Casting call

With Hollywood types descending on the Mill City this month for the filming of This Side of the Truth, are the restaurants ready? With a cast like Rob Lowe, Jennifer Garder, Tina Fey, Jason Bateman, and Ricky Gervais (who looks like he could eat) plus crew, handlers et al, surely some of you will make out. It's great that the arrival of this film (the biggest to hit L-town since 1991's School Ties) dovetails w/ Lowell’s restaurant renaissance. The whole cast could order lunch at Mr. Jalapenos one day, dinner at the Blue Taleh/Centro the next and Ricardos for drinks in an old-Hollywood setting. If the stress of the shoot has you in knots, book a hydrotheraphy session at the Stonehedge Inn and a wine dinner at the Left Bank in Tyngs. In the a.m. it's Brew’d Awakening for morning java and Cafe Aiello for mid-day lattes. For dessert you may want to call on Thirty-One Main in Ayer. The baker/owner Karen Ingle has the best buttercream frosting. If you really want to hideout, the Olympia on Market Street should be paparazzi free, but you must like lamb. I almost forgot Life Alive, organic cafe, will definitely be the go-to spot for the hollywood elites. With wheatgrass and acia smoothies on the menu, plus steamed dark greens over brown rice, this will be THE place for Truth seekers. If it was good enough for Larry Izzo ... Has anyone had a sighting yet? The production office is at Wannalancit Mill, so the Brewery could be a defacto office.