Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones have Easter brunch on Providence's East Side
Jack PerryA famous Hollywood couple and family were in Providence on Easter Sunday and had brunch at Andrea's restaurant on Thayer Street.
Academy Award winners Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones "and their beautiful family ... enjoyed Easter brunch at one of our tables today!" restaurateur Philippe Maatouk wrote on his Facebook page.
The couple's daughter, Carys Douglas, is a freshman at Brown University.
The Facebook post was accompanied by a photograph of Maatouk and Douglas in front of the restaurant, which serves Greek-American cuisine.
Douglas won an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1988's "Wall Street." He also produced "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Next," which won Best Picture in 1976. Zeta-Jones won Best Supporting Actress for her role in the musical "Chicago" in 2002.
A similar post on Andrea's Facebook page said, "Michael Douglas and his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones stopped in for brunch with us this Easter Sunday; we are grateful to have served them our delicious food and offered them a wonderful experience dining with us!"
Some commenters on Maatouk's post good-naturedly ribbed him for not posting a photograph with Zeta-Jones.
Maatouk, manager of Andrea's, had been cooking on a busy day when he came out of the kitchen and saw the pair.
"They're a great couple, very down to Earth," he said.
As the former owner of Kartabar Restaurant, also in Providence, Maatouk is used to hosting well-known diners. Brown University seems to be a common denominator in drawing them to Providence. He's previously hosted Susan Sarandon, Matthew Broderick, Dustin Hoffman, Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher and Emma Watson, among others.
Regardless of celebrity status, every customer gets the same treatment, Maatouk says.
"Everyone who comes through the door is a VIP to us," he says.
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