk seating drew the week’s biggest bold-faced crowd: A-Rod, Sean Lennon, and Wolfgang Puck. Elsewhere, Ramona Singer cried over halibut, and the East Side Social Club opened with a cluster of media types. More celebrity diners, below.
Bar Pitti: Ron Perelman ate at the Italian restaurant. [Page Six/NYP]
Charles: Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen celebrated the 40th birthday of Bill Collage, the screenwriter who penned New York Minute. M-K paid. [Page Six/NYP]
Chat Noir: Real housewife of New York City Ramona Singer cried at her birthday party. Guests — including the whole Housewives cast — ate “black-cat burgers,” chicken, and halibut. [Page Six/NYP]
Costco: At the Brooklyn branch of the mega-market, Senator Chuck Schumer was spotted pushing his shopping cart like a layman. [Page Six/NYP]
Da Silvano: Sean Lennon dined outside with eight friends. (Heated sidewalk seating, woo!) Separately, chef Wolfgang Puck ate with his wife. At another lunch hour this week, A-Rod came by for some upscale Italian. [Page Six/NYP, Cityfile]
Del Frisco’s: New Jet Mark Sanchez lamented his team’s recent loss, with a large group of pals, at the fancy steakhouse . [Page Six/NYP]
East Side Social Club: The Pod Hotel’s new Italian spot gathered Mickey Boardman, Michael Musto, Olivia Palermo, Luigi Tadini, Ali Wise, Ally Hilfiger, and Patrick McMullan at a party for Minnie Mortimer’s spring 2010 collection. This place is off to an interesting start. [Guest of a Guest]
Esca: Meg Ryan dined with Nora Ephron. [Just Jared]
Eskimix: Tyra Banks checked out the city’s latest fro-yo outpost. [Page Six/NYP]
Indochine: Ivanka Trump celebrated her 28th birthday at the French-Vietnamese restaurant. [NYDN]
Le Caprice: Harper’s Bazaar editor-in-chief Glenda Bailey dined with Lanvin creative director Alber Elbaz inside the Pierre Hotel. [Page Six/NYP]
Morandi: Halle Berry lunched at Keith McNally’s West Village spot. [Cityfile]
Nello: Luke Wilson took a female friend to the Upper East Side mainstay. [Cityfile]
The Russian Tea Room: At this classic Russian restaurant, Tim Burton toasted Johnny Depp, Patti Smith, and Helena Bonham Carter. [Page Six/NYP]
Tarallucci e Vino: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had breakfast at the East Village coffee shop. [Page Six/NYP]
