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Do Celebrities Really Hang Out in Larchmont?

 
Larchmont Village south of Beverly Boulevard ~

Larchmont Village sidewalk

Question: Is it true that a lot of celebrities hang out in Larchmont Village?

Answer:  Larchmont is part of Los Angeles, and as such, celebrities can be spotted strolling along Larchmont Boulevard almost as often as, say, at the Grove by CBS / Fairfax Avenue / 3rd Street.

Recent celebrity sightings in Larchmont Village

February 18, 2024 (Sunday)
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass

January 30, 2024 (Tuesday)
Dua Lipa and Callum Turner

May 24, 2023 (Wednesday)
Kanye West, or more accurately “Ye”
with Bianca Censori for ice cream at Jeni’s

March 2023
Jennifer Garner and daughter Violet

June 2022
Conan O’Brien on at Bricks & Scones

May 5, 2022
Actress Kayla Ewell at Go Get Em Tiger


May 2, 2021
Conan O’Brien on at Le Pain Quotidien

March 2020
Cuban-Spanish actress Ana Armas Caso

January 2020
Dakota Johnson with Busy Philipps by the Rite Aid and also at Larchmont Optometry north of Beverly

November 6, 2019
Dakota Johnson grabbing coffee from Go Get Em Tiger

June 10, 2019

Miss Universe and model Olivia Culpo picking up a Maxim magazine from the Above the Fold newstand

Upon seeing it by the Rite Aid, she hopped out of the vehicle and went straight for a copy.

According to Olivia’s social-media posts, the guy at the stand yelled at her.

Olivia is the hottest woman of the year, according to Maxim magazine!

March 25, 2019
James Van Der Beek and son Joshua

February 12, 2019
Angelina Jolie and daughter Vivienne (source: metro.co.uk)

December 22, 2018
Manny Pacquiao arrives at his “Hancock Park” home to prepare for his January fight against Adrien Broner in Vegas. It’s a five-bedroom house on the 500 block of North Plymouth Boulevard, three blocks east of Larchmont.

April 13, 2011
Bill Maher at Prado Restaurant (real-time source: owner)

2009

In May 2009, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was spotted with new girlfriend Lulu Parker at Chevalier’s Books. The mayor’s official residence is in nearby Windsor Square and he reportedly visits the the Sunday farmers’ market in Larchmont from time to time.

Joe Jonas and girlfriend Camilla Belle had lunch at the French eatery Cafe du Village one Sunday afternoon (February 22, 2009).

Eric Dane (McSteamy on Grey’s Anatomy) and Rebecca Gayheart adopted a dog from Larchmont Boulevard in the fall of 2008. It was a chihuahua named Nellie.

Actress Soleil Moon Frye (Punky Brewster) co-owns The Little Seed, a really cool eco-friendly baby store.

George Takei (Sulu on Star Trek) lives in the Hancock Park area and keeps a postal office box for his company at the Village Mail-Call where it’s said that he picks up his own mail.

Philippine boxer Manny Pacquiao arrived at his new Hancock Park home on September 13, 2009.

September 26, 2009. Don Johnson had lunch outside Le Petit in Larchmont, according to The Insider.

Katy Perry in Larchmont Village

October 17, 2009. Photo of Katy Perry emerging from Noah’s Bagels on Saturday.

October 18, 2009. Photos of Cam Gigandet (Volchok on The OC, James in Twilight) with Dominique Geisendorff and daughter Everleigh Rae during the Sunday Farmers’ Market in Larchmont Village.

Summer 2009. Orlando Bloom at Pinkberry

May 31, 2002. Friends actor Matthew Perry

The novel Other People’s Houses is set in Larchmont Village!

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* January 2021: Paris Hilton Beauty LLC registration at 320 North Larchmont Boulevard.

DJ Sky Nellor, April 2022

Actress Kayla Ewell at Go Get Em Tiger, May 2022