Journey delay leads singer and actor Nick Jonas to dine at widespread Wilmington restaurant, Bardea Food and Drink

WILMINGTON, Del. (WPVI) — A journey delay introduced an surprising celeb visitor to certainly one of Wilmington’s hottest eating places when singer and actor Nick Jonas stopped in for a meal after his journey was disrupted.

Jonas defined on social media that his journey plans have been thrown off beam.

“Hey, a tug boat hit the bridge…We can’t continue. We got off, couldn’t get an Uber. Found a local restaurant, now we’re having a quick bite,” he wrote on his Instagram tales.

He shared the replace from inside Bardea Food and Drink.

Restaurant co-owner Scott Stein mentioned he did not notice the pop star was eating there till a employees member notified him. When he appeared towards the entrance window and noticed Jonas, Stein mentioned he “couldn’t believe his eyes.”

Stein later realized how Jonas ended up at his restaurant.

“And the cool half is he Googled ‘greatest restaurant in Wilmington’, and Bardea Food and Drink got here up, and I’m like, ‘Oh my God, Nick Jonas simply Googled greatest restaurant, and foods and drinks got here up,’ and that is tremendous cool,” he mentioned.

Stein mentioned the James Beard-nominated restaurant has hosted surprising celeb guests earlier than, together with actress Aubrey Plaza, actor Miles Teller and President Joe Biden.

But this go to sparked a particular request at residence. When Stein’s 18-year-old daughter heard Jonas was within the restaurant, she urged her father to get a photograph – and he did.

Stein mentioned Jonas “could not have been nicer.”

Jonas’ unplanned cease added one other memorable second to the restaurant’s rising listing of shock celeb encounters.