Here at 429 Commercial Street, which had been a restaurant called The Everbreeze since 1935 and then Franco’s in 1991, a number of celebrities dined with us including: Vice President Al Gore and Tipper , Congressman Gerry Studds, Congressman Barney Frank, former Melrose mayor and MA state representative Patrick Guerriero, MA state representative Sarah Peake, former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop, 22nd Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust, Elizabeth Taylor, Judy Garland, Kathleen Turner, Marge Champion, Jason Robards, Kay Ballard, Nanette Fabray, Alexis Smith, Ethan Hawke, Lee Remick, Anthony Perkins, Lily Tomlin, Bea Arthur, George Segal, Gael Garcia Bernal, Leslie Jordan, Jonathan Silverman, John Cameron Mitchell(Hedwig), Tilda Swinton,Julie Harris, Norman Mailer, Norris Church Mailer, John Buffalo Mailer, Harvey Fierstein, John Waters, Lili Taylor, Will Patton, Blythe Danner, Betty Buckly, Betty DeGeneres, Rae Dawn Chong, Eartha Kitt, Grace Jones, Cindi Lauper, Barry Manilow, Steven Tyler, Joey Kramer & Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Janis Ian, Patty Larkin, Linda Eder, Phil Donahue, Marlo Thomas, Bruce Vilanche, David Drake, Jeff Stryker, Debra Messing, Julia Stiles, Judy Gold, “Will and Grace” producer Max Mutchnick, Jerry Stiller and Ann Meara, Cher fashion guru Bob Mackie, Marc Jacobs, Emmy Award winning Muppet creator and designor for Sesame Street, Ed Christie, infamous attorney Roy Cohn, Sebastian Junger (Perfect Storm), Edward Albee, Michael Cunningham, Paula Vogel, Terrence McNally, Columnist Andrew Sullivan, Boston Bruin Chris Nilan, Billie Jean King, Chef Todd English, radio and TV personalities Upton Bell (Sportscaster), Anthony Silva and Diane Stearn (WBZ Radio and CBS4TV), Listo Fisher (WRKO), Vinnie Peruzzi (Star 93.7), John Garabedian (Kiss 108), Rachael Ray, Frank Avruch (the original "Bozo the Clown" WCVB-TV), film/ television/stage performers Thea Gill, Michelle Clooney, Peter Paige, Scott Lowell, B.D. Wong, Jeff Stryker, Bob Villa, Kate Clinton, Lea DeLaria, Jim Bailey, Jimmy James, and of course ... YOU!