FIVE YEARS AGO, NO ONE WOULD HAVE paid Jon Hamm any mind when he walked into this cozy Los Angeles–area breakfast joint. Sure, women may have looked twice; face it, the guy is stop-the-spoon-on-the-way-to-your-mouth handsome — six feet tall, trim, sporting a five-o’clock shadow at 9 a.m. and a mop of black hair that grazes his forehead just so. Men may have sat up straighter in their seats so as not to be (too) outdone by the charismatic stranger. But their attention would just as quickly have been diverted when the next good-looking Hollywood wannabe came through the door.
Today, though, it’s a different story. When Hamm, dressed in dark jeans and a blue T-shirt layered under a gray hoodie and navy jacket, slips quietly into this Los Feliz eatery — just minutes from the home he shares with his longtime girlfriend, actress Jennifer Westfeldt, in the LA neighborhood — conversations stop short and are replaced with hushed murmuring. Eyes dart in his direction, and knowing smirks spread across faces. The veteran waitstaff isn’t fazed, as Hamm is a regular here, but the waitress in training can’t help but stare.
Because today, Jon Hamm isn’t just anybody. Today, he’s Jon Hamm: star of Mad Men and this month’s new film The Town; Golden Globe winner; two-time host of Saturday Night Live; voice of Mercedes-Benz; one of People magazine’s sexiest men alive and a GQ Man of the Year; face of a network; unwitting fashion icon; and all-around Most Wanted Man in Hollywood.
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