Contrary to what you’ve read on the TMZ website, most movie stars are just like the rest of us – they don’t like flashbulbs going off while they’re eating dinner.
That’s why Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling, when they were attached at the hip, chose to canoodle over cannoli at off-the-radar trats like Grace (503 College, at Palmerston, 416-944-8884, gracerestaurant.ca), the prime real estate its 12-seat inner courtyard.
Playa Cabana (111 Dupont, at Davenport, 416-929-3911, playacabana.ca) – a not particularly note-worthy tacoteria in that no-go zone that’s not quite Yorkville or Forest Hill – is the last place in town you’d expect to spot someone like Jake Gyllenhaal. Maybe that’s why he goes there, because it ain’t the guacamole.
Hunger Games star and off-Broadway playwright Woody Harrelson is such a fan of the raw vegan carte at Jennifer Italiano’s Live Organic Food Bar (264 Dupont, at Spadina, 416-515-2002, livefoodbar.com), he goes for her raw vegan pizza whenever he’s in town.
Too bad Brad and Angelina won’t be back this year, since the Prime Steakhouse (18 St. Thomas, at Bloor West, 416-971-9666, windsorarmshotel.com/prime) in their favourite hotel has introduced an all-vegan menu. We imagine room service comes in handy with an entourage of 18 kids.
Whenever celebs want to get away from it all, they come to old-school Italian trat La Bruschetta (1317 St. Clair West, at St. Clarens, 416-656-8622, labru.ca) – in droves if the autographed plates hanging on the walls signed by Whoopi Goldberg, Bette Midler and Matt Damon are any indication. There’s even a shrine to Sophia Loren!
