I worked at the Bread & Circus in Brookline. We got ALL the local Famous People. I guess natural foods have been a big thing among stars for a long time!

When I was in Boston in the 90’s for school I once saw Steven Tyler (like the above story, make up, scarves, TOTALLY done up rockstar style, but in my case it was a lycra “suit” of leggings and a duster length coat both in a bright aqua/pink zebra stripe, without any shirt I can remember and if there was one it was…

I would love to tell you the fantasies I used to have about davy jones when I was little but then I’d have to kill you because they are so damn embarrassing.

I’ve been going there since the 1990s (except for a few years on the East Coast that included some time in Silver Spring with 4! Ethiopian restaurants in walking distance. Heaven) and it’s never changed. Two of three visits is an outsized wait to order. I know you have to pay servers actual minimum wage in Oregon and…

He and his wife came to a fashion show I was working a few years back. So many celebs who come to those shows don’t want to be bothered aside from having their photo taken, they make that very clear, or their publicist does. Not even a little bit true about Damon. He talked to everyone and couldn’t have been nicer.…

Our family tradition at Christmas is to go out Christmas Eve for lunch at a greasy spoon, be polite to the server, and leave a $100 tip in cash. It’s kind of selfish, actually— we all get to feel super altruistic, and we race to get out before the server finds the cash and feels like they need to thank us.

He still hasn’t?! I mean, that was over ten years ago!

Not sure if serious, but...

I’m sure it can sometimes be annoying being recognised all the time, but hell, I don’t know, I think I’d just enjoy being able to make people’s day like that!

I worked with Micky Dolenz for a few months and he was wonderful. Always said thank you with a smile and eye contact when I handed him something or when he gave it back to me. Glad to hear more Monkees are also kind.

Davy Jones came into a Kinko’s I was working at once, to make a copy of a review of a play he was in.* He seemed tired, but was perfectly polite and gracious to our star-struck manager, who babbled about watching “The Monkees” when he was a kid. By the standards of Kinko’s customers (who tended to be rude know-it-alls…

The Salman Rushdie story slayed me. Still laughing. Imams declaring fatwas! Angry bussers with dishtowels! His list of anxieties keeps growing.

Let’s all make a promise that when/if we become famous, we will all be Kevin Smith Famous.

The Kevin Smith story is terrific, and totally appropriate for the guy who made “Clerks.” “But you people weren’t even supposed to BE here past 10:00!”

Jarra’s has the best lamb but I honestly wish they’d just hire some servers.

My sister worked as a bar manager & occasional server at a regional chain steakhouse in NJ near Dudley Moore’s home. He was a frequent guest with his caretaker and they were notoriously shitty customers and super shitty tippers.

Well shit, had I known you could use stories about people being nice...

He’s also uber-supportive of teachers, another thing that makes my sister love him so much.

That is so sweet. I’ve only heard good things about him (his lack of understanding of white male privilege aside) so it’s nice to hear another good story!

Nice that these are for the most part positive stories of celebrities who haven’t let their fame turn them into entitled assholes. The Kevin Smith one in particular was awesome. (and poor Salman Rushdie! I both laughed and felt bad for laughing.)