Celebrity Settings

Yankees Think Avila is Top Chef; Babs Dines at Eastern Standard

Those Yankees! So presumptous! Jorge Posada and C.C. Sabathia called up Avila’s Rodney Murro and asked him to create a dish using halibut, lobster, and risotto. What is this, Top Chef? Chopped? Is this a mystery basket situation? Order off the menu, you guys! Elsewhere in celebrity dining in the Hub, Barbra Streisand sampled Eastern Standard’s private dining and Nomar Garciaparra feasted on seafood.

Avila: Yankees Jorge Posada and C.C. Sabathia asked chef Rodney Murillo to create a dish using lobster, halibut, and risotto. [Names/Globe]

Bricco: Shaquille O’Neal grabbed dinner and schmoozed with Frank DePasquale. [Names/Globe]
Scott Brown enjoyed dinner with his wife and daughters. [Inside Track/Herald]

Club Cafe: Bruce Vilanch partied in the Napoleon Room, hopefully dropping some Oscars-worthy zingers along the way. [Names/Globe]

Davio’s: Hideki Matsui popped in for a late-night bite. [Inside Track/Herald]

Eastern Standard: Barbra Streisand and James Brolin, in town for Brolin’s daughter’s Berklee graduation, enjoyed a private dinner. [Inside Track/Herald]

Legal Sea Foods: Jacqueline “Doll” DaFonesca, who has the distinction of winning season two of Real Chance at Love stopped in for a bite. [Names/Globe]

Summer Shack: NOMAH! The shortstop and 35 family members including wife Mia Hamm feasted on seafood. [Inside Track/Herald]

UpStairs on the Square: Fergie (the Duchess, not the Pea) dined on sweet pea ravioli and steak frites with Mark Fuller. [Names/Globe]

Yankees Think Avila is Top Chef; Babs Dines at Eastern Standard