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Table Hopping: Where the Boldface Names Are Eating

Mandy Moore downs Grey Goose in Georgetown, while Nicole Richie is spotted at a Maryland CPK.

Pop-tart-turned-actress Mandy Moore and a gaggle of friends dined on rockfish, hummus, and green-tea-rubbed Kobe beef and washed everything down with “extra dirty” vodka martinis at Mie N Yu in Georgetown…

…Comic—and Washington native—Dave Chappelle swung by U Street falafel stop 24 Seven…

…Embattled attorney general Alberto Gonzales and family noshed on blackened chicken, ribs, and Asian chicken salad at the ESPN Zone…

C.C. DeVille, platinum-haired guitarist for ’80s glam-rock band Poison, followed up a gig at Nissan Pavilion with a trip to Steve’s Bar Room, groupies in tow…

…Former attorney general John Ashcroft was spotted breakfasting at the Hay-Adams Hotel…

…Senator Russ Feingold BlackBerried during a dinner at Lebanese Taverna…

…Senator Joe Lieberman picked up some Hefeweizen beer at Trader Joe’s in Foggy Bottom…

…Political commentator Paul Begala lunched on the patio at Peacock Cafe in Georgetown…

…With a baby (and a jail sentence) on the way, reality starlet Nicole Richie got a taste of home at California Pizza Kitchen in Annapolis…

…Former White House counsel Harriet Miers had a July 4 pub lunch at Elephant and Castle……Former Nightline anchor Ted Koppel hung out at Southwest DC waterfront beach bar Cantina Marina…

…Clinton strategist Terry McAuliffe, senators John Kerry and Bill Nelson, and New York Times reporter Adam Nagourney were all spotted recently at Cafe Milano. That same night, First Twin Jenna Bush had dinner with friends on the patio at David Greggory.

Ann Limpert
Executive Food Editor/Critic

Ann Limpert joined Washingtonian in late 2003. She was previously an editorial assistant at Entertainment Weekly and a cook in New York restaurant kitchens, and she is a graduate of the Institute of Culinary Education. She lives in Petworth.